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Two Worlds of Distance Education: The Function of Access and Technology

Author

• • Namin Shin
  • The Pennsylvania State University, USA

Abstract

In order to further our understanding of distance education as a social practice, this roundtable session suggests two disparate semantic and geographic worlds of distance education: The world that sees distance education as the means to eliminate the barriers to learning opportunities imposed by societal structure, and the world that views distance education as a technology driven form of education.

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How to Cite: Shin, N. (2000) “Two Worlds of Distance Education: The Function of Access and Technology”, Adult Education Research Conference. 1(2000).