Web Examples of Distance Learning

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We may divide distance learning into two broad categories: those projects that provide learning at a distance but do not attempt to give formal credit for that learning (this Tutorial, for example), and distance learning as part of a formal curriculum that assigns correspondence course credit for completing the distance learning program. The requisite technology is similar in the two categories, except for the added administrative burden in the latter case of ascertaining that the "learner at a distance" has completed the required work in a satisfactory manner.
In addition, the technologies used in distance learning are more diverse than the Web-based ones of concern to us. Indeed, traditional distance learning developed before the Web, driven primarily by televideo technologies like satellite and cable transmission links. Our concern will be only with a few examples of Web technology applicable to distance learning.
Web-Based University Curricula

Here are two examples of university-level curriculum available in a completely Web-based electronic format:

The Solar System

A Violence in the Cosmos

Interactive Examples

Here are two examples of tutorial quizzes delivered by means of the Web: the first in intermediate-school science, the second associated with the astronomy course cited above. These emphasize the strongly interactive capability of these technologies.

Galileo Mission to Jupiter Tutorial Quiz developed by fifth graders

Astronomy Tutorial Quiz
The preceding examples are at the university level, but one must distinguish the technology from the subject matter. The technology implemented in these examples can readily be adapted to K-12 applications.


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		Web Examples We may divide distance learning into two broad categories: those projects that provide learning at a distance but do not attempt to give formal credit for that learning (this Tutorial, for example), and distance learning as part of a formal curriculum that assigns correspondence course credit for completing the distance learning program. The requisite technology is similar in the two categories, except for the added administrative burden in the latter case of ascertaining that the "learner at a distance" has completed the required work in a satisfactory manner. In addition, the technologies used in distance learning are more diverse than the Web-based ones of concern to us. Indeed, traditional distance learning developed before the Web, driven primarily by televideo technologies like satellite and cable transmission links. Our concern will be only with a few examples of Web technology applicable to distance learning. Web-Based University Curricula Here are two examples of university-level curriculum available in a completely Web-based electronic format: The Solar System A Violence in the Cosmos Interactive Examples Here are two examples of tutorial quizzes delivered by means of the Web: the first in intermediate-school science, the second associated with the astronomy course cited above. These emphasize the strongly interactive capability of these technologies. Galileo Mission to Jupiter Tutorial Quiz developed by fifth graders Astronomy Tutorial Quiz The preceding examples are at the university level, but one must distinguish the technology from the subject matter. The technology implemented in these examples can readily be adapted to K-12 applications.