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1988 Dec. 11 (Creation)
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- Distance University Education via Television
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1 videocassette (1 hr., 12 min., 6 sec.) : ferric oxide, analog, col., VHS.
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Distance University Education via Television (DUET) was launched in 1982, providing a method of distance learning where students could watch lectures off campus. It was initially shot with black and white cameras and broadcast to short circuit TVs using ASN (Atlantic Satellite Network), a regional television channel for Atlantic Canada. DUET filmed course lectures in Gerontology, Accounting, Women's Studies, and more, that were broadcast to students studying remotely, who could then phone in with questions and comments. DUET was the result of President Dr. E. Margaret Fulton’s efforts to gain support from provincial and federal governments as well as cable companies. The first director of the program was Dr. Diana Carl.
This program was useful especially to women, in the context of the 1980s when many women were returning to the workforce after raising families and were looking for ways to update their education. The program began with fewer than 100 students but expanded throughout the years of operation.
In 1999, DUET, along with the Open Learning Program became the foundation for the Department of Distance Learning and Continuing Education. Eventually the program transitioned from local channels to digital, and in 2011 it ceased broadcasting and became online-only programming.
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This recording contains a video which contains a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the graduating class of 1939. This recording includes a slide show of photographs and videos of the Mount and Halifax in the late 30s as well as an interview with Dr. Florence Wall, a Mount Alumni and previously the Chair of the Board of Mount Saint Vincent University. Dr. Wall is interviewed by Mary Kelly (Graduating class of 1979). In this interview Dr. Wall and Mary Kelly discuss the Mount in 1939, the Sisters of Charity, and a number of items of cultural significance such as; Ben's Donuts, the Green Lantern (Halifax restaurant), prefab housing in Halifax, Simpsons (women's clothing store), Birney Street cars, Marcus shows and dances, the Lord Nelson ballroom and reception room, Orpheus theater (movie theater), the Dominion grocery store (first grocery store in Halifax) and the Knights of Columbus hut. Photographs of all of these cultural events and items are shown in this video. This recording additionally shows newsclippings from 1939 which tells the history of the beginning of WWII. Along with these newsclippings is a radio show called "For Women Only" hosted by Vita Moore [sp?]. This radio show discusses the first day of spring. This recording additionally includes video clips of the royal visit from George VI and Queen Elizabeth in June 1939. The salute to the class of 1939 ends at 00:45:52. From 00:47:47 is a recording on preventing unionization. This video is made by the National Film Board of Canada and is titled "Who Wants Unions"
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Available in uncompressed AVI and MOV. Streaming copy available on YouTube.
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For research purposes only. Copyright held by Mount Saint Vincent University. For publication permissions, contact Archivist.
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Content begins at 00:00:24.
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Created on March 30, 2019 by Taylor McCuaig.