Science at a Distance: Nontraditional Students Realize their Academic Goals Utilizing an Alberta University Distance-Education Program | NSTA

Science at a Distance: Nontraditional Students Realize their Academic Goals Utilizing an Alberta University Distance-Education Program

Journal of College Science Teaching—September/October 1997

With the increased availability of new technologies, distance educators have the opportunity to design science courses that provide students with a wider range of learning aids than are available at many traditional institutions, while at the same time offer equivalent experience in standard laboratory practice.

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