From a Distance...

I think that last week's topic of distance education and the history of it was pretty interesting. I really thought it was interesting to learn about how people have experiemented with using new technology to teach and learn from a distance for so long. It is neat to think that people saw the potential of even teaching by mail at one point. Then came telegraphs and educators saw even more potential in those because they sped up communication so much. I'm sure when telephones were introduced an attempt was made to educate through their use as well. I know that televisions have been used becuase I remember we had a class in my high school that was taught through the local college via television. I-TV is what it was called, I think. I'm not sure if that is still in use anymore, I wonder if the use of the internet has made I-TV obsolete? One thing is for sure, the internet is a more interactive approach to distance education and I'm guessing it is the best tool to use for that up to this point. I just wonder what new technologies will eventually come out that will make distance education even more effective becuase it is probably not a question of if that will happen, but when......