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Another recent change is that more studies are being completed about learning and how students learn in distance education, in an attempt to mold courses and course development into something that is even more appropriate for distance learners. These studies are giving a greater understanding of how distance learners actually learn, and how they perceive their learning experience, all of which can lead to more relevant classes.
Distance learning has become more acceptable, more institutions offer it, and more students are taking advantage of it than ever before. More schools are partnering together into consortiums to offer blocks of distance learning courses, and there are other developments, including online counseling and other guidance that can allow students to complete their entire degree programs without setting foot on campus. These and many other elements of distance education have changed in the past few years, and it is clear that trend will continue.
These changes will certainly affect distance education in the future, as there is nothing as constant as change in distance education. First, even though the idea of distance education has grown tremendously in the past decade, and even in the past few years, it will certainly continue to grow in the future. During this growth spurt, there has been relatively little study completed into the theories and practices...
Graduate students and experts in the field will conduct more research so that better models and instructional theories can be molded, and as more studies are completed, more understanding of the entire field will result.
Another certainty is that delivery models will continue to evolve. In the future, it seems certain that distance education will delve into delivery by cell phone, and perhaps even a reading device such as Amazon's Kindle, and certainly new, innovative devices will continue to come on the market, leading to other delivery options we cannot even foresee today. As delivery models evolve, more people than ever before will be able to enjoy the benefits of distance learning, and it will become even more accepted than it is today.
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