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Teaching & Technology Newsletter, Spring 2007, Office Of Instructional Technology, Ryan Matura Libray
Teaching & Technology Newsletter, Spring 2007, Office Of Instructional Technology, Ryan Matura Libray
Library Newsletters
Vol. 1, No. 1, January 2007.
Portrait Of Rural Virtual Schooling, Michael K. Barbour
Portrait Of Rural Virtual Schooling, Michael K. Barbour
Education Faculty Publications
Over the past two decades, distance education has become a reality of rural schooling in Newfoundland and Labrador. In this article, I provide historical background into the challenges facing rural schools in the province and how distance education was introduced to address that challenge. I also describe how that system of distance education evolved from a system that used the telephone lines and bridging technology to one that uses a combination synchronous and asynchronous system delivered over the Internet. Finally, I examine recent literature concerning the nature of today’s secondary students that would need to avail of this system and …
Who’S Researching Virtual Schools?: A Case For Instructional Technologists, Michael K. Barbour
Who’S Researching Virtual Schools?: A Case For Instructional Technologists, Michael K. Barbour
Education Faculty Publications
Over the past 11 years, virtual schooling has gone from isolated experiments to a reliable alternative to a brick and mortar education. However, during this time, little research has been conducted into how these learning opportunities are and should be provided to their adolescent audiences. Even more troubling is that very few of these researchers are from the field of instructional technology. In this article, I discuss those who have been involved in this early research and then make a case for the value that instructional technologists can bring to this emerging field.