Abstract

ULLOA BRENES, Gilbert. Reflection concerning the historical evolution of the concept distance learning. Innovaciones Educativas [online]. 2021, vol.23, n.34, pp.42-51. ISSN 2215-4132.  http://dx.doi.org/10.22458/ie.v23i34.3364.

This essay portraits some of the blueprints concerning the historical path of the concept and the foundations of distance learning aiming at bringing to light the concept’s different theories and their link with communication technologies. Therefore, a bibliographical review was carried out to select texts by renown authors on the field that contributed to the reflection in regard to distance learning and their linked with communication technologies. A significant finding was to stumble upon the ideia that the conceptual construction of distance learning and hence its pedagogical foundations are recent approximately in the 1960’s; in spite of it having its remote origins long before the invention of written communication. The conclusions lead to the conviction that the historical evolution of this education model is linked with the evolution of communication technologies themselves and the way in which they allow distance to be managed.

Keywords : distance learning; information technologies; pedagogy; learning.

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