General overview of Pro's and Con's of Distance Technologies

1. DISTANCE TECHNOLOGIES
Jeremy Jordan
APT 502
Assignment 1

2. WHAT IS DISTANCE TECHNOLOGY
 Any Instructional situation in which learners are separated in time or
space.

3. REASON FOR TECHNOLOGIES
 Technology is used for communication, interaction, and presentation.
 Technology makes it easy to interact worldwide by the click of a button.
 The foundation of distance technologies is to allow instructors and
students to interact without being at the same location.

4. COMMUNICATION
 Communication in Distance Education can be do through
 Podcast
 Video Recordings
 Face-to-face video interaction
 Teleconferencing

5. THE 21ST CENTURY
 Now more than ever you will find more people prefer taking classes
online vs. traditional classroom.
 There are more than 6.3 million students enrolled in online classes

6. WHO USES DISTANCE TECHNOLOGIES
 Apple
 Verizon
 LearnDirect
 All U.S. Universities

7. IS THIS FOR EVERYONE
 Distance technologies are part of the turn of the century, but not
everyone is completely open to it.
 85% of kids k-12 use technologies for things like projects and books
 15% believe that tablets and computers are still a health risk it not
supervised.
 Many Teachers still believe that textbooks and the process of self
reading allow individuals to gain more knowledge.

8. PRO’S OF DISTANCE TECHNOLOGIES
 Books cost 50%-60% less than traditional textbooks
 Having assessible online quizzes improves students
 Distant learning tech’s like tablets and computers contain many
technological features that cannot be found in the traditional textbook

9. CON’S OF DISTANCE TECHNOLOGIES
 Individuals that read printed text comprehend more than individuals
with digital textbooks.
 On a K-12 educational level tablets cause to much of an distraction for
classroom use.
 In the education field you have many individuals that don’t have the
privilege of internet or computer to interact with any distance
technology.

10. REFERENCES
 https://tablets-textbooks.procon.org/
 https://Learndash.com/5majorplayersindistancelearning