Referenced National Information Infrastructure (NII)
Describes The Technologies Driving The National Information Infrastructure: Policy Implications for Distance Education
Start Date 1994-00-00
Notes The Emerging National Information Infrastructure Distance educators today use a variety of channels—physical infrastructures—to transmit educational material and to communicate with learners, creating information infrastructures. Historically, distributed learning has evolved from physical transmission via surface mail (correspondence courses) to electronic communication (Schlosser & Anderson, 1994). Many types of physical infrastructures are currently used in distance education; these include the telephone system for faxing materials, audioconferencing and videoconferencing; cable television channels or wireless technologies such as microwave, broadcast television, and satellite for video-based programming; and computer networks like the Internet for transferring educational materials and computer conferencing. The National Information Infrastructure (NII) is evolving as a synthesis of these alternative media and the services they support.
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