By Margith Agnes Strand/ Fielding Graduate University/ July 24, 2011

Time, Space and Place in Distance Learning

The philosophy of Kant (Kant, 1781) will be visited to explore the enunciations of “space, time and being” in that “space” is seen as an objective which in turn places “meaning” as a construct of distance education. “Space” in distance education can be seen as a component of the dimensions of the transcendental arena; Words are a matter of form; the dimensions of the transcendental arena are what hold the incentive and the intuitive definition of the backbone of the field of distance education. “Space” is an expansive modular state of knowledge and understanding. Time is a realm of quantification which is process-related in the tenure of application and effort. Place is also a quantifier in a traditional sense, and yet, for our effort it is a realm of understanding and cognitive quantification in that it is synonymous with “word.” “Place is the word” and in it, the place is a symbol, as the word is a symbol that holds the sense of comprehension which reaches beyond the quantification aspect of the word, into the meaning and expression into the structure of a person’s life structure. Without the breadth and the brevity that the transcendental dimensions show, we as educators have no hold on the knowledge and the basis of the information that the various fields extend to the scope of education as a whole.