Research and practice in K-12 online learning: A review of open access literature. Export

@article{citeulike:4506188, abstract = {The literature related to online learning programs for K-12 students dates to the mid-1990s and builds upon a century of research and practice from K-12 distance education. While K-12 online learning programs have evolved and grown over the past decade, the amount of published research on virtual schooling practice and policy is limited. The current literature includes practitioner reports and experimental and quasi-experimental studies, both published and unpublished. This paper reviews open access literature in K-12 online learning and reports on a structured content analysis of the documents. Themes in the literature include steady growth and a focus on the benefits, challenges, and broad effectiveness of K-12 online learning. In addition, newly developed standards for K-12 online learning are emerging in descriptions of effective practices.}, author = {Cavanaugh, C. S. and Barbour, M. K. and Clark, T.}, citeulike-article-id = {4506188}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/607}, journal = {The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning}, keywords = {k-12, learning, literature, online, review}, number = {1}, posted-at = {2009-05-12 22:43:47}, priority = {2}, title = {Research and practice in K-12 online learning: A review of open access literature.}, url = {http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/607}, volume = {10}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4506188 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4506188 N2 - The literature related to online learning programs for K-12 students dates to the mid-1990s and builds upon a century of research and practice from K-12 distance education. While K-12 online learning programs have evolved and grown over the past decade, the amount of published research on virtual schooling practice and policy is limited. The current literature includes practitioner reports and experimental and quasi-experimental studies, both published and unpublished. This paper reviews open access literature in K-12 online learning and reports on a structured content analysis of the documents. Themes in the literature include steady growth and a focus on the benefits, challenges, and broad effectiveness of K-12 online learning. In addition, newly developed standards for K-12 online learning are emerging in descriptions of effective practices. IS - 1 JF - The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning TI - Research and practice in K-12 online learning: A review of open access literature. VL - 10 KW - k-12 KW - learning KW - literature KW - online KW - review AU - Cavanaugh, CS AU - Barbour, MK AU - Clark, T PY - 2009/// UR - http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/607 ER -