Distances, absence, proximités et présences : des concepts en déplacement

Abstract

This article presents the evolution of two key concepts of distance education: distance and presence. These concepts took shape between two landmarks: the first one, the inaugural questioning by Geneviève Jacquinot in 1993 and the second one, two thematic issues of Distances and Knowledge published in 2011 that attempted to answer this question: Where is distance going? This paper is not an exhaustive review of literature, but a « distanced » re-reading of significant texts about the evolution that led researchers to apprehend distance education from the concept of presence and not from the one of distance.

Keywords

• distance education
• distance
• presence
• Jacquinot