At my current position as an online student, I am learning a great deal about the progress of distance learning and technology in education. For example, the way people learn has changed so much since I was a young student in school. The blog I’m referencing explains the differences in generational learning styles very well. The veterans learned by rote memorization, the boomers learned with books and materials, gen x learned with exploration and hands on experiences (me) and now, the young students (milennials) learn through media, networking, eLearning, etc. (http://nkilkenny.wordpress.com/2006/08/30/generational-learning-styles-and-methods/ ) So, anyone who starts taking courses online, not matter what age, will still use their old ways to study, write, and learn, but they will also start to use some of the new ways. Digital immigrants are learning from digital natives and using the new ways to learn, collaborate, and network.
Before staring the course, EDUC-6135-2 Distance Learning, I only know about distance learning in terms of what I’ve done online so far. I’ve learned distance education works very well for me and many other people. I was skeptical at first since I am used to the traditional setting. For adults, however, we don’t need the traditional setting. We don’t need the social, physical interactions in order to learn. Children, however, and possibly undergraduate students should probably have that social aspect of school.
After starting this course, I have started to redefine distance learning and have found that distance education is much more than getting a degree online.
Distance education has been around for a long time with correspondence studies, open universities in Europe, and the Internet. The definition of distance education is using technological resources to learn at a distance. The teacher and student are separated physically, using technology to connect. (Simonson, M. 2012) There are four main components of distance education: institutionally based, separation of teacher and student, interactive telecommunications, and sharing of data, voice, and video (learning experiences). (Simonson, Smaldino, Albright & Zvacek, 2012) Distance education is not self-study. It is institutionally based. An institution is not just a school. Businesses, companies, and corporations offer instruction at a distance.
The evolution of distance education will continue to progress and more and more students, employees, businesses, schools, and corporations will continue utilizing distance education. Even children will use distance education more, such as K12, but traditional learning and the traditional school setting will not be replaced completely with distance education.
References:
Simonson, M. (2012) Distance Education: The Next Generation Laureate Education, Inc.
Simonson, M., Smaldino, S., Albright, M., & Zvacek, S., (2012) Teaching and Learning at a Distance: Foundations of Distance Education, Fifth Edition. Pearson Education, Inc.
Generational Learning Styles and Methods (2006) Retrieved fromhttp://nkilkenny.wordpress.com/2006/08/30/generational-learning-styles-and-methods/ in February, 2012.
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Before staring the course, EDUC-6135-2 Distance Learning, I only know about distance learning in terms of what I’ve done online so far. I’ve learned distance education works very well for me and many other people. I was skeptical at first since I am used to the traditional setting. For adults, however, we don’t need the traditional setting. We don’t need the social, physical interactions in order to learn. Children, however, and possibly undergraduate students should probably have that social aspect of school.
After starting this course, I have started to redefine distance learning and have found that distance education is much more than getting a degree online.
Distance education has been around for a long time with correspondence studies, open universities in Europe, and the Internet. The definition of distance education is using technological resources to learn at a distance. The teacher and student are separated physically, using technology to connect. (Simonson, M. 2012) There are four main components of distance education: institutionally based, separation of teacher and student, interactive telecommunications, and sharing of data, voice, and video (learning experiences). (Simonson, Smaldino, Albright & Zvacek, 2012) Distance education is not self-study. It is institutionally based. An institution is not just a school. Businesses, companies, and corporations offer instruction at a distance.
The evolution of distance education will continue to progress and more and more students, employees, businesses, schools, and corporations will continue utilizing distance education. Even children will use distance education more, such as K12, but traditional learning and the traditional school setting will not be replaced completely with distance education.
References:
Simonson, M. (2012) Distance Education: The Next Generation Laureate Education, Inc.
Simonson, M., Smaldino, S., Albright, M., & Zvacek, S., (2012) Teaching and Learning at a Distance: Foundations of Distance Education, Fifth Edition. Pearson Education, Inc.
Generational Learning Styles and Methods (2006) Retrieved fromhttp://nkilkenny.wordpress.com/2006/08/30/generational-learning-styles-and-methods/ in February, 2012.
Yes very true the medium of Education has changed so much. Now students learn so much with use of technology and so distance education has become one of important means of education these days. Thanks for sharing this informative post on distance education.
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