1. Distance Education
and the Internet
TECH4101
Done By :
Adhari AL-Saadi
Lamia AL-Kithiri
Marya AL-Saadi

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?
Defining the meaning of distance education may provide a
good starting point to recognise its elements.

5. Defining Distance Education
What is distance education or
distance learning?
Distance learning : is a field of education that focuses on teaching
methods and technology with the aim of delivering teaching, often on an
individual basis, to students who are not physically present in a
traditional educational setting such as a classroom.

6. Defining Distance Education
What is distance education or
distance learning?
Discuss the definitions you found with your
team
Is the computer and network-enabled transfer
of skills and knowledge of learning.

7. Defining Distance Education
Distance education or distance learning?
Add your own point of view here …
 a process to create and provide access
to learning .
 It requires a physical on-site presence .
 the learners are separated by time and
distance.

8. Defining Distance Education
History of distance education and
technology (old technology)
Paragraph 1 here…
Distance education dates to at least as
early as 1728, when "an advertisement
in the Boston Gazette... [named] 'Caleb
Phillips, Teacher of the new method of
Short Hand" was seeking students for
lessons to be sent weekly.

9. Defining Distance Education
History of distance education and
technology (modern technology)
Paragraph 2 here…
Modern distance education initially
relied on the development of postal services
in the 19th century and has been practiced at
least since Isaac Pitman taught shorthand in Great
Britain via correspondence in the 1840s.The
University of London claims to be the first university
to offer distance learning degrees, establishing its External Programm in 1858.

10. Defining Distance Education
Time for
Presentation

11. Defining Distance Education
In conclusion, many key features characterize
distance education:
1. The separation of teacher and learner;
2. The separation among learners;
3. The use of one medium to deliver instruction;
and
4. The use of a communication channel to
facilitate interaction and support learners.

12. Reference
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distance_education