INSIGHTS ON GENERATIONS OF DISTANCE EDUCATION WITH REFERENCE TO LEARNING MATERIAL

Learning is a lifelong and continuous process. It is a process of resultant changes in behaviour and this is brought out with teaching. The learning process has got no boundaries of age and becomes a lifelong process. It cannot be restricted to the four walls of schools or training institutes but can be taught according to the convenience of the learner. The distance education concept comes with an emphasis of planned with opportunities for learning at the student's convenient time and location. Distance education is two-way communication between the learner and facilitator for providing opportunities to the learner to engage in self–study with the freedom of time, space and pace. Education takes place throughout life in many forms. Today, Distance education is equipped through technological advances. It took many generations for education, which is now imparted through distance mode of education. This research paper highlights the generations of distance education.