At present, it is common That we find advertisements like “Now You Can study from home, online bachelor’s and master 100% distance” and many more, Which Makes Us Think That the Educational Programs Offered in the form distance Seems To Be That education is the fashion, But do you really know STI Meaning and All That is behind distance education?.
Distance education is defined as “an Educational approach allows the Educational That act by Different Methods, Techniques, Strategies and resources in a situation students and teachers are WHERE Physically Separated and relate only Occasionally in person, Depending on the distance, the number of students, type of Knowledge That Is Taught, etc … “(UNESCO 2003).
Additionally, a) That the teacher or teaching it does not disappear, disappear Even normal dog dilute a little of Their Presence, b) the teacher or teaching basic function is not teaching, lecturing, But Above All, guide distance learning Processes, c) That the Greater Responsibility for Learning Rests With The Student Who Must Be Organized appropriately.
While it is true That This Type of education today is related to the use of computers and the Internet is important to note That distance education HAD ITS origins in the seventeenth and eighteenth Centuries in the United States and England Through the provision of correspondence courses. While in Western Europe and North America in the early Began industrial cities in the Nineteenth Century. It Appears as a form of Developed Countries to solve the problem of education of Minorities.
NOTE THAT in Mexico, the Federal Institute of Teacher Training (IFCM) Was the pioneer in distance learning and correspondence semiescolarizados, Hooked on Phonics Which Obtained the professional qualification of More Than 60 000 Mexican teachers and Including More Than 8000 Jalisco teacher education leading to the MOST remote Communities in rural and isolated Jalisco and Mexico.
Therefor it FOLLOWS That the distance learning to talk is not something new Talking About, But the novelty lies in the tools Used for Implementation, this is an important WHERE role ICT plays Because if we Consider the technologies of information and communication technologies (ICT, ICT or ICT for New Technologies of Information and Communication and IT “Information Technology”) group elements and Techniques Used in the processing and transmission of information Mainly of computer, Internet and Telecommunications.
Howeve, the move Into the delivery of a distance learning course is not a decision to be Rushed to take, One Must Consider Several Aspects Such as course design, the tools That are Used Above all the Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes That Must Have teachers and students, Which is why the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Established in 2008, the ICT Competency Standards for Teachers, a document That Among other Things, Provide guidance to all teachers and more specifically, guidelines for planning teacher training Programs and selection of courses Them That Will prepare to play an essential role in training of students Technological, Likewise, That There Are standards dictate the must-have skills and gain the Knowledge That Benefits students of distance education.
To Concluded, consider a counterparty who has the use of This Modality as the Various Activities in daily wrap us lead us to shorten time to socialize and enjoy a walk, a pleasant visit with friends, Exchanging Experiences and Opinions With people, what can we expect If They use 100% distance learning?, too, consider the experience of all teachers are not so Involved Who With The use of information technology and communication, Perhaps Will They Have to learn to use Them to Continue With Their teaching?
