TOWARDS A SPIRITUALITY OF OPEN DISTANCE LEARNING

2015 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 64-78
Author(s):  
Ferdinand Jacobus Potgieter
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Student Teacher ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Life Meaning ◽  
Current Technology ◽  
Self Transcendence

This article suggests attention to the paideia of the soul as an educative corrective for preparing open distance learning students for living in the current technology-dependent world. This world is undergirded by a technology-rich knowledge society that privileges new informational epistemologies. In an attempt to suggest a spirituality of open distance learning that is based on the paideia (full-blown completeness) of the soul, use is made of the integrated interpretations of three relevant viewpoints. It is shown that spirituality in open distance learning is neither religion nor ethics; that it is essentially about the meaning in and of life, meaning-making and meaning-decoding, self-transcendence (especially as meaning-making), connection, engagement and a re-interrogation of all the major existentialist questions. It is a journey towards wholeness and compassion (as knowledge of love) of every student teacher.

Predicting Post-Trauma Quality of Life: Meaning-Making Trumps Medical Reality

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ed De St. Aubin ◽  
Abbey Valvano ◽  
Terri Deroon-Cassini ◽  
Jim Hastings ◽  
Patricia Horn
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Life Meaning

Effectiveness of teaching aided by distance learning

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-15
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Molga ◽  
Paweł Golec
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Traditional Education ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Educational Method ◽  
E Learning

In the information society conditions and social needs are constantly changing. The development of information technology together with the new methods of gathering and distributing information that have been generated open the way to alternative forms of education in knowledge society. Intensive development of distance education is a response to changes caused by the escalating pace of innovation in many areas of social and economic life. Computers and the Internet are replacing the previous model of traditional education. The development of technology has contributed to the search of mobile forms of learning, or e-learning. E-learning allows you to fill gaps in the traditional teaching. Modern techniques allow you to find previously unknown solutions that can be used to streamline the process of distance learning. Both traditional education and the world of business treat e-learning as an effective tool that supports science. The convenient application of this tool, the opportunity to individually decide about the time devoted to studying, low costs and easy access speak for applying e-learning as an educational method. This article attempts to present the role of the Internet in the educational process. The aim of the paper was to show the influence of e-learning on raising the efficiency of education.

Open and Distance Learning: An Unavoidable Pillar in the Building of a Knowledge Society

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (1 & 2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Perienen Appavoo
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Educational Practice ◽  
Traditional Classrooms ◽  
Future Thinking ◽  
Learning Paradigm ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Open And Distance Learning ◽  
Key Aspects ◽  
Thinking Tools

Knowledge societies can only be built when the education pillar is strong enough to support them. Open and distance learning (ODL) is revolutionising the ways learning takes place and emancipating educational practice from the confined walls of traditional classrooms to make learning accessible to anyone, anywhere and at any time. The pervasiveness of technology and the much acclaimed pedagogical worth it carries will undoubtedly shape the ODL learning paradigm in unprecedented ways. This research paper has looked into some key aspects of ODL in Mauritius and assessed its role as a vital pillar in the creation of a knowledge society. Using future thinking tools, a Futures Wheel was developed to portray the different trends and signals that will define the future of ODL in Mauritius. The findings of this paper show that Mauritius can offer high quality courses at affordable costs by maximising the tenets of technology.

scholarly journals SUMBER MAKNA HIDUP NELAYAN PANTAI MENGANTI: Studi Interpretative Phenomenological Approach (IPA)

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-81
Author(s):  
Emil Niti Kusuma
Keyword(s):  
Meaning Of Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Life Meaning ◽  
Central Java ◽  
Self Actualization ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Approach ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Self Transcendence

The aim of this study is to reveal what are the sources of meaning of life and what are the characteristics of meaning of life. The study was conducted on the subject of five fishermen in Menganti Beach, Kebumen, Central Java. This study imprints the phenomenology paradigm, especially the Interpretative Phenomenological Approach (IPA) which is useful to uncover the meaning of life of the fishermen. The findings in this study include: 1) sources of fishermen's life meaning that are structured in the form of creative values ​​(such as self-actualization, and structuring of the meaning of life), attitudinal values ​​(attitudes facing boundary situations, self-control, fortitude, courage), experiential values ​​( vertical self- transcendence, horizontal self-transcendence, related and well-being); 2) characteristics of the meaning of life of fishermen consisting of unique experiences, concrete results, meaning of life as a guide to direct life forward.

scholarly journals Topical Aspects of Distance Learning in General Secondary Education

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 378
Author(s):  
Marina Kazakeviča
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Secondary Education ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
The People ◽  
Second Chance Education ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Second Chance

Nowadays education is the most important precondition for existence and development of society. In the world the information and communication technologies and their application in education develop more and more rapidly, encouraging the society to lifelong learning and building a knowledge society. To provide lifelong education in accordance with the interests of the people and concerns of regional socio-economic development, it is important to offer people a second-chance education that can be implemented through introducing distance learning in general secondary education in Latvia. Therefore, it is important to research the specificity of distance learning in general secondary education and to develop and implement distance learning programmes on the basis of theoretical knowledge. This article reveals that Liepaja Evening (shift) Secondary school is designing a distance learning programme with an emphasis on the support system, in which a great contribution is given by subject teachers, consultants, advisors and class teachers who help the students to orientate in the educational process and learning materials, and who encourage, support and motivate the students.

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