The
success of distance education in the last years of the twentieth
century and the beginning years of the twenty- century atheist , can be
explained by the combined three phenomena are:
- Increased demand for this type of education.
- Economic need to cut the cost of education.
-
The invasion of technology rapid communication of multimedia for
different sectors of activity , including education , so that the
conversion to the use of media and teaching aids was the premise of the
developments that we are witnessing today.
Is
distance education is education by correspondence , or is education by
taking advantage of modern communication media and multimedia ,
educational Kalhacob telephone , radio , television and finally the
Internet?
This
difference is known in distance education, highlights the difference in
the definition , sees some educators that it is just a means of
education , uses a display technology through multimedia to inform
education to the learners present places far away ... This definition ,
reduces the distance education does not reflect the truth , and do not
mention anything about the complexity of the information that it
supports. And opine that education after more than a means of education ,
it is difficult to branching system refunded to the traditional systems
of education , in terms of the conduct or educational organization .
Fajsaús consist principally of the new relationships that exist between
learning and teaching. After all , learning and distance education
require Taiera essential practices and educational means to overcome
distance and isolation of the learner , and the consequent profound
shift in the roles and tasks of the teachers , and educational approach
that should be conceived on the basis of self-learning . These changes
require re- organization and function of the education system , takes
the appearance of the center for the production of educational tools and
distribution , depends on the learner these tools available to him to
continue to learn , kept up with the assistance of the requirements of
self-learning - when needed - to other resources offered by this system.
Therefore, the model of distance education recommends defining the
standards keep pace with the learning and teaching , and more than data
frame educational traditional arrangement of education in which the
education of oral ( confrontation ) and centered educational process in
which the initiative of the teacher and the relationship that would be
built between him and Mtalmah ... and on this basis the teaching methods
that use the media and tend to individuals , can not be considered a
method of distance education, unless they are integrated within the
range of learning activities , and within the follow-up interactive
learning , as the setting of Education by the guide , and facilitate
meetings between learners and others.
Characteristics of distance education :
After learning a set of characteristics , which can be summarized as follows:
1
- the teacher and the learner are far from each other spatially , and
prevents - this dimension - any connection between them , and deprives
the learner of contact environment traditional education , such as
libraries and related services , and exchange of experiences with the
rest of the educated , and participate in cultural activities , and
consultation with the education ... And so on.
To
compensate for this deficiency , should distance education systems that
help the learner , and that spurred to create a learning environment
for himself , exploited the resources provided by his own environment .
2
- played institution - in distance education - an important role at the
heart of the educational process it - not the teacher - which provides
education , and follow up the work of the learner and help him achieve
learned self , providing him an infrastructure -rich services , and this
is what weakens the traditional relationship between the teacher and
the learner , but did not stay to its existence in any distance
education has an important role , but in some disciplines applied .
3 - use the media within the integrated group :
The
resources studied , and training activities , and assumptions (
homework ) and examinations and recommendations ... Communicated to
learners through multimedia , and is writing the texts and analysis
expertise , distribution and formulation of the message of educational
specialists , experts and journalists to find the function of the
conditions of interactive teaching and learning and provide learning
environments complete and independent .
4
- represents communication - bi-directional - part of the elements of
distance education , this education requires the active participation of
learners , and to develop equipment to connect to the bi-directional ,
to enable learners and mentors from the exchange of information , and
enable learners to use these devices to communicate with each other ,
and can be carried Contact by phone or mail , they are the most widely
used devices for their flexibility and low cost finance. It has been
shown effective means to stimulate learning and responding to the needs
of each learner .
5 - meetings :
Should
enable learners to establish social relationships with each other , and
exchange views Hfa content of education and discuss the problems they
face in learning , and play the role of facilitator to guide these
meetings and help to learn,
6 - inspired way of distance learning methods of industrial production ...
Education
after all lead to profound changes in the working methods of the staff
educators and administrators , with respect to the development of
attention and organization of production and distribution for the
education of the masses ... The allocation of tasks and rational
organization of labor, the environment and the serial , production
control and analytical study of the market with respect to all of the
practices of educational products , excellence in the basis of the
method of distance education.
Rationale for distance education :
Projects
aim of distance education - in some cases - to achieve the objectives
similar to the objectives of the traditional networks , it seeks to
enable the masses of traditional access to educational programs and
academic , and targeted in other cases teach new audiences , providing
them education programs way does not necessarily fall in educational
programs lead to obtain a certificate .
In
general , the purpose of distance education discloses social trends or
conditions of certain cultural ... In addition there are a number of
justifications seem to be universal is affiliated to the systems of
distance education, such as overcoming the dimension , and the reduction
of the cost of education , which seeks to remotely deleted .. These are
some of the goals :
1 - to overcome the distance :
Those
who do not have access to the usual networks of education , they can ,
thanks to distance education to get a good education , effective use of
communication devices with costs less than that required for direct
instruction .
