Distance Education - Need For Accreditation

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Distance Education - Need For Accreditation

...been around for a long time in the form of correspondence courses, home study and then courses offered over television networks (MacGregor, 2001). What is new is the capacity to obtain an education over the Internet (MacGregor, 2001). MacGregor refers to this as the third dramatic transformation in education, a cyber-revolution (MacGregor, 2001). The first transformation happened when instruction changed from being completely oral to incorporating the printed word into the educational process (MacGregor, 2001). The second transformation was the move to instructors and groups of students gathering together in one location sharing resources, i.e., the campus revolution (MacGregor, 2001). This third transformation has emerged with the advent of advanced information technology tools (MacGregor, 2001). It is indeed changing the way we perceive teaching and learning.
Distance education as a concept and practice can be traced to the 1700s when instruction was offered through the mail...

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