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This 4 page paper discusses distance education and the benefits it offers, particularly to students in rural areas. It also briefly touches on how teachers interact with students in the distance learning situation. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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distance education can help both students and teachers in such areas; that distance education improves not only educational attainment but social and financial aspects of life as well; and that
teachers have to adjust their presentation methods to work well in distance education. Discussion Schools in rural America are caught in a vicious circle: students graduate but see no future
in the local area, so they leave, which in turn means that fewer people remain to start families, run businesses and purchase local products (Christie, 2001, p. 2). This "brain
drain" means that fewer "high-quality workers" remain, and of necessity, fewer "high-quality jobs" come to the area (Christie, 2001, p. 2). Fewer jobs means fewer opportunities for the "next generation
of students," with the result that these people too will leave the community (Christie, 2001, p. 2). As the population declines so does enrollment, leaving schools hard-pressed to provide quality
education (Christie, 2001). This is where distance learning comes in. Christie points out that a rural community may not offer the amenities that teachers are used to; for those coming
from a city or a larger town, the lack of shopping, entertainment and the chance to meet with peers socially can be daunting (2001). Therefore, some states have begun using
the Internet to bring more materials to their rural classrooms (Christie, 2001). West Virginia, Oklahoma and Arkansas passed laws to allow students to receive some of their course content this
way, if no other option was available (Christie, 2001). It is likely that in the years since Christie wrote, other states have also begun using the Internet to help rural
students who cannot get class materials any other way. Suzanne Weiss describes the experience of four towns in Colorado who linked their high school classrooms together with fiber-optic cable (2001).
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