After the first week of reading, these articles gave me a general understanding of distributed and open learning. Distributed learning is used to describe a multimedia teaching method. Whether it is face-to-face class, online class (for example, using zoom software), or video teaching. Distributed learning is mainly used in professional academic applications. For example, in order to obtain credits for students attending classes, the company trains employees to improve their skills.
“Blended learning is the inspiration of much of the innovation, both pedagogically and technologically, in higher education. By innovation we mean significantly rethinking and redesigning approaches to teaching and learning that fully engage learners.” Vaughan, N. D., Garrison, D. R., & Cleveland-Innes, M. (2013). Open learning refers to planned learning that is organized for various types of objects in the society and is not restricted by the various admission conditions often found in traditional educational institutions. It uses a variety of forms and means to organize and conduct planned learning. Main features: (1) There are no restrictions on admission qualifications; (2) Teaching is not conducted in classrooms on campus, and students learn at any time at work and living places, without being restricted by geographical separation; (3) Tuition costs are low, and the place of residence is remote. It will not increase a lot of costs; (4) The use of a variety of media technologies to organize teaching, and students’ self-study of various course materials at home is the basis of the entire teaching.
References：
Regan, P., & Jesse, J. (2019). Ethical challenges of edtech, big data and personalized learning: Twenty-first century student sorting and tracking. Ethics and Information Technology, 21(3), 167-179. DOI: 10.1007/s10676-018-9492-2
Morris, S. M., & Stommel, J. (2018). An urgency of teachers: The work of critical digital pedagogy. Hybrid Pedagogy.
Vaughan, N. D., Garrison, D. R., & Cleveland-Innes, M. (2013). Teaching in blended learning environments: Creating and sustaining communities of inquiry. AU Press.