Distance Learning in ICT
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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?

  • Correspondence courses (correct)
  • Video conferencing
  • Interactive online classes
  • In-person lectures

    • 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?

    <p>Limited resources</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What role does Information and Communication Technology (ICT) play in open and distance learning (ODL)?

    <p>Vital role to meet the requirements and expectations of learners</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which phase of the learning cycle does ICT help meet the needs of a learner?

    <p>Admission phase, learning phase, evaluation phase, and certification phase</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What has precipitated a fundamental shift in human history?

    <p>The convergence of powerful computers with telecommunications technologies</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is it challenging for learners in a distance learning system to visit the institution daily?

    <p>Geographical distance from the institution</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one of the essential methods to ensure education continuity during the fight against the coronavirus disease?

    <p>Using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for distance learning</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What has led to fundamental changes in the production, storage, and dissemination of materials and information?

    <p>Technological developments in Digitization and Telecommunication</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What has the adoption of ICTs opened up for higher education?

    <p>New fundamentally different options for teaching and learning methodologies</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What has led to the ascendance of distance education as a popular mode of education?

    <p>Introduction of online courses by institutions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main challenge faced by institutions offering distance education?

    <p>Limited resources for providing various services to learners at different phases of the student learning life cycle</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What has made it obligatory to conduct education at a distance in 2020?

    <p>Ongoing fight against the coronavirus disease</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the focus in the information age or knowledge era?

    <p>New digital information and communication technologies (ICTs)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do teachers' attitudes toward ICT need more research in?

    <p>Both traditional face-to-face classrooms and distance learning contexts</p> Signup and view all the answers

    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.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The convergence of powerful computers with telecommunications technologies over the past three decades has not precipitated a fundamental shift in human history.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    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.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In 2020, conducting education at a distance became obligatory due to the ongoing fight against the coronavirus disease.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In a distance learning system, learners are geographically distant from the institution and are not numerous in scale.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

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