What the article doesn't discuss in detail, however, is the fact that the Criminal Justice Distance Learning Consortium is diligently working toward the accreditation of Criminal Justice Distance Learning programs throughout the country. We will also be offering accreditation to programs that are international in scope. Standards for accreditation are now under development, and it is hoped that accreditation will be available to interested programs by as early as January, 2000. We are always looking for innovative ideas to incorporate into the standards that we are in the process of developing. The outfits worn by students in most graduation ceremonies today are a reminder of those early times.
Traditions are hard to break.
While modes of dress may no longer be traditional, other educational habits remain soundly entrenched. Most of us, when we think of education and training today, still think in terms of that traditional model, which consists of a classroom filled with desks or chairs, populated by students, and presided over by an instructor entrenched behind a podium or desk at the front of the room. Under this model, educational and training activities are scheduled for specific times during which classes meet, and lectures, demonstrations, or discussions fill up the bulk of classroom activities. Distance Learning History Beginning as early as the 1960s, however, a new educational model began to emerge. Today, of course, two-way satellite broadcasts of conferences, lectures, and meetings make it possible for instructors and students to interact in real time.