Revista Collage Education

Establish a definition of Distance Education, after analyzing how define some educational institutions. Examine the origin of distance education and compare the term with similar expressions. Before attempting to explain the complex and controversial issue is useful to define the terms in question. In this case, before defining distance education, we should first define Education.

Education A dictionary definition of education is: “The act or process of educating or being educated.” Or more simple “The act of imparting knowledge. It is important to note that the words in the definitions above are action or process. But Education is associated with a place such as school, university, schools and not the process.

Learning With regard to the concept of learning, there are various conceptions and interpretations. Examine some of them, as well as elements of them. We call learning modality or man’s ability to learn, which occurred as a result of motor activities that cannot be attributed simply to the process of growth and development as human beings. We can say that learning is a process of acquiring knowledge and skills. For this process can be defined as learning, rather than passing a simple restraint must involve retention of knowledge or skill in question to allow for their demonstration at a future time. Learning can be defined in a more formal “as a relatively permanent change in behavior or potential behavior, comes from experience.”

We note that learning can be understood: As a product, ie the result of an experience or a change that comes with practice. As a process in which the behavior changes, improves or controls.  As a function since it is the change that occurs when the subject interacts with the information (materials, activities and academic experiences).