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WASHINGTON — The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Monday announced that it is accepting applications for Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) program grants to help provide educational and medical services in rural areas.
The DLT program helps fund distance learning and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The local Education Department (ASDOE) has yet to receive the “bulk order” of equipment including laptops and iPads that were to assist students with virtual learning, to comply with COVID-19 learning protocols, when the new school year 2020/2021 began on Aug. 31st....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa Community College is seeing an increase of about 100 students who registered for the Fall Semester, which began last week. This term, 67% of classes will be face-to-face in the classroom, and COVID-19 prevention — social distancing along with wearing face...
Honolulu, HAWAII — As people deal with stress from the pandemic, many are also experiencing so-called "Zoom fatigue."
Employees working from home and students doing online learning may have a tough time adjusting to the sudden increase in screen time.
“It really is a lot more mentally...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — For most of the spring 2020 semester, students at the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) have been working from home, with courses administered online through the College’s MOODLE system. While results have varied among the individual courses, at least one...



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![ASCC instructor Valentine Talamoni (left) advises student Henry Aiava on his work for the class Residential Planning and Design (ADT 190). The students in ADT 190 surpassed their instructor’s expectations this semester despite the restriction of working mostly from home. [Photo: J. Kneubuhl] ASCC instructor Valentine Talamoni (left) advises student Henry Aiava on his work](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ascc_adt-190_1.jpg?itok=oa1kjfAn)