A Look At Distance Education

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