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Asignación Nro. 3
Asignación Nro. 3
PARTICIPANTES:
LCDA. NIRSA GAMARRA
C.I. V.-12-361.232
ING. HÉCTOR CASTILLO
C.I. V.-10.979.927
Open and distance learning has a major impact on thinking and practice
throughout the whole educational system, regarding such critical matters as how
students learn, how they can best be taught, and how educational resources might
more efficiently be organized to deliver the instruction that is needed. Open and
distance learning is closely linked to innovation in information and communication
technologies, to the identification of new learning needs and new ideas about how
information may be accessed and applied in the information society. In particular
open and distance learning has the potential to enhance a more student-centred and
consumer-oriented approach to education, leading in turn to more extensive contact
between educational institutions on the one hand and community-based
organizations, business and industry on the other.
Innovation in how resources are organized is essential, and open and distance
learning has demonstrated how the labour (i.e. teacher) to capital (i.e. technology)
ratio can be improved to lead to greater efficiency. Unlike open and distance learning,
conventional schools and universities are still organized on the assumption that
learning is dependent on a single informed person imparting information by word of
mouth to a small group of listeners in a classroom. Amultitude of solitary individuals
are responsible for the organization and control of information, are designers of their
courses, manage the instructional process, are testers, motivators, counsellors and
evaluators for a handful of learners. Teaching, in other words, remains organized as a
craft not a system. With open and distance learning there is greater specialization
of labour and investment in capital to replace certain human activities. It is this
different form of structure that makes the technology effective and leads to lowering
costs while increasing access.
To bring about this increased efficiency, new national policies and reforms in
regulatory frameworks may be needed. Many countries have already engaged in
reform of their telecommunications policies, particularly regarding Internet backbone
development, and relaxation of the monopolies of publicly owned
telecommunications companies. New international partnerships are emerging, not
only of telecommunications providers, but also of universities and training
institutions, equipment providers, content producers and publishers, software
developers, assessment services, credit banks, and library services.
Debido a que las economías de producción a gran escala permiten que los
sistemas de educación a distancia inviertan sumas más grandes en el diseño y
desarrollo de materiales de aprendizaje que las instituciones de enseñanza
convencionales más pequeñas, la calidad de tales materiales suele ser más alto y esto,
a su vez, contribuye a elevar los estándares en todo el sistema educativo. Esto puede
tener un efecto particularmente importante cuando los maestros y profesores de
instituciones convencionales se involucran en el desarrollo o uso de estos materiales,
por instancia en contrato con una institución de enseñanza a distancia.