【中图分类号】G728【文献标识码】A【文章编号】1007-2179（2010）03-0033-07

今日之远程教育^*

德斯蒙德·基更

    【摘要】对中国远程教育领域来说，历史上有两个重要的时间点：1960年和1979年。1960年是上海电大成立，1979中国电大系统成立。我对于电大系统不断演进的研究都收录在了《远距离教育基础》、《远距离教育理论原理》《远距离教育》和《远程教育基础》等出版物中。这篇报告将首先简要回顾远程教育的缘起，再分1870-1970、1970-1990、1990-2010三个阶段回顾远程教育的发展简史。当今的远程教育作为教育培训服务中丰富而复杂的领域，可以分为五个部分：开放大学及其他大学的多媒体远程教育，电子远程教育（通常称作e-Learning），同步电子学习系统，运用校园万维网和移动学习并将对五大部分作详细分析。

    * 本文系作者在“2010非洲国家高级教育官员研修班暨开放远程教育国际大讲堂”上的主题报告。

Distance Education Today

Desmond Keegan

(Director of Irish Centre for Distance Education Research and Applications,Ireland)

Abstract: Two dates in the history of the field of distance education are important for China: 1960 and 1979. 1960 is the date of the foundation of the Shanghai Television University, which we celebrate here today and 1979 is the date of the foundation of the Dianda distance education system in China. Contributions to the evolution of the Dianda system are listed including the publication of the books Yuan Juli Jao Yu Jichu, Yuan Juli Jiao Yu Lilun, Yuan Juli Jiaoyu and Yuan Cheng Jiao Yu Ji Chu. A brief look is given to the origins of distance education, followed by a brief history of distance education in three periods: 1870-1970, 1970-1990 and 1990-2010. It is concluded that distance education today is a rich and complex sector of education and training provision, with five major sub-divisions: multi-media distance education from open universities and other universities; electronic distance education (usually referred to as e-Learning); simultaneous e-Learning systems; the use of the WWW on-campus and mobile learning. Detailed analysis is given of each of these five sub-systems of distance education today.