Distance Education: Definition and Glossary of Terms‚ 2nd Edition 2006 Lee Ayers Schlosser Associate Professor Southern Oregon University and Michael Simonson Program Professor Nova Southeastern University Table of Contents Preface 3 Defining Distance Education 4 Emerging Definitions 12 A Brief History of Distance Education 13 Correspondence Study 14 Electronic Communications 19 Distance Teaching Universities 23 Theory and Distance Education 25 The Need for Theory 26
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December 1‚ 2009 Persuasive Essay – Game Theories Has Virtual Reality Taken Things Too Far? Distance Education versus Face-to-Face Learning In Clive Thompson’s “Game Theories”‚ the author illustrates how virtual worlds‚ such as Everquest and Second Life‚ have surprisingly become much like the real world. Everquest is an online virtual reality video game that allows individuals to create fictional characters to “generate goods as they play‚ often by killing creatures for their treasure and trading
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Role of Distance Education to Impart the Higher Education in Assam A case study of IDOL (Gauhati University) in Sonitpur District Manoj Kumar Hazarika‚ Assistant Professor‚ Department of Commerce‚ & Daisy Rani Kalita‚ Assistant Professor‚ Department of Economics‚ Darrang College‚ Tezpur Abstract: Overall development and growth of a nation is based on educational system of the nation. Higher education imparts in-depth knowledge and understanding to expose new edge of knowledge in different fields
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meaning of the communication in education and distance-learning are best understood‚ when the types of communication among the participants involved in distance education and some related communication theories are mastered thoroughly. The communication among the students and the communication between the members and the content should not be underestimated even though the communication between the teacher and the student is a vital element of successful distance education. If it is important to attain
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E-LEARNING: NEW MANTRA FOR DISTANCE EDUCATION Dr.R.Sivakumar Introduction The old correspondence courses were the first Distance Learning courses but with the advent of Internet in the eighties‚ e-Learning became new mantra for delivering higher education courses over really long distances. The Internet opened new possibilities and now any type of learning content‚ be it for school‚ graduate or masters level‚ employee training‚ research activity or any other type of academic offering
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Distance [dis-tuh ns] – the extent or amount of space between two things‚ points‚ lines‚ etc. When most people hear or see the word distance‚ the first thought that comes into their head is space. I don’t mean space as in the solar system; I mean how much is in-between one point and another. For others‚ when they hear distance they will remember a person. They will be reminded of the distance they have mentally between themselves and said person. Distance can have a different meaning for everyone
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The term distance determination corresponds with Forensic Gunshot Residue Distance Determination Testing. Distance determination is the process of determining the distance a firearm was shot from its intended target. The determination process requires the firearm to be test fired from various distances to compare gunshot residue (GSR) patterns made during the test and compared to the ones made on the target. Often times the request for distance determination occurs resulting in the death from a shooting
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Professor Donna Pope English 121-046RL 04/07/2013 Argument Paper‚ Draft 3 Final “Are the educational systems priorities being out of whack at fault for lack of success?” There are many negative influences on students today that the quote “Knowledge is the key to success.” has lost its power. The lack of success of our current youth is not directly related to a failure of the educational systems priorities but instead the society around it. A school fails to accomplish its goals
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Education for the Future Every child that grows up in our marvelous country is required to go to school and receive an education. The way that each child receives an education is up to the school. There are over 37‚000 public and private high schools across the United States. Some high schools offer the opportunity to take online classes‚ but the majority of distance learning occurs in the college/university setting. As many people are aware of‚ college students come from a very wide background;
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The Transformation of Music Education through Distance Learning Introduction Having grown up in a rural community in Newfoundland and Labrador‚ I was taught by only three different teachers between grades kindergarten and grade six‚ in a multi-grade school structure. These teachers had to do everything from providing canteen services to teaching physical education. I did not have the opportunity to have a music program until I was bussed to another community for junior high. I immediately
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