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1. Distance Education
and the Internet
TECH4101
Dr. Alaa Sadik
Instructional & Learning Technologies Department
www.alaasadik.net
alaasadik@squ.edu.om
Done by : Mohammed Al-Hinaai 88722
Ibrahim Al-badi 89245

2. Distance Education
and the Internet
TECH4101
Lecture One (Week 2)
Defining
Distance Education
Interactive Presentation

3. Defining Distance Education
Background:
1.The Industrial Revolution in the 19th century (see
Wikipedia) →
2.Developments in various fields of technology (give
examples) →
3.Offered new solutions for delivering instruction →
4.Learners’ interests (in what?) were enhanced →
5.Increase in the subject areas offered by distance
education →
6.Became one of the formal means of education.

4. Defining Distance Education
What is distance education or
distance learning?(Google)
Distance education is more broad than distance learning .It
is systematic system and formal which consist learning
environment and instructor and separated learners.

5. Defining Distance Education
What is distance education or
distance learning?(Wiki)
Distance education is defined as a formal
educational process in which the majority of the
instruction occurs when student and instructor are
not in the same place.
“It is a field of education in which learners are
separated by place and time”.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distance_education

6. Defining Distance Education
What is distance education or
distance learning?(Team)
It’s distance education which differ from distance learning
by teaching, tutoring and evaluating. In addition, Distance
education need:
1-Technology to deliver the knowledge.
2--Separation between teacher and students.

7. Defining Distance Education
What is distance education or distance
learning?
-Distance education is defined as the Education that takes
place when the instructor and participant are separated by
space and/or time.
-Distance learning allows individuals to participate in
continuing education activities.

8. Defining Distance Education
History of distance education and
technology (old technology)
In the past people were
using broadcasting
and distributing
printing materials in
order to deliver
learning at a distance

9. Defining Distance Education
History of distance education and
technology (modern technology)
Then computer-based distance
education was introduced, using
technologies such as network-
based computer conferencing and
tapes.
Today we're looking at web-based
instruction using
telecommunication and Internet
technologies.

10. Defining Distance Education
Time for
Presentation

11. Defining Distance Education
In conclusion:
To sum-up, that distance education has
started since earlier times but in different
shape through the advancement of
technology but still it focuses on the same
idea of separating instructor and learner in
place or and time and reconnect them
through any useful technology.

12. The End
Questions & Discussions
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