Module 3 E-Learning pedagogical aspects Topic 1 Traditional versus Distance Learning

Abstract

Basic comparison between traditional and distance learning is centered around interaction, approaches, means and methods used for enhancing the learning process. The question of traditional and distance education in the modern world occupies one of the leading places. In the period of an intensification and informatization of modern education there is a great choice for students - to study according to the traditional scheme "face to face" or by means of the mediated communication. This lecture will be devoted to the comparative analysis of distance and traditional education, their advantages and disadvantages as well as various types and models of blended and mediated learning. Peculiarities of student-teacher interaction including the reasons for students’ dropout are presented in the lecture.