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The Role of Distance Technology in Career and Technical Education

Clark, A. (2009). The Role of Distance Technology in Career and Technical Education. In I. Gibson et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (pp. 1171-1174). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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SITE

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2009
Charleston, SC, USA
March 2, 2009
ISBN 1-880094-67-3
  Ian Gibson, Roberta Weber, Karen McFerrin, Roger Carlsen & Dee Anna Willis
AACE

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Author

Aaron Clark, NC State University, United States

Abstract

For years, professionals in career and technical education have not embraced the idea of using distance education and technology to reach more people. Just within the past five years have on-line graduate degrees been developed and implemented throughout the United States for technical education disciplines. As of to date, only a few colleges offer a full baccalaureate degree in technical education and fewer offer a graduate degree. This philosophical based paper will discuss reasons as to why distance technology has been slow to mature in technical education and potential offerings that may attract distance technology to fields related to technology and career technical education.