The Next Generation of Distance Education

After reading the three articles by Moller, Huett, Foshay, and Coleman, I totally support their argument. For instance, Globalization has affected many areas of society and will prolong to outline the future of education and content delivery for the foreseeable future. Innovation, vision, contribution, flexibility, adaptability to change, and lifelong learning agendas are compulsory attributes of an emerging leader in distance learning arena. The conventional perception on the stage notion of teaching no longer applies to online learning and the facilitator concept is taking precedent over former methods of content delivery. Online learners have become the new patrons in higher education and are challenging leaders and facilitators that model the new globalized societies and institutions in which they live and work. The trends discussed above have potentially profound impacts on the field of distance education.. Huett, J., Moller, L., Foshay, W., & Coleman, C. (2008)

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Huett, J., Moller, L., Foshay, W., & Coleman, C. (2008, September/October). The evolution of distance education: Implications for instructional design on the potential of the web (Part 3: K12). TechTrends, 52(5). 63-67.