Reflection 1 - Blogs and DE

I find it fascinating that Professor Gila Kurtz has done extensive research on the ability of blogs to contain critical thought processes of the student posting on the blog. I never thought of myself as a critical thinker so it will be interesting to see if I can pull off some critical thoughts on my blog. The history of distance education for most people starts about 100 years ago with the invention of the postal service and/or railway systems, but in my opinion as is the opinion of Otto Peters, that such education was in use in at least the times of the apostles. I go even farther back and include cave drawings from early humanoids who left such drawings for us to 'learn' about in modern times. In this regards, distance education transcends time with long gone people teaching modern students. This is why I believe distance education has been and still is evolving but also includes as Otto Peters discusses, revolutionary aspects that shoved it in specific directions at various times along the evolution. Peters, O. (2004). Growing importance of distance education in the world. In O. Peters, Distance education in transition: new trends and challenges (4th Ed.), (pp. 13-14). Retrieved from http://www.box.com/shared/5x3tpynqqf