| Are you looking to help those who are unable | | | | have on having it delivered to you. The most |
| to go to school due to a physical disability | | | | obvious choice is for you to do what is |
| or are you a student who is unable to go to | | | | called virtual classrooms which is where you |
| school? You should look into distance | | | | watch the lesson on your laptop over a live |
| education or distance learning. | | | | webcam feed. You can also order DVDs and VHS |
| | | | tapes or just order books or other written |
| What is distance education though? Distance | | | | print and read them. |
| education is a field of education that uses | | | | |
| technology and instructional systems to | | | | There is a difference between open learning |
| educate students who are not physically able | | | | and distance learning, but what is it? Open |
| to receive their education. Instead of the | | | | learning is when the student is allowed to |
| student who is unable to attend a class | | | | choose the time and place he/she wants to |
| either buys the video of a teacher teaching a | | | | learn. Distance learning is when the student |
| subject or, more popular today, the student | | | | and teacher are unable to meet at the same |
| watches the teacher over a webcam. | | | | time. This is important because not all open |
| | | | learning schools use distance learning and |
| Now that you know what distance education is, | | | | not all schools that use distance education |
| when did it start? | | | | are open learning schools. |
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| The oldest university to use distance | | | | Distance education is definitely on the rise |
| education would have to be the University of | | | | as many more schools are beginning to use |
| South Africa which has been offering distance | | | | virtual classrooms and provide more options |
| education since 1946. It has been available | | | | for the disabled and those who are unable to |
| since the 1840s in Great Britain though. | | | | attend classes. If you are thinking about |
| | | | becoming a distance education teacher you |
| The early forms of distance education would | | | | should consider it. You will be able to |
| use a commercial correspondence to deliver | | | | choose the time you want to record a lesson |
| the piece of education to the student. Many | | | | and just send it to your students to watch at |
| colleges in America use distance education | | | | the time they want. |
| today, although any student can receive it, | | | | |
| not just the disabled. Many students have at | | | | Distance education is a great thing because |
| least one internet class a semester which is | | | | it allows many students who were originally |
| where you stay at your house and watch the | | | | unable to attend school to do so and it also |
| teacher teach over a live webcam feed. | | | | allows teachers the chance to teach more |
| | | | students then they would originally be able |
| If you are going to do distance education it | | | | to teach. |
| is important for you to know the options you | | | | |