2 - reduction of the cost :
The
systems are large for distance education , which could be pursued in
the last decades of the twentieth century , working on the basis that
the cost of distance education is less than the cost of education at the
university , they are systems operate with a limited number of
specialized staff , and do not have to spend money in the structures to
accommodate educated , or in educational facilities , or in some
complementary services for university education . It achieves financial
balance between the convenience of permanent cost of operations and the
number of learners enrolled . As is the case in most institutions , they
overcome the financial difficulties in controlling expenses and the
increase in income , and the economic success achieved by systems of
distance education draws attention even among traditional education .
3 - bridging the social and educational needs :
Able
to distance education to fill the needs of social and educational
groups ... Communities , which seeks to promote education on a large
scale , or making efforts to raise the level of education has a ...
You'll often find in distance education satisfactory solution to serve
its target audience .
The
principle of access to learning , which is guaranteed to get rid of the
restrictions related to the spatial dimension accompanied by flexibility
in the application of requirements for admission in distance education
programs , and in recognition of the information acquired .. Open
universities , for example, to be accepted by all educated Rashid wish
to do so , and demonstrates the ability to follow collected . In open
institutions that have liberalized their education entry requirements ,
great learner can - if before - to get an education equal to and even
exceeds the education that can be received within a traditional
educational institution .
I've
received way distance education favor with adults because of their
practical formula , but they respond to a change in mentalities ,
Vakabar tend to get rid of the illusion of cultural heritage that was
paid to the belief that there is no room to learn, away from the school
and the teacher and the halls of education ... The media and public
industry experiences and personal research has become a recognized means
for the learner , and became seen as learning to cope with self-
knowledge acquisition carried out by the learner in an independent
capacity .
Education is remotely a
factor of social efficiency that are looking to advanced industrial
societies , and became the people believe they are able to respond to
social groups want to update their own information and openness to new
horizons of knowledge .
4 - impart a sense of responsibility to learn :
After
leaving education for a bountiful share of responsibility in the
organization of the educational environment , Vmassh distance education
is the educational materials and provides educational services for ...
While bears learner great responsibility to learn self , taking into
account the need to take into account the difficulties faced by adult
learners who have learned a traditional education , did not acquire the
skills needed to learn independently , and to be on the system of
distance education to provide them with rehabilitation and appropriate
follow-up to be able to develop the skills they qualifies them to do to
go along with self-learning .
Regulatory features :
How do we get to teach effectively to a growing number of educated and lower costs ?
Has
to be the way they are going to develop the traditional educational
system , House Education and converted to house the production of
educational materials , will be valid for broadcast media devices to be
reported to many persons far away geographically scattered , and non-
homogenous in terms of business and education degrees .
The
fragmentation of courses to a series of activities to portray the
educational material , production and distribution lead to the
involvement of a group of specialists .. Involved in the preparation of
the content of the lessons , and technology education , and in the
editing and production of documents .. In addition to these specialists
in rehabilitation , advisors and guides and entertainers in charge of
follow-up lessons during deployment.
Should
rely on the management of multi-disciplinary staff has to coordinate
the operations of scriptwriting , production , programming and sent to
the learners accompanied by audio-visual documentation , and
rehabilitation of learners to run and take advantage of its contents ..
These processes are numerous and complex organization is subject to
Khtit thorough and careful management so that it can attain the highest
degree of efficiency.
The
bottom line : The learner who does not have great teachers in his place
of residence finds itself in isolation from the rest of the educated
and away from education institutes , not only his choice of
self-learning and distance education. It is in this choice is betting on
its ability to achieve the requirements of this education based on his
personal independent . This type of learning requires him to have a
complete knowledge on its own , Visttia diagnose needs and choose the
appropriate means to fill them , and he has to learn how to recognize
competencies and habits in education , and abilities in organizing the
Times Education and epochs in the context of their daily lives , what
has its independence in Education it may be more than is available to
the likes of learners in traditional education . It has set the
liberation of time, place and length of the school year and the time
required to complete the study programs .. These things are not
restricted anymore in distance education , then education can learn to
regulate the conduct of all the freedom and self- responsibility , and
provide him - when needed - educational resources and learning .
Mediators :
The
follow-up processes and the preparation of the teaching-learning
lessons , mainly aimed at the content of education suited to the needs
of each learner . If the lessons of distance education offered in the
form of material finished , fixed content , do not accept the change ,
these lessons have been developed to serve a broad audience , the role
of intermediaries is mainly in making education in line with the
expectations of the learner , and adapts according to his needs , and
help him to solve problems.
The
communication held by guides with learners offer them assistance and
resources necessary to solve their problems .. As well as the activities
are in the field of rehabilitation counselors incentive to entice
learners.
Communications,
with mentors strengthen the resolve of the learners , groups and
meetings to enable them - also - to share their experiences in the field
of education , and the completion of joint exercises in a team work ..
Learner finds the entire complement of what is needed to bring him to
learn.
In
short, the distance education product to regulate the activities and
educational resources used by the learner independently according to his
own desire , without imposing upon submission to the limitations of
spatial and temporal , or to the power relations existing in traditional
education , and more specifically can be defined as the distance
learning that formula learning with great potential enables the
learner's knowledge of the relationship and re- use of educational
resources and rehabilitation at his disposal in the scope and pattern of
self-learning