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Distance education, or distance learning, is a field of education that focuses on the pedagogy/andragogy, technology, and instructional systems design that is effectively incorporated in delivering education to students who are not physically "on site" to receive their education. Instead, teachers and students may communicate asynchronously (at times of their own choosing) by exchanging printed or electronic media, or through technology that allows them to communicate in real time (synchronously). Distance education courses that require a physical on-site presence for any reason including the taking of examinations is considered to be a hybrid or blended course or program.
Types of distance education courses:
- Correspondence conducted through regular mail
- Internet conducted either synchronously or asynchronously
- Telecourse/Broadcast where content is delivered via radio or television
- CD-ROM where the student interacts with computer content stored on a CD-ROM
- PocketPC/Mobile Learning where the student accesses course content stored on a mobile device or through a wireless server
Origins
One of the oldest distance education universities is the University of South Africa, which has been offering Correspondence Education courses since 1946. The largest distance education university in the United Kingdom is the Open University founded 1969. In Germany the FernUniversität in Hagen was founded 1974. There are now many similar institutions around the world, often with the name Open University (in English or in the local language), and these are listed below. More on [ Distance education ]
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Britishcouncil.org - Running Overseas or Distance Courses - Services offered by the British Council for UK higher education providers.
Meta Description: [ Support to UK providers including ELT, distance learning, higher education, employment and training providers, recruiting international students and supporting exam boards ]
Eufrates Distance Learning System - Provides online instruction and testing on any subject matter.
Guidelines for Distance Learning Library Services - Perspectives from the Association of College Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association.
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HOPE - Distance learning services for socially excluded individuals, especially young offenders.
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Internexia e-Learning solutions - Produces interactive learning programmes and management systems to support learning online.
QS·tutor - Learning Management System - Synchronous and asynchronous communications services from QS·media.
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Ucompass - Web-based course management system offers content delivery, communication and evaluation features.
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