Designing instruction for distance education (DE) requires understanding the meaning of distance education and its objectives, the stages that distance education passed through, the media and their characteristics, and the main issues in distance education. The importance of defining the meaning of distance education is that it may provide a good starting point to recognize its elements. In this post, I need my students to investigate the earlier and recent definitions of DE, think and reflect on different definitions, and post their points of view to this post. First, sign-in with your Gmail account.
Distance education is more than education at a separation between the students and the teachers. It has principles that make it always in a formal shape so it can't be in one way of communication. The students and teachers involve in the process in manner way. They participate in unphysical methods by using of the technology in the education. In brief, in the distance education main idea is the communication between the students and the teachers happens in separate places. In this type of education the environment is Learner Centered Environment so the role of teacher become as directing the student.
ReplyDeleteFrom our opinion we think DE is a method of teaching and learning managed by a complete system. Student should be separated geographically from teacher and colleagues. Teacher and students communicate with each other using educational technologies such as printed materials, computers and telecommunication in interactive environment.
ReplyDeleteAll in all, DE needs high motivated learner who carries the responsibility of his own learning and a good teacher who can guide his students to be successful in their learning.
Distance education is a process to create and provide access to learning when the source of information and the learners are separated by time and distance, or both. Traditional learning students meet the teachers inside classrooms using traditional ways of lectures and the discussion face to face.
ReplyDeleteThe different between distance and face to face is:
*With distance education you lose the support of the peer group which can be so important.
Also, distance education feedback occurs when teacher and student are at different locations and the feedback travels by some telecommuting method; i.e., email, blackboard, instant message, while face to face feedback occurs with the teacher and student in the same location and is activated.
*The ways of interaction:
Distance education :learner-interface interaction which takes into account the interaction that occurs when a learner must use technologies to communicate with the content, discuss, and validate knowledge with the instructor and other learners.
- Face to face: interactions The process in which co-present individuals influence each other's actions.
Distance education courses and traditional courses:
ReplyDeleteIn distance education or on line courses there is no substitute or specific institution you should attend to it! I have taken on-line course and from my experience learner must have skills of searching or seeking, analysis and ability of working independently. I mean learner should have self-confidence to complish the main objectives of the on-line course.
In my opinion, in online courses learner may not get feedback. On the other hand, in traditional course learner will get immediate feedback. In traditional courses students depending on teacher explanation only (taking any information without analyzing or explanation)
There are five main Processes to describe the learning through the distance learning. The first one is Access and Motivation, which is welcoming and encouraging student to use it .second is Online Socializations. And this factor will familiarizing and provides bridges between culture, social, and learning environments. The third one is Information Exchange. It’s used to facilitate tasks and supporting use of learning materials. The fourth process is Knowledge Construction. And this is the facilitating process. The fifth one is development .it’s the process of supporting and responding.
ReplyDeleteFor MRAA
ReplyDeleteThank you for what you posted up this page. Unfortunately i didnt expect those information you brought. You said unphysical methods in your explanation but it wasnt't clear to me ... Could you express more if you never mind?!
al all hope you all the best and thanks for your efforts
best wishs
Distance education:
ReplyDeleteIt is formal form of education that aims to teach and deliver the education to student who are separated from the teacher physically. In our view we called it distance education not distance learning because it is a systematic process that include institution, instructor, communication tools, resources and students.
Distance education is:
*Flexible: which meet different learning styles.
*Open resources: students can acess to information anytime and anywhere.
*Student support & tutoring: e.g. provide some videos tutorials for students that can help them for deep understanding.
*Interaction: that allow students to interact and discuss with instructor and their colleage.
Nowadays many people prefer to get their degree by attending to open university that follow distance education than face to face universities (traditional education) because it has many benifets e.g. save time and money(you don`t need to travel to another country to get the degree), easy to access and use and help students to learn at their own place, time, and speed.
In distance education the students are free to choose the time and place, so they can study in anytime and anywhere, but in face to face it must be specific time and place.
ReplyDeleteThe students in face to face education can meet their instructors and communicate with them in the classroom, also the can communicate with other students. In the other hand there is lake in interactions between the students and the instructors in distance education, but that does not mean the learning process does not occur, its occur by the facilities (e.g. computers, internet…act). So the participate in distance education is good if the students have the requirement skills.
thanks السيابي for this comment.
ReplyDeleteunphysical methods means
1.online learning
2.mobile learning
that methods that we use to communicate with others without facing them
good ED
Distance education is an innovation found to change education system which is teacher-centered approch . It started as a form of correspondence education and improved until they applied digital technology in it but the physical sipration between insrtractor and students still the main feature. The main advantage of distance education is the students rather than attending courses individually can communicate through internet with the teachers at their own time and can exchange the material over the net.Although , the distance education solve same educational problem but we cannot compare the effectivnees between tradition education and distance education until we have the same learning environment component.
ReplyDeleteFor slmn
ReplyDeleteReally great words you wrote Mr slmn
I got benefit when i read your information. Sure your experince does prove your intillegnce.
