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Publication History:

  • Presented in person to NAWeb 98, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, October 6, 1998.
  • Presented by teleconference at CADE Wise and Witty Wednesdays November 4, 1998.
  • Published in the Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, Volume 1, Number 3, Fall, 1998.
  • Presented in person to Office of Learning Technologies, Ottawa, ON, January 25, 1999.
  • Presented by teleconference to the Contact North Board Members, January, 1999.
  • Presented online to The Node learning technologies discussion forum.
  • Presented in person to Leaders in Learning conference, University of Alberta, May 11, 1999.
  • Published in National Adult Literacy Database, Full Text Documents.
  • Summarized in EDCP Newsletter, R.C.M.P. Learning and Development Branch.
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