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Download full textByers, Anne – Rural Clearinghouse Digest, 1996
Rural areas lag behind urban areas in access to information technologies. Public institutions play a critical role in extending the benefits of information technologies to those who would not otherwise have access. The most successful rural telecommunications plans address barriers to use, such as unawareness of the benefits, technophobia, the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Community Information Services, Computer Literacy, Computer Mediated Communication
Epstein, Margarete – 1999
Distance education occurs when distance and/or time prevents the learner and instructor from meeting face to face. Ways of providing distance learning opportunities include traditional materials by mail (print materials, audio and video support materials, audio and video lectures) and electronic materials (faxed information, telephone, electronic…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Computer Mediated Communication, Distance Education
