QUALITY IN DISTANCE EDUCATION IS STILL A VERY COMPLEX ISSUE

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  • Beatriz Fainholc
Keywords: quality, credibility, criticism, distance education programs, technology, information and communication technology

Abstract

There is a vast production of programs in Distance Education, including ICT or hybrid proposals. This production is extense but not intense in relation to being reflective or having a deep evaluative analysis of its attempts. It is necessary to have a closer look at them. Therefore it is necessary to establish criteria in order to reach trusworthy, quality eduactional proposals. It is still a long way from having criteria no prior to facts to contrast programs and materials, when trying to analyze ongoing processes and their actual results in order to validate and communicate quality indicators by passing judgement and in their social impact. That is also a worrying issue for face-to-face education; it has some other characteristics, though.

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Author Biography

Beatriz Fainholc

Cátedra de Tecnología Educativa Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación Universidad Nacional de La Plata
How to Cite
Fainholc, B. (2004). QUALITY IN DISTANCE EDUCATION IS STILL A VERY COMPLEX ISSUE. Distance Education Journal, (12). Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/red/article/view/25311
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