Abdulkadir [e-mail]

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Distance Education

• Abdulkadir VARDAR abdulkadirvardar_at_yahoo.co.uk

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Overview

• Theories of Distance Education

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What is Distance Education?

• Distance Education can simply be defined as
  follows Teaching and learning in which learning
  normally occurs in a different place from
  teaching.

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Theories of Distance Education

• Due to new technologies, globalization and new
  ideas about learning traditional education
  concept is chancing.
• There are three different ideas about how
  distance education is applied.
• Independence and Autonomy
• Industrialization
• Interaction and Communication

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Independence and Autonomy

• Each student take responsibility of his/her
  education.
• Student should want little help from their
  teachers as much as possible.
• Allow students to start, stop, and learn at their
  own pace.
• Offer individuals more choices (more
  opportunities) in courses and learninbg methods.
  
• Communication is obtained via different mediums.

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Independence and Autonomy(cont.)

• Also Independence and Autonomy can be separated
  two parts
• 1)under the responsibility of teacher.
• At teachers pace
• 2)under the responsibility of student.
• At students pace

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Industrilization

• Also can be named as Equality
• Everybody must be equal in terms of education so
  equality theorem of distance education lives.
• Despite the differences in environment and
  conditions, the learning experience must be equal.

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Interaction and Communication

• Traditional class style interaction and
  communication can be considered as a model.
• Plans must be constructed according to the best
  interaction and communication between
  teacher/student.
• Motivation is very important at learning process.

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References

• http//seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/mcisaac/disted/final9
  8/finallj.html
• http//www.hcc.hawaii.edu/education/hcc/facdev/Adu
  ltLearners.html
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• http//jcmc.indiana.edu/vol6/issue2/schweizer.html