Accomplishments

• Introduced literacy coordinators and volunteer tutors in nine rural programs to an alternate delivery method for tutor training
• Provided supplementary training to programs dispersed over a large geographical area in Alberta
• Demonstrated the flexibility of audiographic teleconferencing by providing instruction from four different locations
• Demonstrated that volunteer - supported literacy programs benefited from access to audiographic teleconferencing.
• Exposed the need for further investigation of distance delivery as a means to support literacy workers and programs
• Provided volunteer literacy tutors with practical tutoring resource materials
• Successfully connected participants through four audio-bridges