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Saturday, April 13, 2002
http://www.distance-educator.com/de_ezine/article.php?sid=164 Distance Education: Foundations and Fundamental Concepts Farhad Saba, Ph. D. Distance education is a general concept, that has its roots in general and adult education; embracing non-traditional education, and independent study. Distance education has become possible through the use of technology, starting with print and transportation, as in correspondence education, and later with electronic communication as in educational radio, instructional television, and web-based education. It, therefore, includes the discipline of educational technology.... This brief overview, and the introductory articles show distance education is a vast concept with complex interrelated fields, each of which have their own substantial theoretical, methodological and practical base. The question, then, becomes how to understand various aspects of distance education coherently and comprehensively....
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