Distance Education

1. Location

1.1. Home

1.2. Work

1.3. Other Remote Site

2. Facilitated Communications

2.1. Technology

2.1.1. Print

2.1.2. Computer

2.1.3. Mobile Devices

2.1.4. Video Conferencing

2.1.5. Audio Conferecing

2.2. Media

2.2.1. Text

2.2.2. Video/Images

2.2.3. Audio

2.2.4. Artifacts

3. Original Definition - Distance education is an educational process that takes place between a teacher and students, and potentially between students, who are dispersed in terms of physical location and whose participation in the process is facilitated by appropriate media.

4. Stakeholders

4.1. Teacher/Instructor

4.2. Learner/Student

4.2.1. Employer

4.2.2. Family

4.2.3. Friends

4.2.4. Colleagues

4.2.5. Community

4.3. Support

4.3.1. Administrators

4.3.2. Counselors

4.3.3. Content Providers

4.3.4. Instructional Designer

4.3.5. IT Support

5. Structure

5.1. Organization

5.2. Department

5.3. Program

5.4. Course

5.5. Learning Teams