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Donna Montgomery
ETEC 562
Defining Distance Education
Distance education is institutionbased, formal education where
the learning group is separated
geographically, and where
interactive telecommunications
systems are used to connect
learners, resources and
instructors.
Purpose of Technology in Distance
Education
The purpose of technology is to
promote communication.
Effective communication
requires an active audience.
Six Types of Technologies
First….
Correspondence Study & Prerecorded
Media
Next…
Two-Way Audio:
Better known as the
phone
Then…
One-Way Live Video….
Or Commercial
Television.
Another type-
Two-Way Audio, One-Way Video
That is…microwave transmission systems,
instructional television fixed service (ITFS), or
community cable networks.
Let’s take a look at Two-Way
Audio/Video
OR
Today’s Videoconferencing Classroom
Ennis Jr. High School Video Conferencing Lab
Built in 2000
Back of the class, presenter’s monitors
Equipment needed in a distance
classroom
Presenter’s Station: computer, monitor, ELMO,
control panel
Now a newer Distance
Classroom
Ennis High School’s Video Lab…not yet
complete
Touch
Panel
control
system
And a new
document camera
And last…
Desktop Two-Way Audio/Video
“The effective utilization of distance education
classrooms requires a new set of skills for
most educators and learners. Teaching with
technology to learners who are not physically
located in the same site where instruction is
taking place requires a different set of skills
and competencies than traditional education.
Technologies are tools that most be mastered
to be effective.”
Dr. Michael Simonson