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Technology, Journal of Distance Education, IX (1).

Utilizing qualitative research, womans distance learning experiences were 
examined.  Nine woman from a variety of educational backgrounds and 
circumstances who studied a womans studies course by home study or 
teleconferencing from Athabasca University during 1990 and 1991 were 
interviewed.  The women unanimously agreed that distance study isnt for 
everyone and that it is a significantly different experience for female learners 
than it is for male learners.  The author concluded that further research is 
warranted.


National Association of State Boards of Education (2001).  Any Time, Any Place, Any
Path, Any Pace:  Taking the Lead on e-Learning Policy, NASBE.

This report of the NASBE Study Group on e-Learning: The Future of Education 
concludes that e-learning will improve American education in valuable ways and 
should be universally implemented as soon as possible.  Among the reports 
several policy recommendations, the following address the assurance of equity.
(1) Ensure that every student has access at school to the equipment, software, 
fast Internet connections, and other resources necessary to take full advantage of 
e-learning opportunities. (2) Provide after school access by working with other 
agencies to ensure that every student has convenient and affordable access to e- 
learning opportunities when school is out.  (3) Supply technologies to assist 
students with special needs.


National Telecommunications and Information Administration (1995, July).  Falling
Through the Net:  A Survey of the Have Nots in Rural and Urban America, U.S. 
Department of Commerce.

This survey addressed trends in telephone subscribership, as well as ownership 
and usage of personal computers (PC) and modems, using 1994 data.  By 
contracting with the U.S. Census Bureau to add questions on PC/modem 
ownership and usage in its November 1994 Current Population Survey, these 
data constituted the first census survey of its kind regarding PC/modem 
ownership.  The have nots in this study included the poor in central cities and


	

	
		
			
				
					
						




						
							
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