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THE DEVELOPMENT OF VIRTUAL CLASSES IN DIGITAL INTRANETS IN RURAL CANADA AND NEW ZEALAND

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Stevens, K. & Cavanaugh, C. (2003). THE DEVELOPMENT OF VIRTUAL CLASSES IN DIGITAL INTRANETS IN RURAL CANADA AND NEW ZEALAND. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (pp. 512-515). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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Conference Information

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2003
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
2003
ISBN 1-880094-47-9
  Caroline Crawford, Niki Davis, Jerry Price, Roberta Weber & Dee Anna Willis
AACE

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Authors

Ken Stevens, Memorial University, Canada; Cathy Cavanaugh, University of North Florida, USA

Abstract

In many countries schools in small and remote communities are vital to the national economic infrastructure as they are often located near mines, forests, fisheries or agricultural activities. However, it is difficult to attract and retain professional and service personnel in rural areas if local schools are not perceived to be at least as good as those in cities. The educational policy dilemma of providing extended curriculum and full on-site teacher resources for small schools in remote communities in ways that ensure students have access to educational, and, indirectly, vocational opportunities, comparable to their urban peers, is often difficult to justify in terms of economies of scale. This paper addresses these issues in the contexts of rural Canada and rural New Zealand through the application of information technologies to link small schools administratively and academically to create new electronic educational structures and processes.

Keywords

• Schools
• Educational Technology

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