Distance education has changed and grown a lot from external studies and correspondence education during the last century. Distance education has become a recognized phenomenon today, thanks to technology which has shortened the physical distances.
DEVELOPMENT OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
The evolution of Distance education could be divided in four periods. The first period was from 1850 to 1960, this generation used correspondence classes which used radio and instructional television. The second period was from 1960 to 1985. This generation highlights because of the use of multiple technologies for example; fax, print cassettes, radio and videos. The third period was from 1985 to 1995. This period is characterized for the use of the computers combined with more traditional tools like the fax and printer. The advances in telecommunication and technology in the 1990s brought new forms of Distance education like training in CD- ROM, internet and Web-basic classes (Beller, 1998). The fourth period was from 1995 to 2005. This generation has been using, Electronic mail, chat, bulletin boards, computer resources on disks and CD, audio conferencing, asynchronous and synchronous communication between class students. This period is also characterized by the two-way interactive real time of audio and video desktop videoconference and video available on demand (Sherron, 1997).
According to Sebastian, Windston and Mayhew (2009) in 1983, “packages” with material to support and supply distance education, were used. At that time, a close circuit microwave television system was used to connect a university to different urban and rural communities. This system was called the two way interactive educational system. The only way to s...
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