What Is Distance Education?
What is Distance Education? Establish a definition of Distance Education, after analyzing how define some educational institutions. Examine the origin of distance education and compare the term with similar expressions. Before attempting to explain the complex and controversial issue is useful to define the terms in question. In this case, before defining distance education, we [...]
Virtual Reality Medical Education in Second Life
Increasing numbers of people are using the Internet for the provision of all sorts of health services, from prescribing, through consulting to setting up automated self-treatment programs. But what about using it for education and therapy? After all, in theory, the ultimate form of cognitive behavioral therapy should be “virtual reality therapy.” By simply wearing [...]
Online and Blended Learning in Medicine: Continuing Medical Education
Online education has become an important component of mainstream education in recent years. Economic and time considerations have gradually lead prospective students to actively search for schools online and find combinations in blended education (a mix of traditional education methodology with online and technology aided learning) that fit their considerations the best. In recent years [...]