SITE 2018 - Preparing Social Studies Teachers and Librarians for Blended Teac...Michael Barbour
Stevens, M., Borup, J., & Barbour, M. K. (2018, March). Preparing social studies teachers and librarians for blended teaching. A full paper presentation to the annual conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, Washington, DC.
SITE 2014 - Multiple Roles of the Teacher in the K-12 Online Learning Environ...Michael Barbour
Barbour, M. K. (2014, March). Multiple roles of the teacher in the K-12 online learning environment: Cautions for teacher education. A paper presented at the annual conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, Jacksonville, FL.
OIE Project Director's Meeting 2021 - Remote Teaching and Online Learning in ...Michael Barbour
Barbour, M. K. (2021, April). Remote teaching and online learning in an emergency: Understanding pandemic pedagogy [Keynote]. Our History. Our Story. Our Way: Office of Indian Education Project Director’s Meeting.
iNACOL Southeastern Cmte (November 2013) - What Do We Really Know? What Does ...Michael Barbour
Barbour, M. K. (2013, November). What do we really know? What does the research say about K-12 online learning? A webinar presentation to the south-eastern committee of the International Association for K-12 Online Learning.
DLAC 2021 - Using Formative Evaluation to Keep Your Program on TrackMichael Barbour
Clark, T., Barbour, M. K., & Debruler, K. (2021, June). Using formative evaluation to keep your program on track [Panel]. Digital Learning Annual Conference, Austin, TX.
SD DL Academy 2017 - Best Practices in Blended and Distance Learning in CanadaMichael Barbour
Barbour, M. K., & LaBonte, R. (2017, October). Best practices in blended and distance learning in Canada. A presentation at the Building Student Engagement in Blended and Distance Environments, North Battleford, SK.
SITE 2017 - K12 Online and Blended Learning: Current Research and Challenges ...Michael Barbour
Jackson, B., Barbour, M. K., Parks, R., & Kennedy, K.
(2017, March). K12 online and blended learning: Current research and challenges into implementation and teacher education. A panel presentation at the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education conference, Austin, TX.
INACOL Southeast Cmte (2014) - Changing Role of the Teacher in K-12 Online an...Michael Barbour
Barbour, M. K. (2014, February). Changing role of the teacher in K-12 online and blended learning. A webinar presentation to the south-eastern committee of the International Association for K-12 Online Learning.
SITE 2018 - Preparing Social Studies Teachers and Librarians for Blended Teac...Michael Barbour
Stevens, M., Borup, J., & Barbour, M. K. (2018, March). Preparing social studies teachers and librarians for blended teaching. A full paper presentation to the annual conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, Washington, DC.
SITE 2014 - Multiple Roles of the Teacher in the K-12 Online Learning Environ...Michael Barbour
Barbour, M. K. (2014, March). Multiple roles of the teacher in the K-12 online learning environment: Cautions for teacher education. A paper presented at the annual conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, Jacksonville, FL.
OIE Project Director's Meeting 2021 - Remote Teaching and Online Learning in ...Michael Barbour
Barbour, M. K. (2021, April). Remote teaching and online learning in an emergency: Understanding pandemic pedagogy [Keynote]. Our History. Our Story. Our Way: Office of Indian Education Project Director’s Meeting.
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Barbour, M. K. (2013, November). What do we really know? What does the research say about K-12 online learning? A webinar presentation to the south-eastern committee of the International Association for K-12 Online Learning.
DLAC 2021 - Using Formative Evaluation to Keep Your Program on TrackMichael Barbour
Clark, T., Barbour, M. K., & Debruler, K. (2021, June). Using formative evaluation to keep your program on track [Panel]. Digital Learning Annual Conference, Austin, TX.
SD DL Academy 2017 - Best Practices in Blended and Distance Learning in CanadaMichael Barbour
Barbour, M. K., & LaBonte, R. (2017, October). Best practices in blended and distance learning in Canada. A presentation at the Building Student Engagement in Blended and Distance Environments, North Battleford, SK.
