The History of Distance Education in Australia

Autor/in	Stacey, Elizabeth
Titel	The History of Distance Education in Australia
Quelle	In: Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 6 (2005) 3, S.253-259 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1528-3518
Schlagwörter	Correspondence Schools; Vocational Education; Elementary Secondary Education; Foreign Countries; Distance Education; Educational Technology; Computer Mediated Communication; Information Technology; Educational Radio; Blended Learning; Audiovisual Instruction; Postsecondary Education; Educational History; Educational Development; Educational Policy; Program Development; Program Implementation; Teacher Education Programs; Correspondence Study; Administrative Organization; Politics of Education; Educational Environment; Access to Education; Rural Education; Educational Demand; Government Role; Governance; Policy Analysis; Geographic Isolation; Video Technology; Teleconferencing; Electronic Learning; Internet; Virtual Classrooms; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fernlehrinstitut; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Ausland; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Unterrichtsmedien; Computerkonferenz; Informationstechnologie; Bildungsradio; Schulfunk; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Bildungsentwicklung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Programmplanung; Educational policy; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Ländliche Erwachsenenbildung; Bildungsanforderung; Bildungsnachfrage; Financing; Steuerung; Erziehung; Finanzierung; Politikfeldanalyse; Telekonferenz; Australien
Abstract	Australia's large distances and widely distributed population has meant that distance education has been an important part of its history. From the earliest provision of schooling by mail through a series of correspondence schools, both state and federal governments have provided a sound infrastructure to support distance education. Innovative uses of technologies to provide communication and interaction and ease the isolation of distance have also been a feature of Australia's distance education history. The impact of this history is particularly relevant as the Internet and information and communication technologies are changing this field and making distance educators of all institutions and sectors. This article examines the response to these conditions within an Australian educational system that has its state governments providing school and vocational education and both federal and state governments sharing governance of the university system. The impact of government policies as both responsive and directing of distance education in Australia is discussed. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10