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Keeping Pace
Keeping Pace is an annual research report on the state of policy and practice in K-12 Online Learning. One of the key features of the study is that the research agenda is guided by current practitioners in the field. It is really a must read for anyone that wants to know what the key issues are in K-12 Online Learning. The publication is released each year at iNACOL's annual Virtual School Sympostion. "
Using Moodle: What are the components of an exemplary high school Moodle course?
Here's the whole post. You have to login to Moodle.org to read the thread. This discussion thread, kicked off by master moodle teacher Art Lader, is something any e-learning educator should read.
Connections Academy: Our Schools
List of states with Connection Academy Schools
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Our Schools
Connections Academy schools are growing throughout the United States. Working with state education officials, leading education publishers, and curriculum experts, Connections Academy ensures that our program meets the highest accreditation standards in every state we serve as well as our own standards for excellence. To learn more about our free, quality public education offered in your home state, simply select your local school below.
Education Sector: Research and Reports: Laboratories of Reform: Virtual High Schools and Innovation in Public Education
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Virtual schools served 700,000 students in the 2005–06 school year, mostly at the high school level.
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But the new, publicly funded online schools are proving to be more than merely another delivery system for students. In a wide range of other industries, and now, increasingly in K–12 education, the Internet has enabled deep structural changes.
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Best Online High Schools: Online High School, High School Diploma Online, Online High School Courses, Free Online High Schools - Online High Schools
commerical site. lists of online high schools. Good way to see the bigger picture.
Virtual Schooling » glossary
A wikispaces project from a research group at Wayne State, this glossary was built collaboratively. Scanning a glossary as a way of acquiring new concepts and locking in professional vocabulary makes a great deal of sense.
K–12 ONLINE LEARNING: A SURVEY OF U.S. SCHOOL DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS
The purpose of this study was to explore the nature of online learning in K–12 schools and to establish base data for more extensive future studies.
Education Week: Online Education Cast as ‘Disruptive Innovation’
Technology-based forces of “disruptive innovation” are gathering around public education and will overhaul the way K-12 students learn
Resources - NACOL
Virtual School Trends and Benefits: A great index of k-12 online education resources
30 hours of pro-d in online education required by july 1, 2010
virtual education law that supports quality instruction, creates a statewide web academy, and ensures that students who use this education option will have teachers that have received training in on-line education.
Rafi.ki - new online learning community
Online environment specifically for high schools with a very distinct international orientation. Recommended by Reuven Werber, Israeli tech guru and Classroom 2.0 buddy. Purpose: "break down cultural, religious and social barriers"
Welcome to Florida Virtual School
Looking to get started in online teaching. Florida Virtual School is the largeest in the country! Start here with the application process.
eSchool News online - Report sees online schools as models for reform
Will the VHS movement finally deliver school transformation? I hope so.
2 Cents Worth » Hang Out your Shingles V TEachers
David Warlick comments on the 'new job' of teaching online.. Appropriate info for those think about become 'v-teachers'
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