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Makale Özeti:
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Distance Education as an alternative to the traditional face-to-face education has been
seen as the teaching-learning process in which students are separated from the teachers
by a physical distance, which is often bridged by modern communication. It comprises all
patterns of student-centered learning process in which the teacher has limited role.
In Nigeria, Africa, the introduction of this form of learning programme, is relatively new
and therefore pose some challenges to all stakeholders in the education industry. In trying
to meet up with the enormous demands for formal education, Nigerian government
established some institutions for distance learning. These included the National Teachers
Institute (NTI), the National Open University (NOUN) among others.
This paper therefore, examined the historical development of this programme and
particularly in Nigeria, the theories and philosophies of distance education, the challenges
and prospects of the programme in the country.
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