Provides students with an overview of current forms of distance education and explores a variety of applications, including distance education in post-secondary institutions, K-12 schools, and in workplace and training environments. Research and theory development are addressed. The course also examines distance education technology, online teaching and learning, as well as learner support and the management and administration of distance education programs.
- a foundation of knowledge, skills and attitudes that will prepare you for further studies and which will enable you to become competent academics and practitioners of distance education;
- an introduction to a wide range of literature in the field;
- a critical approach towards the rhetoric and practice in the field of distance education and training; and,
- the means to integrate prior knowledge and skills with the newly acquired knowledge and skills developed in the course.