Connecting and collaborating in regional, rural and remote Western Australia
Teachers working in regional, rural and remote areas of Western Australia often experience a strong sense of geographic and social isolation from peers, colleagues and appropriate support mechanisms due to the huge distances between towns and communities. The projects described here have focused on...
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ACCE - Journal for the Australian Council for Computers in Education
2010
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| description | Teachers working in regional, rural and remote areas of Western Australia often experience a strong sense of geographic and social isolation from peers, colleagues and appropriate support mechanisms due to the huge distances between towns and communities. The projects described here have focused on the use of technology to enhance both teacher and student learning; and assist with Indigenous education and teacher professional learning. Connecting and collaborating through technologies is emerging as a powerful tool for motivating and engaging both teachers and learners within schools. Coupled with the direction of the current Federal Government with the Digital Education Revolution and the Digital Regions initiatives, opportunities for better serving regional, rural and remote communities are discussed, as are some of the current issues and needs related to these schools in Western Australia. The scope of these projects has been such that three guiding principles have been implemented through contextual lenses of varying foci - at the level of an individual, a school, and a community. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-111372018-09-06T00:43:48Z Connecting and collaborating in regional, rural and remote Western Australia Trinidad, Sue Broadley, Tania Teachers working in regional, rural and remote areas of Western Australia often experience a strong sense of geographic and social isolation from peers, colleagues and appropriate support mechanisms due to the huge distances between towns and communities. The projects described here have focused on the use of technology to enhance both teacher and student learning; and assist with Indigenous education and teacher professional learning. Connecting and collaborating through technologies is emerging as a powerful tool for motivating and engaging both teachers and learners within schools. Coupled with the direction of the current Federal Government with the Digital Education Revolution and the Digital Regions initiatives, opportunities for better serving regional, rural and remote communities are discussed, as are some of the current issues and needs related to these schools in Western Australia. The scope of these projects has been such that three guiding principles have been implemented through contextual lenses of varying foci - at the level of an individual, a school, and a community. 2010 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11137 ACCE - Journal for the Australian Council for Computers in Education fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Trinidad, Sue Broadley, Tania Connecting and collaborating in regional, rural and remote Western Australia |
| title | Connecting and collaborating in regional, rural and remote Western Australia |
| title_full | Connecting and collaborating in regional, rural and remote Western Australia |
| title_fullStr | Connecting and collaborating in regional, rural and remote Western Australia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Connecting and collaborating in regional, rural and remote Western Australia |
| title_short | Connecting and collaborating in regional, rural and remote Western Australia |
| title_sort | connecting and collaborating in regional, rural and remote western australia |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11137 |