Decolonizing Cyberspace: Online Support for the Nunavut MEd

dc.creator	Alexander McAuley
dc.creator	Fiona Walton
dc.date	2011-05-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:05:33Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:05:33Z
dc.identifier	1492-3831
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/fd8c643754be4b1faa5261b1951b2de6
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/9836
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/fd8c643754be4b1faa5261b1951b2de6
dc.description	Offered between 2006 and 2009 and graduating 21 Inuit candidates, the Nunavut Master of Education program was a collaborative effort made to address the erosion of Inuit leadership in the K-12 school system after the creation of Nunavut, Canada’s newest territory, in 1999. Delivered to a large extent in short, intensive, face-to-face courses, the program also made extensive use of online supports. This paper outlines the design challenges – geographical, technological, pedagogical, and cultural – that faced the development and delivery of the online portion of the program. It highlights the intersection of the design decisions with the decolonizing principles that framed the program as a whole, the various and varying roles played by the online environment over the course of the program, and the program’s contribution to student success.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Athabasca University
dc.relation	http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/848/1798
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, Vol 12, Iss 4 (2011)
dc.subject	Inuit
dc.subject	Aboriginal
dc.subject	distance graduate program
dc.subject	decolonization
dc.subject	pedagogy
dc.subject	K-12
dc.subject	school administrator
dc.subject	Indigenous education
dc.subject	Nunavut
dc.subject	decolonizing
dc.subject	educational leadership
dc.subject	distance education
dc.subject	distance learning
dc.subject	blended learning
dc.subject	knowledge building
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Decolonizing Cyberspace: Online Support for the Nunavut MEd
dc.type	Article