Through the Community College of Maine, the University of Maine System has designed and implemented a distance education program, using interactive television, to reach students statewide. This article describes that system's technology, its instructional methodology, and its effectiveness as reported by students and faculty. The application of this model for areas with sparsely distributed populations is supported.
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