Abstract

Over the past two decades, distance education has become a reality of rural schooling in Newfoundland and Labrador. In this article, I provide historical background into the challenges facing rural schools in the province and how distance education was introduced to address that challenge. I also describe how that system of distance education evolved from a system that used the telephone lines and bridging technology to one that uses a combination synchronous and asynchronous system delivered over the Internet. Finally, I examine recent literature concerning the nature of today's secondary students that would need to avail of this system and relate how this may not be an applicable portrait of youth in rural areas, such as Newfoundland and Labrador. (Contains 1 figure.)

Citation

Barbour, M.K. (2007). Portrait of Rural Virtual Schooling. Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 59, 1-21. Retrieved March 6, 2021 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/60064/.

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Keywords

• Computer Uses in Education
• distance education
• Educational History
• educational technology
• Foreign Countries
• internet
• Rural Areas
• rural education
• Rural Schools
• Secondary School Students
• Web Based Instruction