Attracting, Preparing, and Retaining Under-Represented Populations in Rural and Remote Alberta-North Communities
For several years, the government of the western Canadian province of Alberta has drafted policies and conducted research on the problem of populations under-represented in adult education. This Alberta-North and Athabasca University study, funded by the Alberta government’s Innovation Fund, uses th...
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For several years, the government of the western Canadian province of Alberta has drafted policies and conducted research on the problem of populations under-represented in adult education. This Alberta-North and Athabasca University study, funded by the Alberta government’s Innovation Fund, uses the advice and educational experiences of northern former and present students, and of other community members, to identify ways of better attracting, preparing, and retaining under-represented populations in northern Alberta communities through provision and training in the use of distance delivery methods.The research reported here commences with a review of the literature to investigate the following: 1) the contribution distance education makes globally to learning access in remote areas (and resulting economic growth for under-served populations); 2) how support is provided to retain isolated students; and 3) the help needed to assist remote students to complete distance programs. Community consultations with social service and education agencies in three communities were conducted in order to obtain their perspectives about what helps to attract and support students to educational programs and the barriers students typically encounter, which might be mitigated by distance methods. Finally, a survey was designed and distributed in 87 Alberta-North communities in northern Alberta and across Canada’s Northwest Territories to add perspective to the consultation results. |
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Attracting, Preparing, and Retaining Under-Represented Populations in Rural and Remote Alberta-North Communities |
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Attracting, Preparing, and Retaining Under-Represented Populations in Rural and Remote Alberta-North Communities |
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Attracting, Preparing, and Retaining Under-Represented Populations in Rural and Remote Alberta-North Communities |
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Attracting, Preparing, and Retaining Under-Represented Populations in Rural and Remote Alberta-North Communities |
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Attracting, Preparing, and Retaining Under-Represented Populations in Rural and Remote Alberta-North Communities |
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:50|dedup_wf_001::d23bfed02dfdc899a9018ccf0935bf26 2023-05-15T17:46:42+02:00 Attracting, Preparing, and Retaining Under-Represented Populations in Rural and Remote Alberta-North Communities Patrick J. Fahy Nancy Steel 2011-05-13 https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ927009.pdf https://www.learntechlib.org/p/49472/article_49472.pdf http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/936/1801 http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/viewFile/936/1801 http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/viewFile/936/1838 http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/viewFile/936/1807 http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/viewFile/936/1814 https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v12i4.936 http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/download/936/1838 http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/936 https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ927009 https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/irrodl/2013-v14-n4-irrodl05131/1067606ar/ https://www.learntechlib.org/p/49472/ https://academic.microsoft.com/#/detail/1542458640 https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1067606ar en eng Athabasca University Press https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ927009.pdf https://www.learntechlib.org/p/49472/article_49472.pdf http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/936/1801 http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/viewFile/936/1801 http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/viewFile/936/1838 http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/viewFile/936/1807 http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/viewFile/936/1814 http://dx.doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v12i4.936 http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/download/936/1838 http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/936 https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ927009 https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/irrodl/2013-v14-n4-irrodl05131/1067606ar/ https://www.learntechlib.org/p/49472/ https://academic.microsoft.com/#/detail/1542458640 https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1067606ar lic_creative-commons oai:doaj.org/article:7b033ce445af40fc96661e77e650c872 10.19173/irrodl.v12i4.936 1542458640 oai:erudit.org:1067606ar 10|driver______::bee53aa31dc2cbb538c10c2b65fa5824 10|doajarticles::492c0ba72cc1e39cf02c6ee6272ea8f7 10|openaire____::081b82f96300b6a6e3d282bad31cb6e2 10|openaire____::8ac8380272269217cb09a928c8caa993 10|openaire____::5f532a3fc4f1ea403f37070f59a7a53a 10|opendoar____::16e6a3326dd7d868cbc926602a61e4d0 Distance education e-learning pedagogy northern remote areas isolated students Sciences Humaines et Sociales Social Sciences and Humanities edu socio Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2011 fttriple https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v12i4.936 2023-01-22T17:31:50Z For several years, the government of the western Canadian province of Alberta has drafted policies and conducted research on the problem of populations under-represented in adult education. This Alberta-North and Athabasca University study, funded by the Alberta government’s Innovation Fund, uses the advice and educational experiences of northern former and present students, and of other community members, to identify ways of better attracting, preparing, and retaining under-represented populations in northern Alberta communities through provision and training in the use of distance delivery methods.The research reported here commences with a review of the literature to investigate the following: 1) the contribution distance education makes globally to learning access in remote areas (and resulting economic growth for under-served populations); 2) how support is provided to retain isolated students; and 3) the help needed to assist remote students to complete distance programs. Community consultations with social service and education agencies in three communities were conducted in order to obtain their perspectives about what helps to attract and support students to educational programs and the barriers students typically encounter, which might be mitigated by distance methods. Finally, a survey was designed and distributed in 87 Alberta-North communities in northern Alberta and across Canada’s Northwest Territories to add perspective to the consultation results. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northwest Territories Unknown Northwest Territories The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning 12 4 35 |