It seems that the promise of extensive virtual learning is rapidly being delivered.
The program brings students together once a month, supported by a virtual learning platform, and has meant that students in the first class include a VP from the Walt Disney Company, who makes the monthly commute from Los Angeles.
It was the ecosystem behind the iPads that mattered rather than the devices - and the iTunes U platform which allowed the school to put so many teaching resources online was much cheaper than the Virtual Learning Environments that many schools use.
It has now moved beyond just wondering whether full-time virtual learning opportunities have a place in the state to also discussing the role of blended learning, a practice that many districts in the state have actually already adopted in various forms.
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Mannaz uses virtual coaching and e-learning modules as a component of their courses, minimizing the need for travel.
However, many of our purely technical, function-specific learning (updates to tax regulations, for instance), have been transformed from live learning to rich virtual delivery.
Prize is awarded to the North Catholic University Foundation in Antioquia, Colombia for its Virtual Assisted Literacy Programme, which uses e-learning to improve technology skills and employment opportunities in marginalized communities.
With lawsuits flying around and other shenanigans taking place (one lawsuit seeks to close down two schools that it said were full-time virtual schools, when they are in fact blended-learning schools, for example), I was pleased to have the opportunity about a month ago to travel to the Garden State to testify in a hearing before the Joint Committee on Public Schools about online learning.
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The networks are very diverse, but the resilient ones are learning organizations that quickly adapt to changing conditions, operating in a virtual world of social media and hidden financial transactions where they present few tangible targets to defenders.
States that have put in policies that allow for uncapped charter schools, which themselves are increasingly utilizing blended learning to reach all children, publicly available and uncapped full-time virtual schools, and other such options are ahead of the curve.
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This type of virtual school is often operated by for-profit companies that hire staff, provide curriculum and coordinate learning.
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My biggest personal surprise in online learning came several years ago when I learned that one of the more popular classes that the Florida Virtual School offers is online physical education.
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