The Evolution of Distance Education: Implications for Instructional Design on the Potential of the Web

12 online learning is virtual charter schools, which offer distance education to public school students while operating independently of local school districts. K-12 distance education learners include students who have social commitments, are being home-schooled, live in rural areas, are hospitaliz...

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Published inTechTrends Vol. 52; no. 5; pp. 63 - 67
Main Authors Huett, Jason, Moller, Leslie, Foshay, Wellesley R, Coleman, Craig
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Boston Springer US 01.09.2008
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Academic Achievement
Beginning Teachers
Charter schools
Course Content
Distance Education
Distance learning
Education
Educational Environment
Educational Technology
Federal Programs
Flexible hours
Learning and Instruction
Online Courses
Online instruction
Organizational change
Rural schools
School districts
Secondary schools
Software industry
State government
Students
Teachers
World Wide Web
Instructional Design
Charter School
Online Learning
Distance Education
Distance Learning
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Summary:12 online learning is virtual charter schools, which offer distance education to public school students while operating independently of local school districts. K-12 distance education learners include students who have social commitments, are being home-schooled, live in rural areas, are hospitalized, are homebound, who require flexible hours for employment, are incarcerated, who want to enrich their education, are traveling, have difficulty in regular classrooms, or are in need of courses not offered during the regular school day (Mupinga, 2005; Rice, 2006; Ronsisvalle & Watkins, 2005).\n Yet the history of education is a history of so-called advances and new ideas which fail to hold up to scrutiny over time.
ISSN:8756-3894
1559-7075
DOI:10.1007/s11528-008-0199-9