The Learning Communities Project (LCP) aims to bring distance education to remote areas of Alberta through partnerships. It focuses on workers in oil sands camps, northern and rural residents, and Aboriginal people. The LCP launched activities at five worker camps for a large oil sands construction project, researching workers' learning interests and preferences. Many expressed interest in business, trades, and engineering courses. The LCP works to address barriers to accessing education for remote communities and seeks to understand how to best develop learning communities in rural and isolated areas.