Various Courses of Distance Education
Various Courses of Distance Education
1. Correspondence courses, which are conducted via mail.
2. Internet courses conducted synchronously or asynchronously
3. Broadcast courses or telecourses, in which the content is delivered through radio or television.
4. CD-ROM courses, in which students interact with computer content, held on a CD-ROM.
5. Mobile Learning or PocketPC courses where students access course content via a wireless server or held on a mobile device.
6. Integrated distance learning courses, the live integration, in-group teaching or interaction with a distance education curriculum.
Distance learning has crossed four to five levels of technology. They are print, audio and video broadcasting, audio and video teleconferencing, computer helped instruction, online learning or e-learning, computer broadcasting or webcasting, and others.
Up till now, the radio is still a very practical form, in the developing nations in particular, thanks to its reach. For instance, in India, the FM Channel is extremely popular and is utilized by various universities to broadcast programs of diversity on such areas as rural development, teacher education, programs in, creative writing, science education, mass communication, besides traditional courses in science, liberal arts, and business administration.
The growing recognition of mp3 players, Smart Phone, and PDAs has supported an extra medium for the distance education content’s distribution, and some professors allow their students to listen to or watch video of such courses as a Podcast.