SITE 2017 - K12 Online and Blended Learning: Current Research and Challenges ...Michael Barbour
Jackson, B., Barbour, M. K., Parks, R., & Kennedy, K.
(2017, March). K12 online and blended learning: Current research and challenges into implementation and teacher education. A panel presentation at the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education conference, Austin, TX.
INACOL Southeast Cmte (2014) - Changing Role of the Teacher in K-12 Online an...Michael Barbour
Barbour, M. K. (2014, February). Changing role of the teacher in K-12 online and blended learning. A webinar presentation to the south-eastern committee of the International Association for K-12 Online Learning.
DLAC 2019 - Canadian e-Learning Roundup: Leadership Perspectives from Canada’...Michael Barbour
LaBonte, R., Barbour, M. K., Canuel, M., & Roberts, V. (2019, April). Canadian e-learning roundup: Leadership perspectives from Canada’s online and blended learning programs. A contributed talk presentation at the Digital Learning Annual Conference, Austin, TX.
ACSDE 2021 - Getting Us Started with K-12 Distance and Online Learning Michael Barbour
Barbour, M. K. (2021, February). Getting us started with K-12 distance and online learning [Webinar]. American Center For The Study Of Distance Education.
Dwyer, J., Gaither, M., Kunzman, R., & Barbour, M. K. (2021, June). Educational, social, and civic issues [Panel]. Homeschooling Summit: Problems, Politics, and Prospects for Reform
League of Women Voters Lansing Area (2021) - What Does the Research Tell Us? ...Michael Barbour
Barbour, M. K. (2021, February). What does the research tell us? How should research shape policy? [Online Presentation]. League of Women Voters Lansing Area.
WERA 2017 - Inviting Education Online: The Development of an Asynchronous Gra...Michael Barbour
Barbour, M. K., Palacios, L., Wong, P., & O’Connor, J. (2017, December). Inviting education online: The development of an asynchronous graduate program. A paper presentation at the World Education Research Association Focal Meeting, Hong Kong.
Umea University Symposium on Distance Learning 2021 - Pandemic Pedagogy, Remo...Michael Barbour
Barbour, M. K. (2021, May). Pandemic pedagogy, remote teaching, and online learning: Deciphering the development of K-12 distance education. [Keynote] Theory and Practice in Remote Teaching, Online Learning, and Distance Education for K-12 Schools: A Symposium on Distance Learning.
BC Distributed Learning Conference 2013 - Voracious Appetite: Examining the R...Michael Barbour
Barbour, M. K. (2013, February). Voracious appetite: Examining the role of the teacher in relation to K-12 online learning. Learning & Sharing Distributed Learning Conference, Vancouver, BC.
DL Symposium 2020 - Remote Teaching to e-Learning: What Does the Future Bring?Michael Barbour
Barbour, M. K. (2020, April) Remote teaching to e-learning: What does the future bring? A keynote presentation for the Canadian eLearning Network's Digital Learning Symposium.
AERA 2021 - A Newcomer’s Lens: A Look at K-12 Online and Blended Learning in ...Michael Barbour
Hu, M., Arnesen, K., Barbour, M. K., & Leary, H. (2021, April). A newcomer’s lens: A look at K-12 online and blended learning in the Journal of Online Learning Research. [Paper] Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, virtual.
EduForum 2020 Panel - Adapting Student Learning/Delivery From a Distance Amid...Michael Barbour
Wile, B., Barbour, M. K., Cortina, C., & Wile, M. (2020, December). Adapting student learning/delivery from a distance amid global change [Panel]. EduForum 2020, Cairo, Egypt
Aktuellskol Politik 2021 - Skola och utbildning utanför 50-skyltarna. Vad har...Michael Barbour
Barbour, M. K., & Borup, J. (2021, August). Skola och utbildning utanför 50-skyltarna. Vad har hänt i omvärlden under pandemin. Vägval, effekter och diskussioner i vår omvärld? [School and education outside the 50 signs. What has happened in the outside world during the pandemic. Choices, effects and discussions in our world?] [Keynote]. Aktuellskol Politik 2021: Skolan efter pandemin - Skuld, skills och framtid [Current School Policy: School after the pandemic – Debt, skills and future], virtual (Västerbotten, Sweden).
