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Direct linkJanzen, Katherine J.; Perry, Beth; Edwards, Margaret – Journal of Invitational Theory and Practice, 2011
How can students in an online classroom of one, often sitting in solitude in front of a computer, experience community? The authors suggest that in part, the answer lies in creating invitational online educational spaces through the use of Artistic Pedagogical Technologies (ATPs), particularly Photovoice (PV) a teaching strategy. A Zen paradox (or…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Geographic Isolation, Online Courses
Peer reviewedVenn, Martha L.; Moore, R. Larry; Gunter, Philip L. – Rural Educator, 2001
Valdosta State University (Georgia) uses audio/video conferencing in its teacher education program, a low-cost alternative to travel that enables student teachers to access the expertise of their supervisors more frequently; supervisors to observe student teachers; simultaneous interactions between supervisor, student teacher, and mentor, or among…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Computer Mediated Communication, Distance Education, Geographic Isolation
Active Learner: A Foxfire Journal for Teachers, 1998
The experiences of two teachers describe how BreadNet, an online professional-development and educational conference, enables teachers with similar interests to work together and maintain a sense of community. BreadNet allowed their rural schools to participate in projects with distant schools, leading to improvements in the quantity and quality…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Computer Mediated Communication, Distance Education, Electronic Mail
Maxwell, T. W.; Reid, Jo-Anne; McLoughlin, Catherine; Clarke, Catherine; Nicholls, Ruth – 2001
A new final-year teacher education unit at an Australian university uses action research as a learning process for teacher-interns in rural schools. This year-long unit requires support in the first semester as on-campus students explore action research and identify potential areas for their improvement. Online work at this stage builds the…
Descriptors: Action Research, Collegiality, Computer Mediated Communication, Critical Thinking
Herrington, Anthony; Herrington, Jan – 2001
In regional, rural, and remote areas of Australia, geographic and professional isolation take their toll on professionals, particularly in the first 5 years of practice. The attraction and retention of human service professionals and paraprofessionals in regional Australia is a significant problem affecting the sustainability and social cohesion…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Computer Mediated Communication, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Odasz, Frank – MultiMedia Schools, 1999
Relates experiences in providing on-site Internet workshops to the newly networked Native-Alaskan village of Galena. Discusses a handbook of K-12 Internet resources, the collaborative relationship at the core of Internet innovations, creating an online course on brokering Internet learning resources, and the three biggest advantages the Internet…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Alaska Natives, Computer Mediated Communication, Cooperation
Luck, Jo – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2003
This article examines some of the social, technical, and economic issues encountered in the implementation of an educational technology at an Australian regional university. Reference is made to the implementation of the videoconferencing network at Central Queensland University (CQU). In late 1996 when the implementation process was completed the…
Descriptors: Teaching Models, Educational Innovation, Foreign Countries, Networks
Peer reviewedHansen, Nancy E.; Gladfelter, John – Teaching of Psychology, 1996
Describes the use of online seminars as part of the curriculum of a distance education program in psychology for middle-aged adults. Addresses structural, educational, technical, and contextual issues, and evaluates the courses. Maintains that expanding technology is radically altering the efficacy of graduate distance education. (MJP)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Oriented Programs, Course Content
Lundin, Roy – 1994
This paper describes various types of distance education technologies and their use in rural Australia. Communications and information technologies may be categorized as distributive or interactive. Correspondence education is a distributive form of distance education, involving the postal service and, at times, educational television or radio.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Correspondence Study
Kilian, Crawford – Educom Review, 1997
Lists seven characteristics of online instruction, and discusses related questions. Topics include costs, increased usage of educational technology, access to information/communication for isolated groups, the present text-based system and technological change, the pattern of hypertext, effectiveness of online instruction, and the student/teacher…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education
Buckby, Malcolm – 2000
Information and communication technology (ICT) is an integral part of the South Australian Department of Education and Children's Services strategy to improve education and training. A major focus involves online delivery and distance education through the Internet and teacher inservice and professional development. This redresses such problems in…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development
Stacey, Elizabeth – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2005
Australia's large distances and widely distributed population has meant that distance education has been an important part of its history. From the earliest provision of schooling by mail through a series of correspondence schools, both state and federal governments have provided a sound infrastructure to support distance education. Innovative…
Descriptors: Correspondence Schools, Vocational Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
