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ERIC Number: EJ488516
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-8756-0534
Australian Developments in Distance Education and Their Implications for Rural Schools.
Stevens, Ken
Journal of Research in Rural Education, v10 n1 p78-83 Spr 1994
Discusses the impact on rural Australian schools of recent developments in distance education, including new communication technologies, changes in the concept of Distance Education Centres, the advent of open learning ("open" college courses delivered electronically by a consortium of universities), and interinstitutional networking. Research needs include lessening the gap between technologies and their classroom application. (LP)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Consortia, Distance Education, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Geographic Isolation, Higher Education, Intercollegiate Cooperation, Nontraditional Education, Rural Education, Technological Advancement
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Australia
Note: Theme issue topic: "Rural Development, Policy, and Education in Australia."