High vs. Low Collaboration Courses: Impact on Learning Presence, Community...David Wicks
Researchers demonstrated a relationship between learning presence and social engagement; however, research in this area is limited. For example, no distinctions are made as to what role faculty, students, or technology might play in facilitating social engagement. In general, researchers revealed that students' ability to self-regulate leads to more focused attention, time on-task, and in turn, these skills could lead to better learning. Given the need for more theoretical work in the area, as well as the potential practical benefits from the use of these pedagogical strategies, we sought to compare the difference between high versus low-collaboration groups on assignments, as well as courses in general. Differences in groups were measured using student grades, peer evaluation, pre and post test, and the community of inquiry framework. In addition, learning presence and social network analysis were used to assess a high-collaboration assignment.
In the current study, the researchers explored how collaborative technologies, specifically Google Docs and Google Hangouts, may be used to impact the level of learning presence (forethought and planning, performance, and reflection) students demonstrate while participating in a small group project. Participants were graduate education students in two randomly assigned sections of the same online course. The course content focused on basic educational psychology for students seeking initial teaching certification. The experimental section utilized a high-collaboration project (e.g., small group, Google Hangouts and Docs) to enhance understanding of course content while the comparison, control section employed a low-collaboration project (e.g., partner activity, Word documents) to enhance understanding of course content. Participants completed the Community of Inquiry (CoI) Survey at the end of the term which measured their perceived level of teaching, social, and cognitive presence during the course. Quantitative content analysis was used to explore occurrences of learning presence in the high-collaboration group. *Finally, we employed social network analysis (SNA) as a method of inquiry to analyze student interaction data with the high-collaboration group. SNA is used to explain relationships depicted by information flow and its influence from participants' interactions. Scholars have used SNA in the online learning context to understand individual and group dimensions of interactions.
*Social Network Analysis (SNA) will not be addressed in this presentation but will be included in the manuscript.
CIDER 2020 - Sense of irony or perfect timing: Examining the research support...Michael Barbour
Barbour, M. K., & LaBonte, R. (2020, January). Sense of irony or perfect timing: Examining the research supporting proposed e-learning changes in Ontario. A presentation for the Canadian Institute of Distance Education Research.
SITE 2018 - K-12 Online Learning: Trends From Two Decades of ScholarshipMichael Barbour
Arnesen, K. T., Hveem, J., Short, C. R., West, R., & Barbour, M. K. (2018, March). K-12 online learning: Trends from two decades of scholarship. A full paper presentation to the annual conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, Washington, DC.
SITE 2018 - Virtual Schools in the US: Case Studies of Policy, Performance an...Michael Barbour
Barbour, M. K., Miron, G., & Huerta, L. (2018, March). Virtual schools in the US: Case studies of policy, performance and research evidence. A full paper presentation to the annual conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, Washington, DC.
ON MoE 2019: Overview of e-Learning in CanadaMichael Barbour
Barbour, M. K. (2019, April). Overview of e-learning in Canada. An invited presentation to the Education Research & Evaluation Strategy Branch of the Ontario Ministry of Education, Toronto ON.
DLAC 2019 - Canadian e-Learning Roundup: Leadership Perspectives from Canada’...Michael Barbour
LaBonte, R., Barbour, M. K., Canuel, M., & Roberts, V. (2019, April). Canadian e-learning roundup: Leadership perspectives from Canada’s online and blended learning programs. A contributed talk presentation at the Digital Learning Annual Conference, Austin, TX.
