Initiative
Create a 'Remote Virtual College' will enable remote and transient senior years students to access learning 24/7 outside of the traditional physical classroom environment.
Overview
Using technology and mixed mode delivery to create a 'Remote Virtual College' provides online access to contextually relevant learning opportunities; supporting these students to engage, grow and achieve.
Benefits
Virtual schooling will enable students in remote communities to access specialist subjects and teachers that cannot be provided at their school. It will also improve continuity in learning programs when students move between schools.
2020 progress update
The Department of Education has been working with the Queensland Department of Education to select an appropriate technology platform for the Remote Virtual College Trial.
Stage 1 implementation of the trial is planned for Semester 2, 2020 through Alice Springs School of the Air.
Update June 2021
A software solution for collaboration and online learning has been trialled with School of the Air and NT School of Distance Education.