The undertaking of this project was made possible through a grant from the National Literacy Secretariat. Special thanks to Yvette Souque, Keith Anderson and Yvon LaBerge for their encouragement before and during the project. Thanks to Lakeland College, Alberta Vocational College -Slave Lake, and the University of Manitoba for providing the facilities and equipment necessary to carry out the objectives of this project.
It is important to have a strong support system to provide encouragement. Thanks to Don Ingram and the LEARN - Vermilion literacy council for being there for me during the project.
The literacy coordinators and tutors who were asked to participate in this project did so with little prompting. I thank each program for taking part, including:
I am grateful to the presenters - Rod Corbett, Mary Finlin, Marcia Shillington, and Robin Millar - for their participation. It was a pleasure to work with Theresa Berg again as we developed support materials together. Thanks to my willing and able evaluation team -Peter Faid, Rod Corbett and Natalia Toroshenko - for staying the course. Their experience, good questions and perspectives helped to keep me on track.
The bridge operators and technicians, who worked faithfully behind the scenes to assure that we were all connected and ready to go, are to be commended for their hard work. This includes those at AVC Slave Lake, Lakeland College, and the University of Manitoba.
Last but not least, my husband, Barton, deserves much credit for spending many late hours on my behalf. I appreciated his willingness to preview the session materials, help train the instructors in Vermilion in the use of OPTEL@, and for being there when I needed his expertise