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dc.contributor.authorMaebuta, Jacken
dc.contributor.authorMaebuta, Hellenen
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-18T09:50:00Z-
dc.date.issued2010-
dc.identifier.citationThe International Journal of Learning, 17(8), p. 115-126en
dc.identifier.issn1447-9540en
dc.identifier.issn1447-9494en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/7452-
dc.description.abstractThis paper is intended to inform readers about the use of on-line learning in rural Solomon Islands. The Distance Learning Centre Project is still in its early stages of implementation and therefore, this paper is not intended to provide a rigorous evaluation of the project or to assess student attainments. The objective of the project was to improve access to quality education in rural communities. The implementation of the project was funded by European Union and New Zealand Aid. There are nine Distance Learning Centres currently running and are located in rural communities across the country. The centres were equipped with network services, solar power and learning technologies. The learning technologies were hooked onto the network with six laptop computers in each centre. There were 15 courses offered on-line using the synchronous tuition tools. Observing the first year of the project, some practical issues and concerns are examined that relates to empowerment and access to quality education. The paper concludes with reflections on the issues of adequacy, practicality of teaching technical and vocational skills on-line, future sustainability, the importance of follow up and the need for further research to investigate the pertinent issues highlighted in this paper.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherCommon Ground Research Networksen
dc.relation.ispartofThe International Journal of Learningen
dc.titleDelivering Distance Learning in Rural Solomon: Practical Issues and Concernsen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.subject.keywordsPacific Peoples Educationen
dc.subject.keywordsLearning Sciencesen
dc.subject.keywordsEducational Technology and Computingen
local.contributor.firstnameJacken
local.contributor.firstnameHellenen
local.subject.for2008130311 Pacific Peoples Educationen
local.subject.for2008130306 Educational Technology and Computingen
local.subject.for2008130309 Learning Sciencesen
local.subject.seo2008930102 Learner and Learning Processesen
local.subject.seo2008930201 Pedagogyen
local.subject.seo2008930203 Teaching and Instruction Technologiesen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciencesen
local.profile.emailjmaebut2@une.edu.auen
local.profile.emailhmaebuta@une.edu.auen
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local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordune-20110131-131316en
local.publisher.placeUnited States of Americaen
local.format.startpage115en
local.format.endpage126en
local.peerreviewedYesen
local.identifier.volume17en
local.identifier.issue8en
local.title.subtitlePractical Issues and Concernsen
local.contributor.lastnameMaebutaen
local.contributor.lastnameMaebutaen
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dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
local.title.maintitleDelivering Distance Learning in Rural Solomonen
local.output.categorydescriptionC1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journalen
local.relation.urlhttp://ijl.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.30/prod.2887en
local.search.authorMaebuta, Jacken
local.search.authorMaebuta, Hellenen
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local.year.published2010en
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