#2 Distance Education

#2  Distance Education

1.Describe the differences between a traditional/conventional face-to-face education and distance education. 1pt

            Traditional/conventional face to face education is a common set up of teaching. Where the pupils and the teacher interacting face to face. Where the student can ask the teacher in person or face to face. While the distance education is carried out via a number of media. This is an online learning where the instructor or the teacher sent to the learners the things that he/she can use in that course. By the help of technology the teacher and the learner can easily communicate. It saves time to meet the instructor or the learners.

2.What are the benefits of distance learning? How do they provide access to the different types of learners? 1pt

         The benefits of distance learning are help the learner’s to save financially by learning in online education. Like the foreign students if they cannot afford to study in the other country, or they have a business in their place. They can also learn by using distance education

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3. Describe the four types of interaction result to reciprocal exchange of communication and understanding of the course content. 1pt

            Learning content this interaction is between the student and the delivered subject matter. The teacher will create new information to have new learning’s or to combine with the learners’ former lesson. The second is learner-Instructor. The instruction is between the learners and the instructor; this is by means of electronic communications. The third interactions is learner-learner is excluded the physical interaction. These have relationship in working with the groups to complete the requirements. The fourth is learner and learner and technology/system, the distance learning can affect the improvement in the computer skills.

4. Explain the following quote and ask at least 2 persons to write their reactions about your write-up through the comment box of your post (5pts).

          “Interaction is the key component of this use of the technology to support a more social learning, negotiating meaning through interaction with peers over distance, and forming a sense of community using the technology.” - Amirian

          Technology does not exist without the interaction of people. Without the interaction the learning cannot be done anymore. Interaction is most important thing or reason why technology is now exist. The technology is one reason and helps the person to interact to one another in the use of modern technology, they transact with one another though they are far from each . The distance cannot be measure to communicate to one another because in the help of our technology. We can interact or communicate over a distance because the technology is powerful. Technology can help you to be like in beside of your loves ones although she/he is in far place. Technology can build a community or the technology can reduce the world because we can communicate all over the whole world using our technology. :)