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    Distance Education "Distance education is a process that creates and provides access to learning when time and distance separate the source of information and the learners"(Zhang, 1998, p.1). Distance education defies time and space and can help create a "virtual schoolhouse, or a ‘classroom without walls’"(Wheat, 1998, p.1). The "need to take the distance out of education has not been driven largely by sheer need to bridge physical separations. It has been based mainly on providing access

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    individual be cognizant of prior to engaging with students. Considering that “distance education is an ever-changing and diverse environment” (EDCI532, 2017, para. 4), it should behoove the educator to understand the variety of needs that their students will present as they design the various facets of the course. In addition to recognizing the needs of the students, the instructor must be aware of the principles of distance education; they must know that teaching in an online learning environment requires

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    Today when one hears words like online learning or distance education, thoughts of digitized content, and images of different types of technological media frequently come to mind. However, traditionally it has been revealed that distance education is actually not a new phenomenon at all. Historically speaking one could actually uncover that distance education was practiced in the United States in the form of correspondence schools as early as the eighteenth century. In fact, one of the first

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    Traditional and distance learning are two options to obtaining a higher education. Although both have great options in providing quality education to prospective students, there are noticeable dissimilarities in how the education is presented in the classroom environment. Most students find it difficult to choose which educational option to opt for. Over the years, technology has made it easier for students to obtain a higher education. Before, busy students often struggle with balancing school and

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    will know why and how distance education works and as well we will reflect on the elements that provide the technological means to this teaching. Elements that must be taken into account in pedagogy, learning and communication. We will also enter …the topic of analyzing the history of distance education and how resources have been evolved over time. Also we will have a look on all stages in the field of technology and how this was modifying, modernizing and facilitating distance learning. On the other

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    Distance education provides many benefits for the students, faculty, and universities who utilize them. For students, it provides more flexibility for their schedules, the ability to work at one’s own pace, and improves their familiarity with job-friendly technology. It also allows them to receive an education while simultaneously being employed in a full-time job elsewhere—whether that be maintaining a career or caring for a family. Distance education also keeps teaching staff at peak performance

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    Leadership in Distance Education To most people, leadership and management are used interchangeably. The roles and skills of leadership and management, however, are distinctively different. Kotter (2012) states that unlike management that is responsible for carrying out changes within systems, leadership on the other hand, “builds systems or transforms old ones…takes you into territory that is new and less well known, or completely unknown to you” (Location 36. para 1). This is notable with

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    Statement of the Problem Distance education has the ability can be a great, as well as, a bad tool to use in the educational system. There are many pros and cons to both sides of the spectrum. In today’s world this is the constant struggle school, education faculties, along with any type of faculties that uses technology. Identification of the Issue people don’t know wither or not to make the transition into technology or to stay with the old ways. One can’t blame them either, there are many things

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    Leadership in Distance Education To most people, leadership and management are used interchangeably. The roles and skills of leadership and management, however, are distinctively different. Kotter (2012) states that unlike management that is responsible for carrying out changes within systems, leadership on the other hand, “builds systems or transforms old ones…takes you into territory that is new and less well known, or completely unknown to you” (Location 36. para 1). This is notable with

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    Online education is a type of distance learning that involves taking courses without attending an on-campus college. Instead students and professors interact over the internet. It utilizes the Internet or videoconferencing to create learning communities. Course materials are provided on a Web site and are occasionally found on CD-ROM; email, bulletin boards, forums, and chat rooms are used to interact with other students and teachers. (“Online Learning?” 2015) In 1873 the first official online education

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