| dc.description.abstract | This paper defines and examines three generations of distance education pedagogy. Unlike earlier
classifications of distance education based on the technology used, this analysis focuses on the
pedagogy that defines the learning experiences encapsulated in the learning design. The three
generations of cognitive-behaviourist, social constructivist, and connectivist pedagogy are
examined, using the familiar community of inquiry model (Garrison, Anderson, & Archer, 2000)
with its focus on social, cognitive, and teaching presences. Although this typology of pedagogies
could also be usefully applied to campus-based education, the need for and practice of openness
and explicitness in distance education content and process makes the work especially relevant to
distance education designers, teachers, and developers. The article concludes that high-quality
distance education exploits all three generations as determined by the learning content, context,
and learning expectations. | en |
