Distance Education. Trends and Issues Alerts.

Autor/in	Imel, Susan
Institution	ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education, Columbus, OH.
Titel	Distance Education. Trends and Issues Alerts.
Quelle	(1996), (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Reihe	ERIC Publications
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Bibliografie; Adult Education; Annotated Bibliographies; Computer Uses in Education; Distance Education; Educational Change; Educational Development; Educational Practices; Educational Resources; Educational Technology; Educational Trends; Internet; Technological Advancement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Bibliography; Bibliographies; Bibliografie; Computernutzung; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Bildungsreform; Bildungsentwicklung; Bildungspraxis; Bildungsmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Technological development; Technologische Entwicklung
Abstract	The rapid development and decreasing costs of communications technologies, including microcomputers, the Internet, and the World Wide Web, are affecting the delivery of distance education (DE) and expanding its potential audience. The DE literature reflects the increasing interest in the potential of current technologies to alter traditional teacher-student relationships. Four possible scenarios of distance educators' response to the opportunities afforded by new communications technologies have been offered: the minimal change model (educators use technology as an instructional aid without making any fundamental changes in the delivery of DE); the marginal change model (the pedagogy and organization of education remain unchanged and students are added on to conventionally taught classes); the systemic change model (DE instruction is reorganized into a technology-driven system); and the virtual system (the formal organization of universities/schools either becomes minimal or disappears). Two issues associated with the recent changes in DE as a result of new technologies are the need to ensure learner access to the information highway and the need for more staff development to train teachers to adapt to DE's new emphasis on learner centeredness and interaction between/among learners. (Concluding this document is an annotated bibliography of 17 print and 4 organizational resources.) (MN)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01