The History of Distance Education in Australia
ARTICLE
Elizabeth Stacey
Quarterly Review of Distance Education Volume 6, Number 3, ISSN 1528-3518
Abstract
Australia's large distances and widely distributed population has meant that distance education has been an important part of its history. From the earliest provision of schooling by mail through a series of correspondence schools, both state and federal governments have provided a sound infrastructure to support distance education. Innovative uses of technologies to provide communication and interaction and ease the isolation of distance have also been a feature of Australia's distance education history. The impact of this history is particularly relevant as the Internet and information and communication technologies are changing this field and making distance educators of all institutions and sectors. This article examines the response to these conditions within an Australian educational system that has its state governments providing school and vocational education and both federal and state governments sharing governance of the university system. The impact of government policies as both responsive and directing of distance education in Australia is discussed.
Citation
Stacey, E. (2005). The History of Distance Education in Australia. Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 6(3), 253-259. Retrieved December 4, 2023 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/106768/.
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Keywords
- Access to Education
- Administrative Organization
- Audiovisual Instruction
- blended learning
- computer mediated communication
- Correspondence Schools
- Correspondence Study
- distance education
- Educational Demand
- educational development
- EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT
- Educational History
- educational policy
- Educational Radio
- educational technology
- electronic learning
- Elementary Secondary Education
- Foreign Countries
- Geographic Isolation
- governance
- Government Role
- information technology
- internet
- policy analysis
- Politics of Education
- Postsecondary Education
- Program Development
- Program Implementation
- rural education
- Teacher Education Programs
- Teleconferencing
- Video Technology
- Virtual Classrooms
- vocational education
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