Bridgewater Academy - The Landscape of K-12 Online Learning
1. The Landscape of
K-12 Online Learning
Michael K. Barbour
Assistant Professor
Wayne State University
2. Abstract
This session will examine the current state of
K-12 online learning in the United States.
Based on information from the International
Association for K-12 Online Learning, along
with the annual Keeping Pace with K-12
Online Learning reports and other historical
documents, this session will trace the growth
and development of K-12 online learning
activity and policy over the past two decades.
4. Correspondence Education
• British Columbia
(Canada) in 1919
• The Correspondence
School (New Zealand) in
1922
• University of Nebraska-
Lincoln (United States)
in 1929
5. Educational Radio
• Used extensively
in mid-western
United States
(1929 – Ohio /
1931 – Wisconsin)
and Australia
(1948)
• Still in use today
in many African
nations
6. Instructional Television
• Matured in the United
States with the Midwest
Program on Airborne
Television Instruction in
1961
• Used primarily as a
supplement to
traditional face-to-face
teaching
16. Three Roles of Teachers in Online Learning
Virtual School Designer: Course
Development
•design instructional materials
•works in team with teachers and a virtual
school to construct the online course, etc.
Virtual School Teacher: Pedagogy &
Class Management
•presents activities, manages pacing, rigor,
etc.
•interacts with students and their facilitators
•undertakes assessment, grading, etc.
Virtual School Site Facilitator:
Mentoring & Advocating
•local mentor and advocate for student(s)
•proctors & records grades, etc.
Davis (2007)
18. Canada
• In British Columbia the funding
follows the student
• If a student between Grades 10
and 12 wanted to take six
courses in a regular school and
two courses through a DL
school, the Ministry would
fund:
– the regular school 6 times
0.125 FTE
– the DL school 2 times 0.125 FTE
– the regular school may claim
one funded support block per
student per year
20. New Zealand
e-Learning Cluster
Map
+
Te Kura The Correspondence
School nationwide
http://www.correspondence.school.nz/superviso
(Minstry of Education, 2008)
21. 20th century Virtual Schooling
New Zealand video conference class
e.g. Two Iowa high school classes connected via ICN
20th century
approach to e-
learning ?
(Davis et al)