ACSDE 2021 - Getting Us Started with K-12 Distance and Online Learning Michael Barbour
Barbour, M. K. (2021, February). Getting us started with K-12 distance and online learning [Webinar]. American Center For The Study Of Distance Education.
Dwyer, J., Gaither, M., Kunzman, R., & Barbour, M. K. (2021, June). Educational, social, and civic issues [Panel]. Homeschooling Summit: Problems, Politics, and Prospects for Reform
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Barbour, M. K. (2021, February). What does the research tell us? How should research shape policy? [Online Presentation]. League of Women Voters Lansing Area.
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Barbour, M. K., Palacios, L., Wong, P., & O’Connor, J. (2017, December). Inviting education online: The development of an asynchronous graduate program. A paper presentation at the World Education Research Association Focal Meeting, Hong Kong.
Umea University Symposium on Distance Learning 2021 - Pandemic Pedagogy, Remo...Michael Barbour
Barbour, M. K. (2021, May). Pandemic pedagogy, remote teaching, and online learning: Deciphering the development of K-12 distance education. [Keynote] Theory and Practice in Remote Teaching, Online Learning, and Distance Education for K-12 Schools: A Symposium on Distance Learning.
BC Distributed Learning Conference 2013 - Voracious Appetite: Examining the R...Michael Barbour
Barbour, M. K. (2013, February). Voracious appetite: Examining the role of the teacher in relation to K-12 online learning. Learning & Sharing Distributed Learning Conference, Vancouver, BC.
DL Symposium 2020 - Remote Teaching to e-Learning: What Does the Future Bring?Michael Barbour
Barbour, M. K. (2020, April) Remote teaching to e-learning: What does the future bring? A keynote presentation for the Canadian eLearning Network's Digital Learning Symposium.
AERA 2021 - A Newcomer’s Lens: A Look at K-12 Online and Blended Learning in ...Michael Barbour
Hu, M., Arnesen, K., Barbour, M. K., & Leary, H. (2021, April). A newcomer’s lens: A look at K-12 online and blended learning in the Journal of Online Learning Research. [Paper] Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, virtual.
EduForum 2020 Panel - Adapting Student Learning/Delivery From a Distance Amid...Michael Barbour
Wile, B., Barbour, M. K., Cortina, C., & Wile, M. (2020, December). Adapting student learning/delivery from a distance amid global change [Panel]. EduForum 2020, Cairo, Egypt
Aktuellskol Politik 2021 - Skola och utbildning utanför 50-skyltarna. Vad har...Michael Barbour
Barbour, M. K., & Borup, J. (2021, August). Skola och utbildning utanför 50-skyltarna. Vad har hänt i omvärlden under pandemin. Vägval, effekter och diskussioner i vår omvärld? [School and education outside the 50 signs. What has happened in the outside world during the pandemic. Choices, effects and discussions in our world?] [Keynote]. Aktuellskol Politik 2021: Skolan efter pandemin - Skuld, skills och framtid [Current School Policy: School after the pandemic – Debt, skills and future], virtual (Västerbotten, Sweden).
High vs. Low Collaboration Courses: Impact on Learning Presence, Community...David Wicks
Researchers demonstrated a relationship between learning presence and social engagement; however, research in this area is limited. For example, no distinctions are made as to what role faculty, students, or technology might play in facilitating social engagement. In general, researchers revealed that students' ability to self-regulate leads to more focused attention, time on-task, and in turn, these skills could lead to better learning. Given the need for more theoretical work in the area, as well as the potential practical benefits from the use of these pedagogical strategies, we sought to compare the difference between high versus low-collaboration groups on assignments, as well as courses in general. Differences in groups were measured using student grades, peer evaluation, pre and post test, and the community of inquiry framework. In addition, learning presence and social network analysis were used to assess a high-collaboration assignment.
