Better Taming Distance in Online Training; Technological Innovation

The fragmentation of Internet technologies in various areas of life disorients the two spatio-temporal landmarks so much perceived from the fixed parameters. However, the experience of time and space now lived with the emergence of new sociability proves that human relations are formed outside the absolute character of metric distance while freeing themselves from synchronous temporality. Digital progress in distance learning refers to the erasure of distance in favor of proximity. Technological tools have defied the variable of time while they have succeeded in bringing together physically and geographically distant actants. From this nail, the article will briefly visit some of the consequences that have the emblematic questioning of distance to distances and that have laid the first foundations on the constraint of presence, which is often talked about as a factor contributing to the motivation and commitment of learners in a distance learning course. In the same conceptual dimension, the work will also focus on some pedagogical practices that are imbued with the contribution of the social sciences to rethink distance pedagogy better. Undeniably, the technological boom has made the feeling of presence possible through interactive managerial practices such as collaborative work, the creation of a Learning or Practice Community and hybridization. In addition to the different distances, the present work will begin with a simple mapping of distances, since it is a question of distances, then make a brief outline of the concepts, proximity and presence, often in cohabitation with the term of distance. The second part will be dedicated to some research with the ambition of demonstrating the interest of building a remote presence and to what extent it is closely linked to the socio-emotional involvement of learners. What are these distances to be tamed? What terminology arises in the context of distance Learning? To what extent does the new technology contribute to establishing a remote social presence?