TY - JOUR
T1 - Creative use of digital technologies
T2 - Keeping the best and brightest in the bush
AU - Bannister, Barbara
AU - Cornish, Linley
AU - Bannister-Tyrrell, Michelle
AU - Gregory, Sue
N1 - Includes bibliographical references.
PY - 2015/4
Y1 - 2015/4
N2 - Gifted students have been provided the opportunity to study three core subjects through an academically selective virtual high school in western NSW, Australia. At the same time these students continue to attend their local public high school for their other subjects. This article presents the mechanisms that have provided this opportunity, and describes successes and challenges. Students are located across 385,000 km2 and meet online through web conferencing to engage in real time. They are also able asynchronously to access study materials in an online repository.
AB - Gifted students have been provided the opportunity to study three core subjects through an academically selective virtual high school in western NSW, Australia. At the same time these students continue to attend their local public high school for their other subjects. This article presents the mechanisms that have provided this opportunity, and describes successes and challenges. Students are located across 385,000 km2 and meet online through web conferencing to engage in real time. They are also able asynchronously to access study materials in an online repository.
KW - Rural education
KW - Virtual schooling
KW - Online repository
UR - https://journal.spera.asn.au/index.php/AIJRE/about
M3 - Article
SN - 1036-0026
VL - 25
SP - 51
EP - 64
JO - Education in Rural Australia
JF - Education in Rural Australia
IS - 1
ER -