This powerpoint discusses the evolving definition of "distance education" working from Dan Coldeway's original concept of the term.

1. Defining Distance Education Dr. Allan Jeong EME5457

2. Coldeway’s Quadrants Dr. Dan Coldeway, 1949-2003 Dakota State University Coldeway characterized and formulated his definition distance education into four quadrants

3. Fundamental Characteristics IF : One of the fundamental characteristics of the “purest form” of distance education is the separation of the learner and teacher Then : What can be argued to be another fundamental characteristic of distance education?

4. Fundamental Characteristics IF : One of the fundamental characteristics of distance education is the separation of the learner and teacher Then : Another subsequent and fundamental characteristic of distance education is that all communication between learner and teacher must be mediated by some form of technology or media.

5. Reformulating Our Definition IF : All communication between learner and teacher must be mediated by some form of technology Then : How might one reformulate Coldeway’s quadrants based on today’s existing technologies?

6. Reformulating Our Definition Coldeway’s quadrants could be broken down across technologies that support synchronous vs. asynchronous communication

7. Reformulating Our Definition IF : Technology & media are merely vehicles that deliver instruction and learning is influenced by instructional methods used with the selected media (Richard Clark) Then : What additional refinement can we make to the table presented below?

8. Reformulating Our Definition IF : Technology & media are merely vehicles that deliver instruction and learning is influenced by the method rather by the media (Richard Clark) Then : We need to identify and use instructional methods that are best supported by a given technology.

9. Implications on How to Design Distance Learning Instruction? Choose instructional methods that are most appropriate and effective for achieving the intended learning outcomes and modify our methods in ways that take maximum advantage of the affordances of the technology used in the instruction.