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Beyond volunteerism and good will: Examining the commitment of school-based teachers to distance education
Michael Barbour; Dennis Mulcahy
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 779–784
Two decades ago Newfoundland and Labrador introduced distance education in the K-12 environment. The program focused upon providing advanced-level courses to rural school students, and worked largely due to the widely known, but rarely documented...
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Student Performance in Virtual Schooling: Looking beyond the Numbers
Michael K. Barbour; Dennis Mulcahy
ERS Spectrum Vol. 27, No. 1 (2009) pp. 23–30
Seven years ago, the Centre for Distance Learning and Innovation (CDLI) began a virtual high school within the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. CDLI was designed primarily to provide courses in specialized areas to students in rural...
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How Are They Doing?: Examining Student Achievement in Virtual Schooling
Michael K. Barbour; Dennis Mulcahy
Education in Rural Australia Vol. 18, No. 2 (2008) pp. 63–74
Six years ago the Centre for Distance Learning and Innovation began a virtual high school within the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Designed primarily to provide courses in specialized areas to students in rural areas, where schools ...
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An Inquiry into Retention and Achievement Differences in Campus Based and Web Based AP Courses
Michael Barbour; Dennis Mulcahy
Rural Educator Vol. 27, No. 3 (2006) pp. 8–12
A decade ago the Advanced Placement (AP) program was introduced into the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Initially, schools embraced this opportunity to provide their students with opportunities that were previously unavailable....