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Internet and Distance Education Have you ever stopped to think of the role that the internet plays in distance education? I currently use the internet when completing all of my college assignments off of campus. Distance education has been defined as a generic term used to define the field of distance learning, distance learning is a mode of delivering education and instruction, often on an individual basis, to students who are not physically present in a traditional setting such as a classroom…

Online Distance Learning is a system or a process where computer or electronics technologies mainly are used to connect teachers and students whenever they are required by real, synchronous or delayed time asynchronous. Meanwhile traditional way of learning is much more structured than online distance learning as it provides face to face contact with students and teachers. Traditional way of learning is practised in a long established technique, on campus learning , where the student need to…

with the simulation program on the Web, she had difficulty getting the students to close the laptops after the activity because they were so engaged in the study” (p. 138). More CEI software that Barron and Kantor (1993) provide insight on can be: distance learning technology, simulation software and multimedia software (para. 12, 13). Although all of these technology strategies are directly used by students, teachers can utilize available technology through an interactive SMART board. Minor,…

of student and teacher is introduced as a very important characteristic of distance learning. The author presents the use of technology to bring education to everyone, no matter the location of the student. Distance education itself will change the way education is packaged and delivered to students. Though for remote learning to be successful, the technology used, must be easy for both the instructor and student. Distance education using telecommunications technologies to provide is an…

Don’t we all wonder what the real purpose of the internet is? What is even the internet? Well, according to the dictionary, the internet is defined as a vast computer network linking smaller computer networks worldwide. The internet can be used for many different reasons, but it’s true purpose is education. Yes, you did hear that right. The main purpose for the internet is for it to be used for education purposes. The internet has become an immense part of a student’s everyday life, whether it’s…

Argument Essay Throughout history, education has had different methods in teaching. Today, there are two methods which are mostly being used: the traditional class and the online class. As explained in the research essay, schools and traditional classes have been present for hundreds of years while online classes were introduced only recently in 1995. Years later, after online classes became more used and credible, debates started to be held to discuss which method is more efficient and…

However, due to the rapid advances in technology, there has been an increase in the number of institutions offering online courses in the modern day. “Total student enrollment in distance education courses went from 754,000 in 1995 to 1.6 million in 1998 (Harasim, 2000), and over 3 million students enrolled in distance courses in the 2000-2001 academic year (Waits and Lewis, 2003). By fall 2007, 3.9 million students were taking at least one online course (Doyle, 2009)” (Lei, S. A., & Gupta, R. K…

2.3 Industry Structure conditions • Number of competitors- Few (Moderate potential) Udemy has a few competitors some of which are Khan Academy, service skills.com, codecademy, Coursera, and Lynda.com etc. However though there a few competitors, these businesses also provide strong unique benefits to users. For example Khan Academy provides free online tutorials for students, and Lynda offers users to view all content at a monthly subscription fee, nonetheless the content and value propositions…

Status Quo The first option in solving these issues is for Winthrop University can continue to operate its distance education in the same current state. The Distance Education policy can continue to be ignored and faculty will be able to continue to facilitate online course with little to no training concerning online pedagogy. Faculty can continue to struggle with online pedagogy and broad training sessions. Students can continue to struggle to grasp online course material and potential enroll…

some students cannot manage to attend direct classes due to various reasons like distance or technical challenges (Mayadas et al., 2009). By this virtue, it forces these universities to offer online programs for such students. Despite the fact that these online classes appear to be advantageous, various concerned organizations are currently appealing for its exclusion. However, federal government should encourage distance learning because online education gives opportunities to…