As I have been trying to get the word out about the Call for Submissions: Themed Issue of the Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning, I have been tracking down K-12 or primary and secondary or schools sector distance education programs in Australia. Here are the ones that I have come up with thus far:
- Mount Isa School of the Air
- Katherine School of the Air
- Alice Springs School of the Air
- School of the Air – Broken Hill
- Tibooburra Outback School of the Air
- Port Hedland School of the Air
- Open Access College
- Kimberley School of the Air
- Carnarvon School of the Air
- Kalgoorlie School of the Air
- Meekatharra School Of The Air
- Charters Towers School of Distance Education
- Longreach School of Distance Education
- Cairns School of Distance Education
- Schools of Isolated and Distance Education
- Charleville School of Distance Education
- Distance Education Centre Victoria
- Aboriginal Independent Community Schools of Western Australia
- Sydney Distance Education High School
- Northern Territory Open Education Centre
- Rural & Distance Education Unit
- Tasmanian eSchool
- Grampians Virtual School
- Northern Beaches Christian School
- Virtual School for the Gifted
- Virtual Schooling Service
Note that the list up until Aboriginal Independent Community Schools of Western Australia, was largely constructed from The School of the Air and remote learning website of the Australian government.
Finally, I’ve written a couple of entries about K-12 distance education in Australia in the past that are worth mentioning:
- Improving Rural Teacher Education – RRRTEC Final Report
- HSC Learn Online – Study The HSC Via Online Learning
- EDTECH597 – Links Entry: Australian K-12 Online Learning Programmes
- Article Notice – Integrating Online Learning In NSW Secondary Schools: Three Schools’ Perspectives On ICT Adoption
- School Of The Air Is 50!
Always good to find out more about what is happening on this front in other parts of the world.
