The SECTIONS model proposed by Bates and Poole (2003) is utilized to describe aspects of various distance education technologies, ranging from electronic mail systems to more modern Web 2.0 applications, such as weblogs or wiki’s. A brief examination of the technologies as it applies to the proposed use of distance education technology at the Walkerton Clean Water Centre is completed.

A SECTIONS analysis was used on the following types of distance education technologies:

·         Email  

·         List Servers    

·         Course Management Systems & Learning Management Systems     

·         Computer-assisted instruction                       

·         Social software theory and developments     

·         Web-based conferencing                   

·         Web 2.0                      

·         M-Learning    

·         IP Video Conferencing