In the current study, the researchers explored how collaborative technologies, specifically Google Docs and Google Hangouts, may be used to impact the level of learning presence (forethought and planning, performance, and reflection) students demonstrate while participating in a small group project. Participants were graduate education students in two randomly assigned sections of the same online course. The course content focused on basic educational psychology for students seeking initial teaching certification. The experimental section utilized a high-collaboration project (e.g., small group, Google Hangouts and Docs) to enhance understanding of course content while the comparison, control section employed a low-collaboration project (e.g., partner activity, Word documents) to enhance understanding of course content. Participants completed the Community of Inquiry (CoI) Survey at the end of the term which measured their perceived level of teaching, social, and cognitive presence during the course. Quantitative content analysis was used to explore occurrences of learning presence in the high-collaboration group. *Finally, we employed social network analysis (SNA) as a method of inquiry to analyze student interaction data with the high-collaboration group. SNA is used to explain relationships depicted by information flow and its influence from participants' interactions. Scholars have used SNA in the online learning context to understand individual and group dimensions of interactions.
*Social Network Analysis (SNA) will not be addressed in this presentation but will be included in the manuscript.
CIDER 2020 - Sense of irony or perfect timing: Examining the research support...Michael Barbour
Barbour, M. K., & LaBonte, R. (2020, January). Sense of irony or perfect timing: Examining the research supporting proposed e-learning changes in Ontario. A presentation for the Canadian Institute of Distance Education Research.
SITE 2018 - K-12 Online Learning: Trends From Two Decades of ScholarshipMichael Barbour
Arnesen, K. T., Hveem, J., Short, C. R., West, R., & Barbour, M. K. (2018, March). K-12 online learning: Trends from two decades of scholarship. A full paper presentation to the annual conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, Washington, DC.
SITE 2018 - Virtual Schools in the US: Case Studies of Policy, Performance an...Michael Barbour
Barbour, M. K., Miron, G., & Huerta, L. (2018, March). Virtual schools in the US: Case studies of policy, performance and research evidence. A full paper presentation to the annual conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, Washington, DC.
ON MoE 2019: Overview of e-Learning in CanadaMichael Barbour
Barbour, M. K. (2019, April). Overview of e-learning in Canada. An invited presentation to the Education Research & Evaluation Strategy Branch of the Ontario Ministry of Education, Toronto ON.
IDEAL-NM 2010 Keynote - Rural Virtual Schooling: Research on the Teaching and...Michael Barbour
Barbour, M. K. (2010, September). Rural virtual schooling: Research on the teaching and learning experience. A keynote presented to the second annual Innovative and Digital Education and Learning – New Mexico eTeacher and Site Coordinator conference, Albuquerque, NM.
REL Southeast 2015 - Brief Overview of Research on Rural Students and Online ...Michael Barbour
Barbour, M. K. (2015, March). Brief overview of research on rural students and online learning. A webinar presentation to the Regional Education Laboratory - Southeast's Alliance for Online and Blended Learning.
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This study found evidence that student perceptions of the CoI may be useful in predicting differences in students' blended learning experiences. The study also found that perceived differences in blended learning experiences varied by discipline. This difference may be a result of differences between students, such as their age, or differences between instructors. A second research outcome was that FLCs are a useful form of professional development when correctly implemented. For example, faculty benefit from participation in an FLC when they receive helpful advice on promising practices and encouragement when experiencing instructional or technical challenges. On the other hand, FLCs are less effective when there is a lack of dialogue between meetings or when a facilitator does not provide adequate preparation for face-to-face meetings.
During our presentation we will share both faculty and student findings from our study. We will engage our audience by asking them to share promising practices for blended learning classrooms and professional development for blended learning instructors.
Binghamton University's Virtual AP Conference 2014 - Online and blended educa...Michael Barbour
Barbour, M. K. (2014, June). Online and blended education: What does it look like? An invited keynote presentation to the Binghamton University's Virtual Advanced Placement Conference, Binghamton, NY.