Thank you Dear
Cheers
Distance education is a field of education designed to overcome the challanges which faced learners in the traditional education and intreduce open, flexible and distrebuted learning environment.
ReplyDeleteDistance education is offered to learners which are separeted physically by place and time, focusing in instructional methods, content presentation and learners products evaluation.
In addition, learners have more responsibility to manage there learning more than in traditional education.
For MRAA
ReplyDeleteactually im so glad to see your clear explanation.
Thank you *_*
Hi all
ReplyDeleteBefore going to define distance education I will share my point of view about distance education
However I believe that (DE) has solution for many issues that face education process. The DE aimed to reduce the gap between many elements such as content, instructor and Learner in separated place and could be in same time.
Distance Education: a field of education focusing on the pedagogy and just helping learner to direct and require the best knowledge that synchronic with student condition (internal and external).
Also distance education different than distance learning in many faces like interactivity and different in ability to work in both (Student and instructor) and also on providing the feedback and sharing real signs.
To achieve the main concepts of ED we need help from technology
1-computers
2-internet
…………..
For al-mamari
ReplyDeleteWoW really benefit information you posted.
I got benefit
Cheers
To al-mamari
ReplyDeleteWe think the young people don't prefer OU because they came from f2f environment and it's dificult to them to be engaged in distance education. However, adult people who search for high degree certificate are more motivated for OU.
For M.N
ReplyDeletei like the metohd of your posting
you wrote few words but they have to many meaning
go ahead
according to AL.HASHMIA said,
ReplyDeleteI think distance education depend to that students are resbonsible to manage their learning and the teacher is working as facilitater.
For HASHMIA
ReplyDeletei like the begining you started on your posting
Distance education is an innovation found to change education system which is teacher-centered approch
but we think the system of education can be changed to positive or negative
Thank you
what's the difference between distance education and e-learning?
ReplyDeleteFor AL-Hajri
ReplyDeleteWoW very nice information and we got benefit because you chose the best words for posting here..
Alhajry you are very intelligent and clever
Some students who have Psychological problems they can’t present them opinions to instructors in face to face style, but the can present it in distance , so the solution for this problem is Distance Education.
ReplyDeleteTo golden
ReplyDeleteOK, but in your opinion why you think that??
in our view, some yong people don`t have time to attend to face to face university (because of their work or life responsibilities),so they prefer OU..
is a field of education that focuses on the pedagogy, technology, and instructional system designs that aim to deliver education to students who are not physically "on site" in a traditional classroom or campus. In my opinion there is no DL coz learning is enternal process directed by learner himself and it happen any time and any place. The correct difinition is DE cos it's a planed process with certain elements ; teacher, students, evaluation, curiculm.
ReplyDeleteI think DE is kind of challenge for those people who face some different obsticals in gaining knowledge such as:
ReplyDeletesocial reasons, financial reasons, geografical reasons, healthy reasons.
what's your opinion?
For Golden:
ReplyDeleteReally i like the issue that you discuss it about do all people young and old agree with DE ? it also open onther door of discussion related to thier enviroment, way of thinking and willness.
For abdullah:
ReplyDeleteYes i agree with you and i think it will solve many proplems that i have go thruogh it above in my post.
To al-mamari:
ReplyDeleteFor your question about young people, we think that young people who recently graduated from schools don't have the confedence to join DE, whereas the adult people have the experience and reponsibility they get from work, social life and other sources that let them introduce the DE. However some young people strongly believe in DE. So, No genelization.
To M.N
ReplyDeleteit is a good question...
we think the answer is:
e-learning: learning deliverd electronically.
distance education: it is not necessary to be electronically because in some universities the stidents can meet togother and learn(25% f2f) not in general...
what do you think??!!
I read from some comments that learning is enternal process i understand that but also i belive that external condtion play important role in learning parents friends social meeting all that help learner to get experience from others
ReplyDeleteFrom my search i found vedio that explain what is Distance Learning under name Distance Learning Online: A New Media Presentation enjoy with it
ReplyDeleteURL:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZk-WdYHkoc&feature=related
Thank you for those who enriched this ongoing discussion.
ReplyDeleteA comprehensive summarising definition of distance education has been provided by Desmond Keegan. He describes the following criteria as its characteristics:
* the quasi-permanent separation of teacher and learner throughout the length of the learning process (this distinguishes it from conventional face-to-face education);
* the influence of an educational organisation both in the planning and preparation of learning materials and in the provision of studentsupport services (this distinguishes it from private study and teachyourself
* the use of technical media - print, audio, video or computer - to unite teacher and learner and carry the content of the course;
* the provision of two-way communication so that the student may benefit from or even initiate dialogue (this distinguishes it from other uses of technology in education); and
* the quasi-permanent absence of the learning group throughout the length of the learning process so that people are usually taught as individuals and not in groups, with the possibility of occasional
meetings for both didactic and socialisation purposes. (Keegan, 1990, p. 44)