Upon my initial enrollment into the OMDE 603 course, I knew what distance education was. However, I must say that I quickly realized how limited my understanding of distance education was. First, I had no idea that distance education dates back over 100 years! You see, distance education is quite thorough from financial aspects to technology and chosen research professional and leadership.
I've learned that the five generations of distance education include first (1) correspondence, (2) broadcast radio & television, (3) open universities, (4) teleconferencing, and (5) internet/web (Moore & Kearsley, 2012). This leaves me wondering how distance education would have evolved years from now. What's next with technology? You know how many movies now days frequently utilize the invisible tablets that can pretty much be made up to anything you want it? What if that were next especially to enhance courses such as chemistry and biology? Perhaps instead of actually using the traditional class lab for hands on projects, the instructor and learner could demonstrate everything though these tablets!
What are your thoughts on where distance education will be over the next 50 or so years?
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