ICT AND DISTANCE EDUCATION. THE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK Dimitrios Gkotzos, PhD Candidate, University of Crete, Greece Eirini Vemmou, M.Sc. ICT in Education, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece Aikaterini Vigkou, M.Sc. ICT in Education, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
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ICT AND DISTANCE EDUCATION. THE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
Dimitrios Gkotzos, PhD Candidate, University of Crete, Greece
Eirini Vemmou, M.Sc. ICT in Education, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Aikaterini Vigkou, M.Sc. ICT in Education, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
INTRODUCTION
MAIN THEORETICAL APPROACHES OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
ΑPPLICATION OF THEORIES IN THE DESIGNI OF A DISTANCE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT USING ICT.
CONCLUDING REMARKS
CONTENTS
ICT and distance education
MAIN THEORETICAL APPROACHES OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
Classification of Theories(Keegan,1986, Simonson, M et al. , 1999)
1) Independence and autonomy
theories
2) Theory of industrialization of
teaching
3) Interaction and communication
theories
Theories of independence and autonomy. American Theory of Independent Study - Theory of
Independent Studies of C. Wedemeyer (1981).Features of the independent study systems:
1. Teacher and student are in different places.
2. Teaching and learning processes are carried out in writing or through some other medium.
3. Teaching is individualized.
4. Learning occurs through student’s activity.
5. Learning becomes convenient for the student, when it takes places in the student’s own environment.
6. The learner takes responsibility for the pace of learning, with freedom to start and stop at any time .
European Theory of Independent Study: M. Moore’s Theory of Independent Study.
( Moore,1970)
distance
Provision for two-way communication (dialog)
The extent to which a program is responsive to the needs of the individual learner