An Evaluation of a Distance Education Project Designed To Provide Equity in Rural Alberta High Schools.

Autor/inn/en	Schieman, E.; Clark, W. B.
Titel	An Evaluation of a Distance Education Project Designed To Provide Equity in Rural Alberta High Schools.
Quelle	(1990), (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Delivery Systems; Distance Education; Educational Change; Educational Strategies; Electronic Mail; Facsimile Transmission; Foreign Countries; Independent Study; Migration; Program Evaluation; Rural Population; Rural Schools; Secondary Education; Teacher Role; Teleconferencing; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Auslieferung; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Bildungsreform; Lehrstrategie; Elektronischer Briefkasten; Bildübertragung; Ausland; Selbststudium; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Landbevölkerung; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Sekundarbereich; Lehrerrolle; Telekonferenz; Kanada
Abstract	Alberta (Canada) is experiencing a phenomenon common to many other regions the world over: there is a movement of population away from rural areas to urban centers. Such migration has a profound impact on rural schools and school systems in these areas, including a decrease in school population, school staff, and school programs. In an attempt to address this problem, the Alberta government established a distance education project in 1987 to deliver, via diverse means, high school courses in quality and quantity sufficient to allow students to graduate. Three forms of technology were incorporated: facsimile transmissions (FAX), telephones, and teleconferencing convenors. Electronic mail and electronic bulletin boards were added subsequently. The project resulted in a shift in emphasis on teacher roles to increased independent study. However, due to the traditional instructional orientation of project personnel and students, patterns of use of the new technologies revealed a tendency to stay with the more familiar telephone and FAX machines. (9 references) (DB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC