to the attention of this student that one of the problems in our home state with incorporating distance learning has little to do with these areas. When Ms. Marie Shelton with the Ft. Worth Ind. School District proposed something like an internet approach to help some of those students who would not or could not attend school, the states questions were, How would you figure their ADA? and, How would you determine how many hours they spent on the assignments ( How many hours in school?) It is apparent that we will need to step out of some of our paradigms in order to broaden our horizons with distance learning. The state is using distance learning in its institutions of higher learning. Almost every college and university is utilizing distance learning to some extent. The University of North Texas is on the cutting edge and is now very involved in distance learning. Distance learning is also being incorporated into the high schools in Texas. Just recently the Arlington Independent School District, with the help of a grant from Southwestern Bell Telephone, has taken great strides in providing distance learning for their students. According to Mr. Mark Murray, the assistant to the director of computer technologies for Arlington Independent School District, they have installed fiber optic lines thereby creating a closed system between some of their high schools in order to provide these schools with distant learning. They are currently getting tied in with the Region 11 Service Centers T-1 lines which will increase their capacity to offer distant learning. Ft. Worth Independent School District, as well as other schools in Region 11 will also be incorporating these T-1 lines and their connection with the Region 11 office to allow more sites to have internet access as well as to communicate via modem with other schools in the district as well as global communication. Thanks in part to Marie Shelton in the Ft. Worth Ind. School Dis...
