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ERIC Number: EJ927008
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-May
Pages: 18
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1492-3831
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Decolonizing Cyberspace: Online Support for the Nunavut MEd
McAuley, Alexander; Walton, Fiona
International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, v12 n4 p17-34 May 2011
Offered between 2006 and 2009 and graduating 21 Inuit candidates, the Nunavut Master of Education program was a collaborative effort made to address the erosion of Inuit leadership in the K-12 school system after the creation of Nunavut, Canada's newest territory, in 1999. Delivered to a large extent in short, intensive, face-to-face courses, the program also made extensive use of online supports. This paper outlines the design challenges--geographical, technological, pedagogical, and cultural--that faced the development and delivery of the online portion of the program. It highlights the intersection of the design decisions with the decolonizing principles that framed the program as a whole, the various and varying roles played by the online environment over the course of the program, and the program's contribution to student success. (Contains 1 table and 5 figures.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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