The Promise and the Reality: Exploring Virtual Schooling in Rural Juristictions

Autor/in	Barbour, Michael K.
Titel	The Promise and the Reality: Exploring Virtual Schooling in Rural Juristictions
Quelle	In: Education in Rural Australia, 21 (2011) 1, S.1-19 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1036-0026
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Distance Education; Educational History; Web Based Instruction; Electronic Learning; Rural Schools; Elementary Secondary Education; Online Courses; Rural Education; Virtual Classrooms; Educational Research; Research Problems; Comparative Education; Australia; Canada; New Zealand; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Web Based Training; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Online course; Online-Kurs; Ländliche Erwachsenenbildung; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Forschungskritik; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Australien; Kanada; Neuseeland; USA
Abstract	The history of online learning at the K-12 level is almost as long as its history at the post-secondary level, with the first virtual school programs beginning in the early 1990s. While these opportunities were designed as a way to provide rural students with access to more specialized courses, as opportunities have become organized into virtual or cyber schools the nature of students served by these institutions have broadened. Unlike online learning in general, much less is known about virtual schooling--even less of which is based on systematic research. Regardless, the growth and practice of virtual schooling has far out-paced the production of reliable and valid research. This paper will focus upon describing the evolution of K-12 online learning in Canada and the United States, how that evolution has impacted rural schools, and what lessons can be learned from the experiences with K-12 online learning in these two countries. (Contains 5 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Society for the Provision of Education in Rural Australia. P.O. Box 659, Wembly, Western Australia 6913, Australia. Tel: +08-9264-5809; e-mail: admin@spera.asn.au; Web site: http://www.spera.edu.au
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10