Competing for the Virtual Student

Autor/in	Waters, John K.
Titel	Competing for the Virtual Student
Quelle	In: T.H.E. Journal, 38 (2011) 7, S.28-30 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0192-592X
Schlagwörter	Electronic Learning; Blended Learning; Elementary Secondary Education; Online Courses; Competition; School Restructuring; Change Strategies; Educational Change; Enrollment Influences; Enrollment Management; Virtual Classrooms; Educational Development; Technology Uses in Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Online course; Online-Kurs; Wettkampf; Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung; Lösungsstrategie; Bildungsreform; Bildungsentwicklung; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen
Abstract	Most K-12 school districts know that they are losing children who are going to other programs to get their needs met, and they know that they are going to have to offer some kind of online program to meet those needs if they are going to survive. K-12 districts have not exactly been sitting on the online-learning sidelines. In fact, by pioneering online learning and proving its effectiveness, K-12 districts have unwittingly broadened the market for for-profit schools. It is very clear that online learning has found its time and place and it lies at the heart of some serious competition between traditional brick-and-mortar schools and entrepreneurial propriety schools that are taking advantage of the charter movement. It is just so easy in many states now for an online entity to come in and take enrollment. Some districts realize how heavy the competition is--that there is competition now for attendance dollars that were safer in the past--and some do not. District-led online programs are currently emerging in three forms: (1) the virtual school, in which students are enrolled full-time and get their entire course of study online; (2) programs that simply offer a few supplemental classes online; and (3) "blended learning," which combines traditional classroom-based learning with online learning assets. (Contains 8 online resources.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10