edu-tech

The practice of distance education has dramatically changed since the early 1990s. Educators are using technology to increase the distant learner’s access to the local classroom, to improve access of all learners to resources, and to make the experience of the remote student comparable to that of the local learner. Distance education no longer relies as heavily as it used to on the delivery of print and broadcast media technologies. Recent innovations in hardware, software, and Internet technologies have made telecommunications-based distance education systems more available, easier to use, and less costly.