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Wednesday, May 01, 2002
http://chronicle.com/free/2002/05/2002050101u.htm Australian University Goes Online With Studies of Aboriginal Group's Language and Culture DAVID COHEN A university in Australia has created a distance-education program to teach outsiders one of the world's oldest indigenous languages. The Northern Territory University, in Darwin, is working with the aboriginal Yolngu people to study their language and culture, and also using the latest technology to teach courses about the Yolngu, who trace their history on the continent as far back as 40,000 years. Although the university already offers a variety of undergraduate and advanced degrees in Yolngu studies, the new program marks the first time that the institution has offered an opportunity to earn credits or study toward a stand-alone diploma in these subjects through distance education. The cost for the entire program is around $1,740....
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