Barbour, M. K. (2012, November). Virtually unprepared: Examining the preparation of K-12 online teachers. A paper presented at the annual convention of the Association for Educational Communication and Technology, Louisville, KY. Over the past decade, K-12 online learning or virtual schooling has grown as an exponential rate. However, this is still a neglected aspect of teacher education. This session will explore virtual schooling and provide participants with exposure to a variety of existing teacher education models and open access resources that they can adopt or adapt for their own use.

1. Michael Barbour
Wayne State University

4.  Little teacher education in virtual schooling or online
teaching and learning pedagogy (Smith, Clark &
Blomeyer, 2005)
 “persistent opinion that people who have never
taught in this medium can jump in and teach a
class, a good classroom teacher is not necessarily a
good online teacher” (Wood, 2005, p. 36)
 Davis et al. (2007) discovered “effective virtual
teachers have qualities and skills that often set them
apart from traditional teachers” (p. 28)

5.  in the United States, Rice and Dawley (2007) found
that less than 40% of those who responded indicated
they had received any professional development
before beginning to teach online
 Kennedy and Archambault (2012) found that only
1.3% out of 522 universities in the United States (34%
response rate) had any aspect of K-12 online learning
in their teacher preparation program

6. 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)

7.  Arizona State University
 Boise State University
 Georgia Southern University
 Georgia State University
 University of California-Irvine
 University of Central Florida*
 University of Wisconsin-Stout
 Valdosta State University
 Wayne State University
 certificate details
 3-4 courses in online course design and
delivery, along with online learning
tools
 may or may not include practicum
http://virtualschooling.wordpress.com/tag/graduate-certificate-in-online-teaching/

8. Graduate Certificate in Online
Teaching and Learning
 Endicott College*
 Plymouth State University*
 Framingham State College
 Northwest Nazarene University
 Salem State College
 North Dakota State University
 certificate details:
 5 courses in online teaching, course
design, and Web 2.0 tools
 offered by VHS as PD courses
 pay partner universities to obtain
graduate credit and certificate

9. University of Florida
 Master’s – Instructional Technology
 4 week practicum in a variety of subjects
 Shadow teachers
 Grade student work
 Produce recorded lesson

10. University of South Florida
 Master’s in School Counseling
 Undergraduate in Physical
Education
 Undergraduate in Foreign
Language
 7 week practicum in specified
classroom
 Placement with clinical educator
 FEAPS
 Observations by university
professors

11. University of Central Florida
 Undergraduate in core subject areas
 7 week internships
 14 week internships
 Placement with clinical
educator, FEAPS, & ESOL
considerations
 Total immersion into the
classroom

13. English 9 (A) Biology (A)
English 9 (B) Biology (B)
English 9 Earth Systems (A)
English Composition Earth Systems (B)
English 10 (A) Current Issues
English 10 (B) Geography
Algebra 1 (A) World Civilizations (A)
Algebra 1 (B) World Civilizations (B)
Algebra A (A) Computer Technology
Algebra A (B) Advanced Computer Technology
Algebra B (A) Fitness for Life
Algebra B (B) Digital Photography Health
Algebra 2 (A) Music Appreciation
Algebra 2 (B) Graphic Design
Geometry (A)
Geometry (B)
http://www.ocw.openhighschool.org/

14. http://ctlt.iastate.edu/~tegivs/TEGIVS/homepage.html

15. http://projects.educ.iastate.edu/~vhs/index.htm

16. http://www.teachertube.com/videoList.php?pg=uservideolist
&user_id=1790

17. http://itlab2.coe.wayne.edu/it6230/casestudies/

18. http://itlab2.coe.wayne.edu/it6230/michigan/

19. http://virtualschooling.wordpress.com
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