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Distance / Online Education

The INTERNET

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The Internet

To fully understand ‘Distance / Online Learning’ one has to understand the Internet (NET for short).

It is the tool or the vehicle which made Distance Education so popular.

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What is the Internet (or NET)?

● The Internet is a “Network of Networks”

It consists of millions of private, public, academic, business, and government networks, of local to global scope, that are linked by a broad array of electronic, wireless and optical networking Technologies.

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What can we do on the Net?

Earn your college degree Keep in contact with your friends and loved

ones Access hundreds of libraries for research Find a job Find a future partner Track your investment Do your banking transactions Shop,………… and much more

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WHO USES THE INTERNET?

Main Users of the NET by Language - 2010

Position Language Users(in Millions) % of All

1 English 530 27.32 Chinese 450 22.63 Spanish 153 7.84 Japanese 99 5.35 Portuguese 83 4.3

1/3 of the world’s population is using the Internet

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Getting around the Internet

It is changing daily, no one can provide an

accurate list of sites and resources available.

Search Engines:

Google, Yahoo, and Windows Live search

Locate Information by Keywords or subjects

Internet is free for the time being

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Freedom of the Internet

One can find most anything there from

glorious love poetry to repulsive hate screeds.

Never in the history of humankind has getting

information been easier than now.

If you have the tools and the skills, the world

is your fingertips

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History of the Internet

It began as part of a great military

defense network, and then became a

research network, and finally a global

communications network.

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Who invented the Internet?

Initial Creation

No single person invented or created the Internet.

There are several who have helped contribute and and develop the Internet

The Internet as we know it today first started being developed in the late 1960's.

The idea Credited to Leonard Kleinrock's after he published his first

paper entitled "Information Flow in Large Communication Nets" on May 31, 1961.

1962 J.C.R. Licklider becomes the first Director of IPTO and gave his vision of a galactic network.

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Who invented the Internet?

In the summer of 1968, the Network Working Group (NWG) held its first

meeting chaired by Elmer Shapiro with the Stanford Research Institute (SRI)

In December 1968, Elmer Shapiro with SRI released a report "A Study of Computer Network Design

Parameters." Based on this work and earlier work done by Paul Baran, Thomas Marill and

others; Lawrence Roberts and Barry Wessler helped to create the final version of the Interface

Message Processor (IMP) specifications. Bolt Beranek and Newman, Inc. (BBN) was later

awarded the contract to design and build the IMP sub network.

Introduction of the Internet to the general public

UCLA puts out a press release introducing the public to the Internet on July 3, 

1969.

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Who invented the Internet?

First network equipment

August 29, 1969 the first network switch and the first piece of network equipment called "IMP",

which is short for (Interface Message Processor) is sent to UCLA.  On September 2, 1969 the

first data moves from UCLA host to the switch.

The first distributed messageOn Friday October 29, 1969 at 10:30 p.m., the first Internet message was sent from computer science Professor Leonard

KleinRock's laboratory at UCLA, after the second piece of network equipment was installed at SLI. This connection not

only enabled the first transmission to be made, but is also considered to be the first Internet backbone.

E-mail is developedRay Tomlinson introduces network e-mail in 1972.  The first messaging system to send messages across a network to other users.

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Who Invented the Internet

First commercial network A commercial version of ARPANET known as Telenet is introduced in 1974 and considered by many to be

the first Internet Service Provider (ISP). Ethernet is conceived Bob Metcalfe develops Ethernet idea in 1973.

TCP/IP is created In 1978 TCP splits into TCP/IP driven by Danny Cohen, David Reed, and John Shoch to support real-

time traffic. This allows the creation of UDP. TCP/IP is later standardized into ARPANET in 1983 and is still the primary protocol used for the Internet.

DNS is introduced Paul Mockapetris and Jon Postel introduce DNS in 1984.

HTML In 1990 Tim Berners-Lee develops HTML, which made a huge contribution to how we navigate and view

the Internet today. WWW Tim Berners-Lee introduces WWW to the public on August 6, 1991. Internet experiences large growth In 1993 the Internet experienced one of its largest growths and today is accessible and used by people

everywhere in the world.

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But I thought Al Gore invented the Internet!

Al Gore coined the term Information Superhighway.

President Obama used it in his election campaign

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Distance Learning

Delivering education to students who are not physically onsite in a traditional classroom or campus

The instructor and the students are in two different places

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History of Distance Learning

Online education is relatively new, but distance, or correspondence learning, has a long history.

The instructor and the students are in two different places

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History of Distance Learning

Online education is relatively new, but distance, or correspondence learning, has a long history.

The instructor and the students are in two different places

Universities exclusively dedicated to distance learning began appearing in USA in the early 1970s.

Pioneers are New York’s Regents External Degree Program, California’s Western University, now called California Coast University.

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History of Distance Learning

It is not a recent phenomenon, been know for several centuries.

The greatest shortcoming to date in distance education is the factor of technology

Technology and mainly Internet Technology changed Distance education to Online Education.

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DETC – Distance Education Training Council

One of the distinguished entities; which accompanied distance education when it was correspondence until it became the way it is now is DETC

Founded in 1926 to promote sound educational standards and ethical business practices within distance education.

Gained its approval of the U.S. Department of Education as the “nationally recognized accrediting agency” under terms of Public Law.

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DETC – Facts

Over 140 million alumni

It accredits over 100 distance institutions in 7 countries enrolling over 3 million students.

In a 2010 – survey, DETC graduates said they:

► Achieved their learning goals 95%

► Would recommend to others: 96%

► Were satisfied with their experience: 96%

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Accreditation

Accreditation means that a school periodically undergoes

a comprehensive evaluation process by a recognized

accrediting agency to ensure that the degree programs it

offers meet acceptable levels of quality.

There are two main types of accreditation:

► Regional► National

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Accreditation

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NATIONAL AND REGIONAL ACCREDITATION?

 Watch DETC Executive Director Michael P. Lambert discuss accreditation, distance learning and more in a video interview!

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Higher Education Today

Advances in computer and communications technology had

a great impact on higher education.

Private and Public sector are undertaking huge efforts to

build an online education environment that is truly

universally accessible

People who cannot attend higher education institutions

becase of time, family, and other constraints, can now take

fuller advantage of higher education.

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Traditional and Non-traditional Students

Traditional Students

Are high-school graduates; ages 18 – 25.

Nontraditional Students:

Men and women over the age of twenty-five

They are also called adult learners.

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Obstacles to Higher Education

Direct Cost:

Tuition, books, and Fees

InDirect Cost

Any other cost such as: Transportation,

opportunities foregone, parking,

snacks,…etc

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Cost of Higher Education

High cost

Tuition cost in USA varies from $5,000 to $30,000 per

year, and it is increasing rapidly.

Quality of life cost

Not easy to put a cost on that.

Opportunities forgone cost

Money you could have earned while working instead of going to school.