A survey of distance education challenges and technologies

Timothy K. Shih; Jason C. Hung; Jianhua Ma; Qun Jin

doi:10.4018/978-1-59904-376-0.ch001

A survey of distance education challenges and technologies

Timothy K. Shih, Jason C. Hung, Jianhua Ma, Qun Jin

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Distance education, e-learning, and virtual university are similar terms for a trend of modern education. It is an integration of information technologies, computer hardware systems, and communication tools to support educational professionals in remote teaching. This chapter presents an overview of distance education from the perspective of policy, people, and technology. A number of questions frequently asked in distance learning panel discussions are presented, with the suggested answers from the authors. The survey presented in this chapter includes communication, intelligent, and educational technologies of distance education. Readers of this chapter are academic researchers and engineers who are interested in new research issues of distance education, as well as educators and general participants who are seeking for new solutions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Future Directions in Distance Learning and Communication Technologies
Publisher	IGI Global
Pages	1-25
Number of pages	25
ISBN (Print)	9781599043760
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-376-0.ch001
Publication status	Published - 2006
Externally published	Yes

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