Everything for Everybody? The Need for Distance Education to be Relevant to all its Students.
Everything for Everybody? The Need for Distance Education to be Relevant to all its Students.
Author(s): Ignatius G.P GousSubject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Higher Education
Published by: European Distance and E-Learning Network
Keywords: Cultural context of e-learning
Summary/Abstract: Distance Education provides education for students spread over the whole of earth, in all time zones, on every continent, in every country. That is at once an exceptional strength of Distance Education, as it is one of its biggest challenges. The strengths are that it brings knowledge and education within reach of all peoples. The challenge is that it needs to consider the aspect of culturally meaningful learning.
Journal: European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN) Conference Proceedings
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 335-341
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English