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DISTANCE LEARNING
In John Cuthell’s’ 1999 research into ICT and distance, he argues
that traditional course scheduling becomes one of life’s fixed point
and we tend to fix everything else around it. The effort of getting to
the classroom can often be a strain particularly when the learning is
an addition to what the individual does day to day or they are
compelled to travel from one place to the next for the learning to
take place. Distance learning is attractive as there is an option of
completing the course in your own time but successful completion
of the course is more to do with will-power needed to fit the
coursework around the pressure of life. The advantages of distance
learning far out-weigh the disadvantages, in the coming years
things will become much faster with technology developments,
through broadband and satellite communications now coming
5 KELLY DOOLEY November 2009
HISTORY OF E-LEARNING
through the home, more content will transform the nature of virtual
education. Paralinguistic fillers, such as ‘ums’ and ‘errs’, which
disrupt the fluency delivery and often distort transmission meaning
are removed (can be particularly useful for early stage learners of
English language and other groups whose accent may inhibit their
contributions in a traditional learning environment) – learning
conversation are re-defined.