Reaching REMOTE learners: Successes and challenges for students in an online graduate degree program in the Pacific Islands

Authors

  • Kavita Rao University of Hawaii
  • Charles Giuli Pacific Resources for Education and Learning

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v11i1.785

Keywords:

distance education, Pacific islands, higher education acccess

Author Biographies

Kavita Rao, University of Hawaii

Kavita Rao is an Assistant Professor at University of Hawaii at Manoa, College of Education. Her research interests include assistive technology, online learning for rural and indigenous populations, Universal Design for Learning, and literacy for children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Kavita has worked extensively in Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, CNMI, Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia developing and implementing teacher training initiatives.

Charles Giuli, Pacific Resources for Education and Learning

Charles Giuli is the director of evaluation for the Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL), where he manages evaluation contracts in Hawai‘i and the Pacific region. He received his doctorate in educational psychology from the University of Hawai‘i. Before joining PREL, Giuli worked in both evaluation and education. Dr. Giuli’s professional experience includes planning, project management, fiscal management, budgeting, needs assessment, program monitoring, testing, measurement, questionnaire design, and research design. He still gets a charge out of learning whether, why, and how educational interventions work.

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Published

2010-03-05

How to Cite

Rao, K., & Giuli, C. (2010). Reaching REMOTE learners: Successes and challenges for students in an online graduate degree program in the Pacific Islands. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 11(1), 141–160. https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v11i1.785

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 1 (2010)

Section

Field Notes

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