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?
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Main Users of the NET by Language - 2010
Position Language
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English
Chinese
Spanish
Japanese
Portuguese
Users(in Millions) % of All
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450
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27.3
22.6
7.8
5.3
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1/3 of the world’s population is using the Internet
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Getting around the Internet
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It is changing daily, no one can provide an
accurate list of sites and resources available.
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Search Engines:
Google, Yahoo, and Windows Live search
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Locate Information by Keywords or subjects
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Internet is free for the time being
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Freedom of the Internet
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One can find most anything there from glorious
love poetry to repulsive hate screeds.
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Never in the history of humankind has getting
information been easier than now.
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If you have the tools and the skills, the world is
your fingertips
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History of the Internet
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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?
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Initial Creation
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No single person invented or created the Internet.
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There are several who have helped contribute and and develop the Internet
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The Internet as we know it today first started being developed in the late 1960's.
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The idea
Credited to Leonard Kleinrock's after he published his first paper entitled
"Information Flow in Large Communication Nets" on May 31, 1961.
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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?
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In the summer of 1968, the Network Working Group (NWG) held its first meeting
chaired by Elmer Shapiro with the Stanford Research Institute (SRI)
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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.
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Introduction of the Internet to the general public
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UCLA puts out a press release introducing the public to the Internet on July 3, 1969.
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Who invented the Internet?
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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.
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The first distributed message
On 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.
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E-mail is developed
Ray 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
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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!
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Al Gore coined the term Information
Superhighway.
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President Obama used it in his election
campaign
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Distance Learning
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Delivering education to students who are not
physically onsite in a traditional classroom or
campus
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The instructor and the students are in two
different places
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History of Distance Learning
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Online education is relatively new, but distance,
or correspondence learning, has a long history.
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The instructor and the students are in two
different places
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History of Distance Learning
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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
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It is not a recent phenomenon, been know for
several centuries.
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The greatest shortcoming to date in distance
education is the factor of technology
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Technology and mainly Internet Technology
changed Distance education to Online
Education.
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DETC – Distance Education Training Council
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One of the distinguished entities; which accompanied
distance education when it was correspondence until it
became the way it is now is DETC
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Founded in 1926 to promote sound educational
standards and ethical business practices within
distance education.
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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
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Over 140 million alumni
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It accredits over 100 distance institutions in 7 countries
enrolling over 3 million students.
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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
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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.
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There are two main types of accreditation:
► Regional
► National
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Accreditation
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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
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Advances in computer and communications technology had a great
impact on higher education.
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Private and Public sector are undertaking huge efforts to build an
online education environment that is truly universally accessible
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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
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Traditional Students
Are high-school graduates; ages 18 – 25.
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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
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Direct Cost:
Tuition, books, and Fees
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InDirect Cost
Any other cost such as: Transportation,
opportunities foregone, parking, snacks,…etc
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Cost of Higher Education
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High cost
Tuition cost in USA varies from $5,000 to $30,000 per
year, and it is increasing rapidly.
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Quality of life cost
Not easy to put a cost on that.
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Opportunities forgone cost
Money you could have earned while working instead of going to school.
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