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Nunavut Distributive Learning - past

• Baffin Divisional Board of Education more than 10 years ago invested in First Class BBS service to link all schools in the division.
• Apple Canada developed an Inuktitut font and manufactured syllabic and English keyboards. Provided lots of equipment and resources.
• CSILE (Computer Supported Intentional Learning Environments) functions as a “collaborative learning environment” and a communal database, with both text and graphics capabilities.This networked multimedia environment lets students generate “nodes” containing an idea or piece of information relevant to the topic understudy. Developed by OISE (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education).

Nunavut Distributive Learning - present

• Technical Issues - Bandwidth

• Many communities do not have access to high-speed bandwidth.
• Community access to the internet through libraries schools.
• Federal government will be providing annex satellite access within the next 5 years.
• Some schools setting up dial up server service for their community.
• Current distance education program paper based Alberta correspondence.

Nunavut Distributive Learning - student base

• Student Profile

• English as a second language
• Visual and tactile predominant learning style.
• Experience working electronically in both languages.

Nunavut Distributive Learning - environment

• Challenges

• Multiple stakeholders involved in any learning project some of which do not speak English
• Community and Elder participation and approval required
• Communication, Language and translation issues
• Stakeholders and developers are spread across great distances.
• Technical issues of sharing files, information and working with materials in another language.