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Development of Training and Support Programs for Distance Education Instructors ?Melanie Clay, M.P.A., Director of Distance Education, State University of West Georgia, mhill@ Introduction There is arguably no area more important to distance learning administrators than that of training and support for distance educators. Many educators have reached a level of understanding and experience in which they are highly confident in their ability to deliver quality instruction. When they are faced with adopting techniques that seem to curtail their abilities to immediately interact with students an