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... Education is also becoming a branch, which has received a great affection from Information Technology. Moreover, using computers in education grows from year to year. Especially, it could be visible in distance education. Durkin in his book “Cases in Education Psychology” gives a definition that “Distance education originally meant the development of programs for people who lived at a distance from bricks and mortar institutions or could not otherwise attend these institutions. ... Several factors could be extracted from this explanation, which help to understand why there is a demand in distance education. Distance between student and institution, shortage of flexibility, and expensive on-campus programs became the major causes of the “rapid growth of distance education” (Paquette-Frenette & Larocque, 1995, p. ...
The most popular meaning of distance education is an idea of geographic distance. ... According to distance education, it is a space between student and institution. ... Studying online is a great opportunity for people like Dian to combine their family obligations, job schedule, and continuing education. ... Distance education for this community is a chance to study by their own language. ... Thus, geographic and demography factors have a strong influence into increasing interest in distance education. ... National Center for Education Statistics (as cited in Calgary Herald, 2002), more than one million Americans were officially registered in distance courses in 2001.
Approximate Word count = 987
Approximate Pages = 3.9
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