My personal views about distance educationOMDE 601 9040 This is a personal definition of distance education based on personal experience, firstly as a distance learner, and secondly as a facilitator in distance education. This definition will be expanded on, and enhanced in a theoretically sound way as the various readings have been perused and critically studied. Hence, personally, distance education entails a blended learning and teaching approach, utilizing both printed and online resources, to reach students in geographically dispersed locations. Learning and teaching are cyclical and interactive processes, because as one teaches one learns and vice versa. The reason for describing DE as a blended learning approach is due to the South African context and the slowly developing infrastructure in rural areas, which impacts on the provision of online resources for students. therefore, materials and resources need to be provided using various mediums and platforms, sometimes being duplicated, to ensure accessibility and inclusion. Nonetheless, after some vital feedback from Paul that got me thinking and reflecting on the distance education spectrum, I revised my definition of distance education. My revised personal definition thus stated: Distance education entails a context-appropriate, blended (ranging from totally offline to fully online) teaching strategy that consists of both synchronous and asynchronous elements where instructors and learners are geographically separated. This revised personal definition thus created the platform for all my tasks for week two, the reflections of which appear in the next post... Will printed books still be used in distance education in the future?
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