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Saturday, May 11, 2002
http://www.syllabus.com/syllabusmagazine/article.asp?id=6336 Distance Learning: Lessons from Alaska Sally M. Johnstone As Alaskans are experiencing the annual thaw, it may be worthwhile for those of us in the lower 48 to think about some lessons we might be able to learn from the distance learning planners there. Two years ago, I began to work with Mike Sfraga and Steve Smith of the University of Alaska as they tried to sort out the first steps in responding to a challenge. Their task was to devise a statewide network that could serve all of the distance learning needs of the public school system, local governments, the National Guard, public libraries, community colleges, technical colleges, and the state's public and private universities. At least they did not have to try to weave in public health care needs; there was another project dealing this those issues on a parallel track....
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