WHAT IS DISTANCE EDUCATION?

It is the nature of questions that they are easier to ask than to answer. This is true of the
question “What is distance education?” for at least several reasons. First, distance has mul
tiple meanings, although this book advocates the definition presented earlier and in. Distance can mean geographical distance, time distance, and possibly even
intellectual distance.

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Second, the term distance education has been applied to a tremendous variety of programs serving numerous audiences via a wide variety of media. Some use print, some use
telecommunications, and many use both. Finally, rapid changes in technology challenge
the traditional ways in which distance education is defined.

Traditional education takes place at the same time in the same place. This is typically
the regular self-contained classroom that most often is teacher centered. Different-time,
same-place education means that individual learning occurs in a learning center, or that
multiple sections of the same classes are offered so students can attend the class in the same
place at a time they choose. This is education that is available at different times to students
but in the same place, such as the media center or computer laboratory.
The last two categories focus on education occurring in different places. Instruc
tion can be delivered to different places at the same time when telecommunications sys
tems are used. Often, television is used to connect the local classroom with the teacher
and students to learners at a distance. Satellite, compressed video, fiber-optic systems,
and webcasting are increasingly used for same-time, different-place education. Increas
ingly, web-based video systems such as Zoom are being used to deliver live instruction.