Ethical Practices and Implications in Distance Education

2011 ◽  
pp. 338-332
Author(s):  
Ugur Demiray ◽  
Ramesh C. Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Ethical Practices ◽  
Educational Administrators

The changing dimensions of distance education methodologies, new roles of distance teachers, and learners and use of modern communication technologies have necessitated putting ethics on the top of agenda of educational administrators, thinkers and practitioners. This chapter highlights major outcomes emerged from the research, theory, practice and discussion on different themes of distance education by various authors in their respective chapters. This chapter also highlights various themes entangled in this book.

ANALYSIS OF THE APPLICATION OF DISTANCE EDUCATION IN UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN THE STATE OF AMAZONAS

2020 ◽  
pp. 37013-37019
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
University Students ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The State ◽  
University Education ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Education Students

No teaching method has evolved as much as distance education, in the state of Amazonas this would not be different, especially in higher education. Distance Education is a modality where the student is separated from the teacher and uses several communication technologies around all his learning. The methods used were bibliographic, documentary and quantitative. The researched environment was the capital city of Manaus and the municipality of Maués, with the application of the closed questionnaire aimed at higher education students. Our objective was to question certain nuances as their benefits and challenges for those who study Distance Education in the different locations of the State of Amazonas. The result was the realization that among its many advantages in the execution of education, time is considered the main one, and the loss of deadlines its greatest disadvantage, besides the concept of distance education is already well known by university students. Thus, it is well known that with the passing of time and with the progress of the state's modernization, distance education is gradually becoming the most practical means of teaching.

New Communication Technologies' Influence on Distance Education (DE) Environments

2015 ◽  
pp. 89-105
Author(s):  
Murat Ertan Dogan
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
New Media ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Environment Design ◽  
Media Technology ◽  
Main Driver ◽  
Learning Environment Design ◽  
Distance Learning Environment

This chapter considers the influence of communication technologies and new media technology through the new trend of distance learning environment design. The new communication technologies like Web 2.0 applications involve information sharing and collaboration between users. These technologies bring the informal communication and learning styles to the forefront. Under favor of the new communication technologies' enabled networking, the main driver for the learning process is shifting from instructor-centered approaches to carefully designed learner experiences with robust interactions between learners and content. In this sense, the chapter also explores the role of academics and media professionals as distance-learning leaders and distance education experts through this transitional stage. The chapter focuses on how distance education experts take part in distance learning environment design and what the main skills for distance education experts as leaders, instructors, and designers in the age of networks are, through the discussions of theoretical approaches.

A brief history of distance education in Chemistry at McGill University in Canada

2019 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian S. Butler
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Academic Career ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Distance Teaching ◽  
Educational Approach ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
History Of ◽  
Mcgill University

AbstractDistance education began as correspondence courses in the 1700s, chiefly to connect rural communities with secondary and post-secondary educational institutions located in major cities. Since then, owing to the overwhelming improvements in communication technologies over the past two centuries, distance education is now well-established and is a major educational approach employed throughout the world. This paper will include a brief overview of the history of distance education in general and a description of some of the author’s personal experiences with respect to distance teaching of university-level Chemistry courses since he began his academic career as a professor over 50 years ago.

scholarly journals Athabasca University: Conversion from Traditional Distance Education to Online Courses, Programs and Services

2001 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Davis
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Online Delivery ◽  
Online Distance Education ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Online Distance ◽  
Undergraduate Programs ◽  
The University

In its 30 years of operation, Athabasca University has witnessed the full impact of the growth of online distance education. Its conversion from mixed media course production and telephone/mail tutoring to a variety of electronic information and communication technologies has been heterogeneous across disciplines and programs. Undergraduate programs in business, computing, and some social science programs have largely led the conversion, and all graduate programs have, since their inception, employed various features of online delivery. The parallel conversion of student services has been equally important to the effectiveness of these processes. The implications of this approach for the quality of offerings, support systems, costing, and the primary mandate of the University (which is to remove barriers, not create them) are discussed.

scholarly journals Virtual learning environments and their collaboration for the development of Distance Education in Brazil

2020 ◽  
pp. 153-172
Author(s):  
Clayton Augusto Fontana Izoton ◽  
Douglas Manoel Antonio de Abreu Pestana dos Santos ◽  
Marcio Cézar Diehl
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Financial Incentives ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Digital Inclusion ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
In The Beginning ◽  
Teaching Modality ◽  
Education In Brazil

