The theory of distance education and its complexity
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English The discussion about the theory of distance education in recent years brought about many questions and created new ones. The form of distance education and the modes of its implementation, especially with the development of technologies, changed its character. For a period of time, this created confusion to the people involved. However, what seemed as confusion was, in fact, no more than a 'bubble which burst' thereby revealing the parameters of a scientific field that is governed by a number of principles, axioms and pedagogical applications. The following text sets as an aim to process and document all these data, in order to put into relief the scientific and methodological dimension of a theory of distance education. Greek Η συζήτηση για τη θεωρία της εξ αποστάσεως εκπαίδευσης τα τελευταία χρόνια έχει δημιουργήσει πολλά ερωτήματα διαφόρων τύπων. Η μορφή της εξ αποστάσεως εκπαίδευσης και οι τρόποι εφαρμογής της, ιδιαίτερα με την ανάπτυξη των τεχνολογιών, έχει αλλάξει χαρακτήρα. Μπορούμε να διαπιστώσουμε την ιδιαιτερότητα ότι, ενώ δανείζεται στοιχεία θεωρίας και εφαρμογών από άλλες μορφές και εμπειρίες εκπαίδευσης, διαφέρει από αυτές. Από τη μία πλευρά, η ίδια δεν αποτελεί ένα ολοκληρωμένο τυπικό σύστημα ή βαθμίδα εκπαίδευσης, όπως η πρωτοβάθμια ή η δευτεροβάθμια εκπαίδευση. ∆εν είναι εκπαιδευτική πολιτική ή τακτική, όπως η δια βίου μάθηση ή η συνεχιζόμενη εκπαίδευση. Ούτε ανήκει στη σφαίρα της εκπαίδευσης ενηλίκων, η οποία απευθύνεται σε συγκεκριμένες ομάδες πληθυσμού ή ηλικίας και, κατά κύριο λόγο, σχετίζεται με την δια βίου μάθηση και τη συνεχιζόμενη κατάρτιση. Επίσης, όπως και άλλα εκπαιδευτικά επιστημονικά πεδία, δεν αποτελεί ένα σύνολο με οδηγίες του τύπου 'πρακτικές οδηγίες εφαρμογής της' ή 'το αλφαβητάρι του καλού εξ αποστάσεως δασκάλου'. Η εργασία αυτή έχει στόχο να εναρμονίσει θεωρητικά δεδομένα, τα οποία θα εντοπίσουν τη μεθοδολογική και επιστημονική διάσταση της θεωρίας της εξ αποστάσεως εκπαίδευσης.
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