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Introduction

Purpose and Objectives

Summary of Key Findings

Infrastructure

Access

Professional Development

Distributed Learning

New Technologies

Final Observations

Distributed Learning

Technology and distributed learning are a natural match but survey results didn’t show this relationship to be of particularly high interest. Only 7% said it was a

 
"With declining enrolment, the district is looking at ways to continue to offer core courses and keep our students in our communities. As such, we are looking at alternative delivery methods, particularly online options."
-SD#74 Gold Trail
 

priority for ERAC to consider, while a handful said that options for using it effectively pose a challenge. (Again, this lower priority may reflect the respondents’ limited involvement with their districts’ distributed learning programs, which often operate semi-autonomously.) When asked what areas districts would suggest as recipients for increased technology funding, 43% said they would invest moderately in distributed learning. As distributed learning programs increase and progress to a more mainstream model, where students who attend schools take supplementary classes outside of the confines of a traditional classroom, technology will become significantly more important in the delivery of these programs.