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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 an alumnae special interview by Dilly MacFarlane and various guests: John Brown, Roberta Way-Clark, and Sister Therese Moore. Brown was the President of Maritime Music Ltd. Brown's ideas surrounding theatrical promotions in Halifax as well as other projects that had been on the go since graduating from MSVU. The second interviewee was Roberta Way-Clark another MSVU Alumnus. Way-Clark, a strong advocate for the Mount's Continuing Education Program discuses her educational journey as well as community involvement for the elderly. The third interviewee was Sister Therese Moore who is a member of the Sisters of Charity in Halifax. Moore's involvement at the Mother house as well as educational endeavors were discussed during the interview. At the end of this recording is a DUET lecture by an unknown professor in Business.
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