Satellite Lessons: Vocational Education and Training for Isolated Communities

Autor/inn/en	Twyford, Kylie; Crump, Stephen; Anderson, Alan
Titel	Satellite Lessons: Vocational Education and Training for Isolated Communities
Quelle	In: Rural Society, 19 (2009) 2, S.127-135 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1037-1656
Schlagwörter	Indigenous Populations; Distance Education; Adult Education; Adult Students; Foreign Countries; Internet; Vocational Education; Rural Education; Telecommunications; Video Technology; Access to Education; Case Studies; Influence of Technology; Computer Assisted Instruction; Rural Areas; Rural Population; Geographic Isolation; Program Descriptions; Program Effectiveness; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sinti und Roma; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Ausland; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Ländliche Erwachsenenbildung; Telekommunikationstechnik; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Computer based training; Computerunterstützter Unterricht; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Landbevölkerung; Australien
Abstract	At the Western Institute of Technical and Further Education (WITAFE) in New South Wales (NSW), vocational education and training (VET) courses are being delivered to students in isolated homesteads and remote Aboriginal communities by Interactive Distance eLearning (IDL). IDL provides satellite-supported two-way broadband voice, one-way video and Internet access for school-age and adult distance education. Adults commonly access VET courses offered by WITAFE using the equipment provided to their children who are students of a "School of the Air" or through community facilities in remote Aboriginal communities. By providing lessons via satellite to isolated students TAFENSW is helping to counter long-standing inequities in distance and rural education by decreasing the digital divide and assisting with rural renewal. Through a case study, this paper examines the influence of the provision of IDL and Internet access for adult students in isolated homesteads in NSW and also the benefits and challenges of teaching and learning with IDL. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10