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Brisbane School of Distance Education
The Brisbane School of Distance Education (BSDE) is a school located in Queensland, Australia.
Brisbane School of Distance Education (BSDE) was initially designed to provide education to isolated families in Queensland, is now leading the innovative delivery of world class curriculum using global technologies.
BSDE is organised into Junior, Middle and Senior sub-schools, it is a state school which has approximately 1500 full time equivalent students. BSDE provides curriculum from Prep to Year 12 and enrols students under 'limited choice' and 'by choice' categories. Currently BSDE has approximately 80 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students.
BSDE provides schooling by various modes, including: • scheduled telephone lessons, • net meetings, • blackboard, • virtual schooling, • face to face tutorials in school, • mini schools and • home visits by teachers and support staff.
According to their website, the mission of BSDE is to “value every child as an individual and strive to provide a flexible curriculum to meet their needs. BSDE has focused on specialised training of staff to deliver quality learning programs in an active e-learning environment for students located in Queensland, indeed, around the world.”
The Virtual School Name web site is at <http://brisbanesde.eq.edu.au>.