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Exploring Distance Education: Advantages, Disadvantages, and Beyond

Discover the history, benefits, and challenges of distance education. Learn about its use of media, advantages to students and institutions, and the evolving landscape of flexible learning. Explore the evolution of distance education and its impact on modern education systems.

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Exploring Distance Education: Advantages, Disadvantages, and Beyond

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  1. Distance Education By: Anitha Mathew CS - 403

  2. Topics of Discussion • What is Distance Education • Why Distance Education • History and Building Blocks • Type of students and how it is used • Media used • Advantages • Disadvantages

  3. What is Distance Education • Instructional delivery that does not constrain the student in the same location as the instructor. • Historically it meant correspondence study. • Educational activities which interactively link two or more people at two or more locations. • It is a tool for improving and increasing access to the education experience.

  4. Why distance Education • A need for access • A need for flexibility and choice • the possibilities of Distance Education • Ongoing and flexible learning

  5. History and Building Blocks • In 1840 Issac Pitman, started correspondence course • 1969, British Open University • 1971, Satellite use for Distance Education • Instructor Preparation/ Training • Technology • program Management

  6. Type of Students and How it is used • Where people need improved access to information. • Need to share resources. • Instructor must travel to distant locations in order to communicate. • Learners who face schedule conflicts from career and family.

  7. Media used • Telephone • Facsimile • Email and voice mail • Radio • Television • Satellite broadcast • Video conferencing • Internet

  8. Advantages to the students • Increased access to different courses. • Time flexibility in scheduling personal time. • Individualized attention by the instructor at the students pace. • Less travel to get to the school. • More time to concentrate on the study topic.

  9. Advantages to the institution • Increase in the total number of enrollment. • Added interest to the instructors who like to do distance education. • No need to build new building structure to accommodate the added enrolment list.

  10. Disadvantages • The quality of the distance education. • More money need to improve the technology. • Program development cost and marketing can add to the expenses. • Need for developing world class education material. • Need for staff training. • Increased cost to students. • maintaining student contacts.

  11. Summary • Provide excellent opportunity for students to peruse their future. • The distance education allow people to periodically update their knowledge by fostering life long learning. • Distance education will enable partnership between institutions, businesses , between states and between countries.

  12. References • Connell, T. 1998. “ Distance holds the key to growth.” Times higher education supplement. • Diane Matthews, “The origins of Distance Education and its use in the united states” The Journal September 1999. • Teletraining Institute “Distance Education Primer”,http://www.teletrain.com/primer.htm • DRLN .. Creating Connection, http://www.dlrn.org/connections.html.

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