Distance education is a term that has been developing for many years, but it only reached great dimensions in the beginning of the 20th century, mainly, with the use of information and communication technologies online. Through bibliographic research it is intended to present the advancement of distance education in the world and in Brazil, describe the evolution, showing that it started by exchanging correspondences until reaching the use of the internet, with synchronous or asynchronous interaction, verifying the most used platform for distance education, demonstrate the increase in the number of people enrolled in this teaching modality in addition to the main trends that the authors expect for the coming years. Distance education has great chances of gaining acceptance in the academic environment, however it is necessary that people know how to work with the technologies involved in the process, that is, be part of digital inclusion, and that both institutions and the State provide cultural and financial incentives for this alternative of knowledge transmission, because only in this way will we be able to achieve the goal of education, which is to eliminate people’s social exclusion.

scholarly journals DEVELOPMENT OF DISTANCE LEARNING AND WAYS OF ITS IMPROVEMENT

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Lomakina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Effective Organization

The study highlights the relevance of the organization of distance learning in quarantine conditions. The theoretical analysis of normative educational documents, scientific literature on the use of information and communication technologies in the distance education system, as well as directions for solving issues in ensuring the quality of higher education is carried out. The current state of implementation of distance learning in educational institutions is considered, the experience in the organization of distance learning is studied, and the necessary means for the effective organization of distance learning are identified. A theoretical and methodological analysis of scientific literature on the problem of determining the advantages and disadvantages of distance education was carried out. Much attention is given to the prospects for the development of distance education in Ukraine. The directions for further improvement of distance learning are proposed.

Experiences in Collaboration in Distance Education from the Caribbean, Looking Beyond Electronic

2009 ◽  
pp. 778-797
Author(s):  
Christine Marrett
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Human Resource Development ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Resource Development ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Tertiary Level ◽  
Institutional Collaboration ◽  
The Caribbean

nformation communication technologies (ICTs) have facilitated institutional collaboration in distance education. Based on the study, Institutional collaboration in distance education at the tertiary level in the small, developing countries of the Commonwealth Caribbean: To what extent does it enhance human resource development? (Marrett, 2006), the author examines the experiences in the Caribbean between 1982 and 2002. She explores not only the role played by ICTs, but also some of the issues that arise beyond those presented by the technology, highlighting aspects that need attention in order to ensure successful institutional collaboration in tertiary education, and makes recommendations to overcome the challenges.

Online and Distance Education in the Era of Rampant Technological Revolution

2019 ◽  
pp. 237-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hasan Ucar
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Thinking Styles ◽  
Technological Transformation ◽  
Online Distance Education ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Online Distance

Developments in information and communication technologies have reached an all-time high. These improvements have accelerated the transformation of higher education milieus on all sides. Accordingly, higher education institutions have begun to be delineated by these technological developments, activities, and practices. This technoculture era has started a new interaction among communication technologies, teachers, and learners. Herein, transhumanism regards changes in societies through these technological interactions and transformations. The worldwide technological transformation is approximating all societies and cultures to Marshall McLuhan's notion of a global village day by day as a consequence of the technology paradigm. The heydays of the developments in technologies affect all human beings at all points from living, learning, communicating to eating and even thinking styles. Taking these points into account, this chapter will explore how these variables may influence the online distance education milieus in terms of technoculture and transhumanism perspectives.

Experiences in Collaboration in Distance Education from the Caribbean, Looking Beyond Electronic

2011 ◽  
pp. 54-73
Author(s):  
Christine Marrett
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Human Resource Development ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Tertiary Level ◽  
Information Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Institutional Collaboration ◽  
The Caribbean

Information communication technologies (ICTs) have facilitated institutional collaboration in distance education. Based on the study, Institutional collaboration in distance education at the tertiary level in the small, developing countries of the Commonwealth Caribbean: To what extent does it enhance human resource development? (Marrett, 2006), the author examines the experiences in the Caribbean between 1982 and 2002. She explores not only the role played by ICTs, but also some of the issues that arise beyond those presented by the technology, highlighting aspects that need attention in order to ensure successful institutional collaboration in tertiary education, and makes recommendations to overcome the challenges.

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