New rule may hinder distance learning

This is part one of a two-part series. This article looks at the new rule adopted by the Montana Board of Public Education imposing new requirements on distance learning and the possible impact on one Bitterroot Valley school. Part two will look further into the issues raised by the new rule.

Students in a small rural town like Victor can, thanks to today’s telecommunications, access instruction from professors at colleges and universities across America.

Through a group of technologies together called “distance learning,” advanced-placement students and students with remedial needs can access some of the best minds in America.

Starting July 1, 2009, that access, for students in Montana, will be reduced.

by JOEL GALLOB – Ravalli Republic

Full Story: http://www.ravallirepublic.com/articles/2007/10/16/news/news05.txt