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Pregowska, Agnieszka; Masztalerz, Karol; Garlinska, Magdalena; Osial, Magdalena – Education Sciences, 2021
Surprisingly, distance education is quite an old concept. Its origins date back to the first correspondence-based course, which took place via the postal service in Boston, USA, in the 18th century. Rapid technological developments, especially in video and audio streaming, have increased the availability of such courses and moved learning into the…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Online Courses, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Berman, Sally D. – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2008
This paper examines one of the traditional technologies of distance education, radio, and presents examples of educational and community radio usage in Asia and Africa. Instead of merely transposing western approaches to distance education in developing countries, it is suggested that the developed world can learn from uses of radio in developing…
Descriptors: Educational Radio, Media Selection, Distance Education, Foreign Countries
Moore, Joi L., Ed.; Benson, Angela D., Ed. – InTech, 2012
This book, written by authors representing 12 countries and five continents, is a collection of international perspectives on distance learning and distance learning implementations in higher education. The perspectives are presented in the form of practical case studies of distance learning implementations, research studies on teaching and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Instructional Design, Educational Technology