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Nwosu, Lilian Ifunanya; Bereng, Makuena Clementina; Segotso, Tlotlo; Enebe, Ngozi Blessing – Research in Social Sciences and Technology, 2023
The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) has been the subject of discussion, and in most cases, it has been seen as a threat to jobs and conventional methods of performing certain activities. As a result, concerns over the preparation of the South African educational systems for the 4IR have been raised. Many industries still lack an advanced…
Descriptors: Industrialization, Educational Development, Higher Education, College Instruction
Denton, Jon – 2001
While distance education can be traced to correspondence courses that in the 19th and 20th centuries relied on mail services to transmit communications between student and teacher, it is the advent of computers networked via the Internet that has dramatically affected the character of distance education. For the purposes of this paper, distance…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks
Fletcher, J. D. – 2001
This work was performed for the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, Readiness and Training Directorate, under a task entitled "Development and Assessment of Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Prototypes." By reviewing data on classroom and tutorial instruction, this document presents a perspective on the value of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Distance Education
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Mason, Robin; Rennie, Frank – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2004
Rural and remote learners are disadvantaged even with online provision due to poor connections. Broadband offers a potential solution. This paper looks at the initial results of a project to install broadband services in the Western Isles of Scotland. It focuses on the educational potential of broadband and the design implications for online…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries, Internet