id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_rixue7jdnnesnbagpwutiwrski D.R. Garrison Three generations of technological innovations in distance education 1985 5 .pdf application/pdf 2587 160 40 emphasizes the need to understand the impact that new technologies have had on distance education delivery methods. It will be argued that the development of distance education can be structured into three generations of technological shifts in the delivery of distance education will be analyzed through the concepts of interaction and independence. surprising that distance education was quick to adopt other means of increasing the rate of interaction between the teacher The use of telecommunications in distance education includes the telephone and teleconferencing and effective use of telephone interaction in distance education. audio teleconferencing marked a significant innovation in the delivery of distance education. well as fellow students without a corresponding loss of independence is a significant development in distance education. capable of effective two-way communication in the delivery of education at a distance. ordering of distance education media based upon the concepts of interaction and independence. ./cache/work_rixue7jdnnesnbagpwutiwrski.pdf ./txt/work_rixue7jdnnesnbagpwutiwrski.txt