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Florida Virtual School: Growing and Managing a Virtual Giant
Jan 01, 2007; ... In central Florida, Kaila Julia wants to be a nuclear physicist. In order to follow her dreams she needs an advance placement (AP) calculus course. When she could not fit the course into her schedule, she opted to take it online through Florida Virtual School (FLVS). David Marz, a junior in ...
An Overview of the U.S. Navy Sustaining Distance Training
Jan 01, 2007; ... The U.S. Navy has been conducting a major reorganization using plans and strategies collectively called Sea Power 21 (Clark, 2002) that are heavily dependant on a high-technology environment. Admiral Vern Clark recently completed his assignment as the chief of naval operations (CNO), the Navy's ...
Who's Researching Virtual Schools: A Case for Instructional Technologists
Jan 01, 2007; ... Over the past 11 years, virtual schooling has gone from isolated experiments to a reliable alternative to a brick and mortar education. However, during this time, little research has been conducted into how these learning opportunities are and should be provided to their adolescent audiences ....
Blogging With Graduate Students
Jan 01, 2007; ... INTRODUCTION Blogs are mainstream, with 39% of American adults reading blogs and 8% keeping a blog (Lenhart & Fox, 2006). An increasing number of educators use blogs with their students in different ways. Two semesters in a row, I used a blog with art education graduate students with ...
E-mail Protocol and Online Learning
Jan 01, 2007; ... INTRODUCTION As distance learning, online learning, and hybrid courses become more prevalent, unexpected problems arise and solutions must be formulated. Many problems have been recognized and solved. Some are recognized, but no effective solutions have been formulated. The problems that ...