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Preparing Rural Teachers for a Broadband-Enabled Virtual Presence Distance Learning Environment
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, , University of Alberta, Canada

EdMedia + Innovate Learning, in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA ISBN 978-1-880094-48-8 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC

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Under ordinary circumstances in school jurisdictions, ensuring effective professional development initiatives for teachers can be a challenge. When you append distance, complex advanced technologies, and a diverse environment of learners, teachers and cultures spread out over a vast land mass, the endeavor becomes even more of a challenge. This paper describes the professional development approach and related evaluation components of a multifaceted broadband enabled project to change the way education is offered in remote rural areas.

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Skaalid, B. & Fuchs, A. (2003). Preparing Rural Teachers for a Broadband-Enabled Virtual Presence Distance Learning Environment. In D. Lassner & C. McNaught (Eds.), Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2003--World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications (pp. 1859-1862). Honolulu, Hawaii, USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved August 10, 2022 from .

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