In Destination 2: Adult Learning, you learned about adult education theory, and in Destination 3: Distance Education Instructional Design, you learned about the instructional design process in a distance course. In this section, you'll be introduced to distance education teaching strategies.

Specifically, you will learn the following driving skills (objectives):

• Balancing structure and control in a distance education course.
• Differentiating and implementing instructional design strategies for distance education.
• Identifying the advantages and disadvantages of using chats and threaded discussions.
• Developing instruction that is accessible to distance education learners with various disabilities.

At the end of each destination is a Resources Page with a glossary, support materials and references. To access other sections, return to the Table of Contents.

Let's first look at the issue of structure and control in a distance education course.

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