Alabama Connecting Classrooms, Educators, and Students Statewide (ACCESS) is a distance learning program available to all Alabama public high school students. This gives students the opportunity to earn college credits while in high school. Also, it provides Alabama High School Graduation Exam (AHSGE) remediation modules for high school students who need it. This is a network between college instructors and students through web-based college courses.
ACCESS provides tools to assist students in their on-line experience. Their goal is to give students college credits prior to entering college. This site allows students to connect with the AHSGE, advanced placement (AP) tests, web-based courses, and interactive videoconferencing (IVC) courses. Also, it contains resources that include an Alabama Virtual Library, so students won't have to leave home to look for information. Also, this library and Wickipedia's matching information can be combined together to fulfill reference requirements for papers.
ACCESS will be a good program to introduce to the students. This gives high school students a head start in college. Students can shorten their stay in college and reduce the cost of a college education. As a future English teacher, I can assist some high school students in taking available distance learning English courses prior to attending college. Also, I can obtain modules for students who have not passed the English portion of their AHSGE and assist them with any difficulties they may be having.
Noted and posted.
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