MDE+Classes

Title: Foundations of Distance Education** Session: Fall 2009 Instructors: Lisa Marie Blaschke Jane Brindley Alicia Silcox
 * Class: 601 (9041)

An overview of the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that are required by a competent practitioner of distance education. Critical concepts and issues identified in the distance education literature are explored and the history and theories of the field are critically examined. (Developed by Ulrich Bernath of Germany and Eugene Rubin of the United States, in collaboration with Borje Holmberg of Sweden and Otto Peters of Germany.)
 * Course Description**

The goals of the course are to provide the student with a foundation of knowledge, skills and attitudes that are required by a competent practitioner of distance education. 
 * Course Goals/Objectives**
 * Students will learn to:**
 * identify the characteristics of distance education;
 * outline the history of distance education from its early beginnings to today's IT-based practices;
 * specify a series of methodological issues relevant to distance education;
 * understand the pedagogic structure of distance education and its relevant elements;
 * reflect on institutional aspects in distance education;
 * analyze the impact of digitization on the pedagogical structure of distance education.