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What does 'distance learning' refer to?
What does 'distance learning' refer to?
- Education provided in a remote location
- Education provided without physical presence of teacher and students (correct)
- Education provided by teachers who are not physically present
- Education provided through online platforms only
What was a common method of distance learning in the past?
What was a common method of distance learning in the past?
- Correspondence courses (correct)
- Video conferencing
- Interactive online classes
- In-person lectures
How are distance learning programs making use of modern technology?
How are distance learning programs making use of modern technology?
- Offering intimate and effective learning opportunities (correct)
- Sending course materials by mail
- Using traditional institutional systems
- Conducting in-person lectures
Why is it difficult to achieve the same using any traditional institutional system?
Why is it difficult to achieve the same using any traditional institutional system?
What role does Information and Communication Technology (ICT) play in open and distance learning (ODL)?
What role does Information and Communication Technology (ICT) play in open and distance learning (ODL)?
Which phase of the learning cycle does ICT help meet the needs of a learner?
Which phase of the learning cycle does ICT help meet the needs of a learner?
What has precipitated a fundamental shift in human history?
What has precipitated a fundamental shift in human history?
Why is it challenging for learners in a distance learning system to visit the institution daily?
Why is it challenging for learners in a distance learning system to visit the institution daily?
What is one of the essential methods to ensure education continuity during the fight against the coronavirus disease?
What is one of the essential methods to ensure education continuity during the fight against the coronavirus disease?
What has led to fundamental changes in the production, storage, and dissemination of materials and information?
What has led to fundamental changes in the production, storage, and dissemination of materials and information?
What has the adoption of ICTs opened up for higher education?
What has the adoption of ICTs opened up for higher education?
What has led to the ascendance of distance education as a popular mode of education?
What has led to the ascendance of distance education as a popular mode of education?
What is the main challenge faced by institutions offering distance education?
What is the main challenge faced by institutions offering distance education?
What has made it obligatory to conduct education at a distance in 2020?
What has made it obligatory to conduct education at a distance in 2020?
What is the focus in the information age or knowledge era?
What is the focus in the information age or knowledge era?
What do teachers' attitudes toward ICT need more research in?
What do teachers' attitudes toward ICT need more research in?
Due to the heterogeneous requirements in open distance learning, there are no issues and challenges that need to be addressed in the usage of technology and the service(s) provided through ICT.
Due to the heterogeneous requirements in open distance learning, there are no issues and challenges that need to be addressed in the usage of technology and the service(s) provided through ICT.
The convergence of powerful computers with telecommunications technologies over the past three decades has not precipitated a fundamental shift in human history.
The convergence of powerful computers with telecommunications technologies over the past three decades has not precipitated a fundamental shift in human history.
The adoption of ICTs has not opened up fundamentally different options for higher education in how to run the business of higher education as well as in methodologies of teaching and learning.
The adoption of ICTs has not opened up fundamentally different options for higher education in how to run the business of higher education as well as in methodologies of teaching and learning.
In 2020, conducting education at a distance became obligatory due to the ongoing fight against the coronavirus disease.
In 2020, conducting education at a distance became obligatory due to the ongoing fight against the coronavirus disease.
In a distance learning system, learners are geographically distant from the institution and are not numerous in scale.
In a distance learning system, learners are geographically distant from the institution and are not numerous in scale.
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