Last year, nearly 20,000 adult learners from across our state took advantage of college credit telecourses through the partnership of UNC-TV and participating colleges of the NC Telecourse Consortium. In the latest edition of EdForum: Journey To Opportunity, Diane Lucas, UNC-TV Director of Programming and Outreach, talks to distance learning students, instructors, and administrators to find out what elements help ensure student success in distance learning. We'll also meet two students who'll share their personal stories about out how they used distance education to overcome tremendous obstacles in their lives in order to obtain their college degrees. Gain a better understanding about the various forms of distance learning, and what it takes to succeed in pursuing the GED and college degree credit through this type of non-traditional classroom instruction.

For a preview of the new "GED Connection" series which replaces "GED on TV" visit http://www.ket.org/adulted/connection.htm.

Program Moderator:

Diane Lucas
Director of Programming and Outreach
UNC-TV

Program Guests:

Don Buie
Central Carolina Community College

Tommie Ann Styons
the first North Carolinian to graduate by way of distance education.
Read about her story

Delcenia Turner
Distance Learning student

Nancy Turner
Central Carolina Community College