Online Learning Update Ray Schroeder, editor, OTEL - University of Illinois at Springfield

Bobby Approved (v 3.2)
Monday, October 08, 2001

http://chronicle.com/free/2001/10/2001100801u.htm

Aboriginal People in Canada Embrace Distance Education
By DOUG PAYNE

Aboriginal people in Canada are taking advantage of Web-based distance education, electronic conferencing, bulletin boards, e-mail, and self-directed-learning software to more fully participate in the knowledge economy, the Conference Board of Canada said in a report Thursday. The report includes 10 case studies of projects that relied on information technology to improve aboriginal education, such as the Tobique Information and Technology Learning Center, in New Brunswick, which provided 26 Aboriginal students with training to become Microsoft-certified technicians....

 



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