Barry Carbol

Interview

• "Distance-learning and permanent training" (Milan, 24-10-1998)

Biography

Barry Carbol (bcarbol@oprnschool.bc.ca) has been a professional educator for over 20 years. During that time he has been a teacher, school principal and has held a number of senior government positions within the Alberta and British Columbia ministries of education.

He was awarded his doctorate from the University of Alberta with a thesis on educational measurement and evaluation and has graduate degrees in administration, and curriculum and instruction.

During his career in the public sector he has been responsible for provincial curriculum, program development, assessment, learning resources and education technology.He has taken part in numerous national and international conventions as an expert on the implementation of educational technologies in schools.For the past ten years he has been responsible for British Columbia's policies on technology for schools and for the development of distance-learning. He has supported and promoted the development and use of the Community Learning Network (http://www.cln.org ) and has established British Columbia as a leader of the use of the Internet in schools.