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Professional Development: A Rural School District's Experience with Videoconferencing
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, , , University of Alberta, Canada

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, in Atlanta, GA, USA ISBN 978-1-880094-52-5 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC USA

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Abstract: The Rural Advanced Community of Learners (RACOL) project undertook an initiative to develop broadband synchronous and asynchronous technologies to a rural school district in northern Alberta, Canada. Relying on the recently installed Alberta SuperNet (a high-speed broadband network), the Virtual Presence Learning Environment (VPLE) classrooms were built using various digital and videoconferencing technologies. As of September 2003, four full-time teachers were required to teach varying subjects within these VPLE classrooms. Therefore, a professional development team was formed and nine professional development sessions were conceptualized and delivered. A history and unique qualities of the RACOL project, a review of literature pertaining to professional development for educational technologies, an in-depth analysis of the nine sessions that were delivered, as well as the results of some research conducted during the nine sessions will be described within this paper.

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Fiege, K., Peacock, K. & Geelan, D. (2004). Professional Development: A Rural School District's Experience with Videoconferencing. In R. Ferdig, C. Crawford, R. Carlsen, N. Davis, J. Price, R. Weber & D. Willis (Eds.), Proceedings of SITE 2004--Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 2150-2157). Atlanta, GA, USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved February 27, 2021 from .

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