Communication, Coordination and Cooperation in Distance Education

A learning process, at any level of instruction and training, normally incorporates the following actions [1]: (a) establishing the objectives of the learning process; (b) finding and revising (or creating) instructional material; (c) assessing students’ level of knowledge; (d) assigning appropriate material to students; (e) defining the form of access students have to components/modules; (f) revising and following-up students’ progress and intervening when necessary; (g) providing and managing communication between student and instructor and between students themselves (synchronous as well as asynchronous); (h) assessing the learning process and (i) preparing reports of the results of the learning process.