To make the organizational structures more flexible in order to adapt them to the changes, needs and demands of society and to the aptitudes, demands, interests, expectations and personalities of the students.
Respond to a conception of education as a permanent process that should extend throughout life.
The set of factors listed, without doubt, are present in the distance education system that, nowadays, are no longer based solely on printed material, but use the application of Information and Communication Technologies, creating contexts of more effective virtual learning and contributing, in this way, to the improvement of educational quality. A brief examination of the characteristics of the aforementioned training model supports the above statements. In this sense, it is worth highlighting its fundamental potentialities:
Flexibility Of Times And Spaces: While in the conventional system the educational process takes place, in a single place, at a single moment, in the place where the trainer is and especially while he is there, thanks to the contributions of the technologies, the student can select the space and the time in which he wishes to study and access the course when it seems most appropriate. Each student is responsible for their own learning process.
Extension Of Education: The structure in which it sits makes it possible to serve a large number of people, even if it is a dispersed population, while offering new opportunities to those who could not start or finish their previous training, becoming an element fundamental for equal opportunities.
Greater Possibilities Of Adaptation To Demands And Needs: In the face-to-face system, the schedules are made with what is considered best for the average student. If any of them can not follow them, you must study on your own or repeat the entire course. Thanks to the incorporation of technological advances, it is not the student who must adapt to the system, but each user learns at his own pace and can repeat certain contents as many times as necessary. At the same time, it makes it easier to combine personal and professional obligations with study.
Diversity Of Sources Of Knowledge: The content of learning does not depend only on the level of knowledge of the educator and his ability to share them, but, when the courses are designed jointly by experts in education and technology, various channels and strategies are provided to achieve a richer, more diversified and effective learning.
Reduction Of Costs: The high cost of face-to-face training is clear. On the contrary, in the model of distance education, there is a saving in the expenses of the students’ and trainer’s displacement to the place where the course is taught or, those corresponding to the abandonment of the jobs, when it comes to training in the company. The high expense of the initial investment is usually compensated by the use of many students simultaneously or deferred.
Enables Lifelong Education: Generally, in the face-to-face system, upon completion of a certain level of education, the student must resort to written sources or colleagues to solve their concerns, interests or learning deficiencies. On the other hand, technological innovations in education allow continuous training since they facilitate access to new knowledge permanently.…