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Interactive Distance e-Learning for Isolated Communities: Starting and Finishing the Jigsaw
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Crump, Stephen; Boylan, Colin – Education in Rural Australia, 2008
This paper provides information on the background to the two pilot investigations into "interactive distance e-learning" [IDeL] following the introduction in New South Wales and in the Northern Territory of Australia of satellite-supported two-way broad-band internet services for school-age and adult distance education. The context is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Geographic Isolation
Remote Student Access to Education via Satellite Delivery.
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Boylan, Colin; Wallace, Andrew; Richmond, Wayne – Education in Rural Australia, 2000
In response to the expense and unreliability of radio and telephone communications, the New South Wales (Australia) Department of Education and Training undertook a trial of satellite technology to deliver interactive lessons to elementary students in remote areas. The Gilat satellite system developed in Israel is described, including equipment,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Communications Satellites, Distance Education, Elementary Education
Learning Partnerships in a Remote Rural Setting.
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Boylan, Colin; Wallace, Andrew – 2000
The New South Wales (Australia) Department of Education and Training has been employing distance education for remote students since the 1950s, using high-frequency radio supplemented by printed materials and audiotapes. In these settings, a four-way learning partnership evolved involving the teacher, student, learning materials, and home…
Descriptors: Computer Anxiety, Computer Uses in Education, Distance Education, Educational Cooperation