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Source(s) Horizon Report, EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) Type Articles, Briefs, Papers, and Reports

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While choosing two distinct learning institution, one from a developed country and one from a developing country, this paper will compare and contrast the institutions on various dimensions of second wave distance education and address how distance education practices influence both institutions in terms of mission and population served, history/reason for existence, values espoused/inherent to the institution, organization/systems of operation, model of teaching and learning, and technologies.   While choosing two distinct learning institution, one from a developed country and one from a developing country, this paper will compare and contrast the institutions on various dimensions of second wave distance education and address how distance education practices influence both institutions in terms of mission and population served, history/reason for existence, values espoused/inherent to the institution, organization/systems of operation, model of teaching and learning, and technologies.   The evaluation of the tutor support in a distance learning institution

This article covers information about the successful development of blended learning environments that have the capacity to support and improve traditional face-to-face- and online learning environments.   Blended learning strategies showcases instructional model's growth and potential to spark new conversations about how blended learning can address a range of instructional needs in new and highly productive ways.  The benefits of blended learning instructional models extend educational learning experiences beyond the classroom face-to -face environment and they have the capacity to improve and to personalize learning experiences without commensurate increases in budget or staff, and it explores efficacy and prevalence data, recaps innovative and builds upon the practical implementation models of existing institutions of learning.    

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Tony Bates, ( 2003),   Editorial.  Journal of In-Service Education, Mar2003, Vol. 29 Issue 1, p5. 6p.

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The Journal of Distance Education / Revue de l'Éducation à Distance, Vol 26, No 1 (2012) A Critique of the Community of Inquiry Framework Cindy Xin, VOL. 26, No. 1

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Michael Moore uses the pedagogical categories of dialogue, structure, and autonomy (Moore & Kearsley, 2012, pp. 209-214), which, in our course reading for this week, Peters (2004) refers to as the three constitutive elements of distance education. According to Moore's theory of transactional distance, the interrelation of these three categories influences transactional distance, which is the mental or psychological distance experienced by students learning in a distance education environment. For example, Moore's theory states that in a course where there are high levels of dialogue, transactional distance tends to be lower, whereas a higher level of transactional distance often exists in courses where there are low levels of dialogue.