E-Learn 2013 - K-12 Online Learning and the Diffusion of the TeacherMichael Barbour
Barbour, M. K. (2013, October). K-12 online learning and the diffusion of the teacher. A paper presented at the annual World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare and Higher Education, Las Vegas, NV.
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Barbour, M. K. (2007, October). Lessons learned in researching virtual schools: The Newfoundland and Labrador experience. An invited presentation by the Canadian Institute of Distance Education Research. Retrieved from http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/513/990
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Barbour, M. K. (2009, November). Supporting K-12 students online: Local schools, virtual schools & teacher education. Paper presented at the National Research Center on Rural Education Support's Supporting Rural Schools and Communities Research Conference, Chapel Hill, NC.
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Bridgewater Academy - Strategies to Improve Student Completion Rates In An As...Michael Barbour
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1-Experiences with a Hybrid Class Tips And PitfallsCollege .docxcatheryncouper
1-Experiences with a Hybrid Class: Tips And Pitfalls
College Teaching Methods & Styles Journal, 2006, Vol.2(2), p.9-12
Notes
This paper will discuss the author's experiences with converting a traditional classroom-based course to a hybrid class, using a mix of traditional class time and web-support. The course which was converted is a lower-level human relations class, which has been offered in both the traditional classroom-based setting and as an asynchronous online course. After approximately five years of offering the two formats independently, the author decided to experiment with improving the traditional course by adopting more of the web-based support and incorporating more research and written assignments in "out of class" time. The course has evolved into approximately 60% traditional classroom meetings and 40% assignments and other assessments out of class. The instructor's assessment of the hybrid nature of the class is that students are more challenged by the mix of research and writing assignments with traditional assessments, and the assignments are structured in such a way as to make them more "customizable" for each student. Each student can find some topics that they are interested in to pursue in greater depth as research assignments. However, the hybrid nature of the class has resulted in an increased workload for the instructor. The course has been well received by the students, who have indicated that they find the hybrid format appealing.
2-Undergraduate Research Methods: Does Size Matter? A Look at the Attitudes and Outcomes of Students in a Hybrid Class Format versus a Traditional Class Format.
Author
Gordon, Jill A.
Barnes, Christina M.
Martin, Kasey J.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Is Part Of
Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 2009, Vol.20 (3), p.227-249
Notes
The goal of this study is to understand if there are any variations regarding student engagement and course outcomes based on the course format. A new course format was introduced in fall of 2006 that involves a hybrid approach (large lecture with small recitations) with a higher level of student enrollment than traditional research methods courses. During the same time frame, the discipline maintained its traditional research methods courses as well. A survey was administered to all students enrolled in research methods regardless of course format in fall 2006 and spring 2007. Student responses are discussed, including information concerning the preparation, design, cost and benefits of offering a hybrid research methods course format.
3- Distance Education: Linking Traditional Classroom Rehabilitation Counseling Students with their Colleagues Using Hybrid Learning Models.
Author
Main, Doug
Dziekan, Kathryn
Publisher
Springer Publishing Company, Inc.
Is Part Of
Rehabilitation Research, Policy & Education, 2012, Vol.26 (4), p.315-321
Notes
Current distance learning technological advances allow real and virtual classrooms to unite. In this .
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Bills have a main role in point of sale procedure. It will help to track sales, handling payments and giving receipts to customers. Bill splitting also has an important role in POS. For example, If some friends come together for dinner and if they want to divide the bill then it is possible by POS bill splitting. This slide will show how to split bills in odoo 17 POS.
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This slides describes the basic concepts of ICT, basics of Email, Emerging Technology and Digital Initiatives in Education. This presentations aligns with the UGC Paper I syllabus.
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This is a presentation by Dada Robert in a Your Skill Boost masterclass organised by the Excellence Foundation for South Sudan (EFSS) on Saturday, the 25th and Sunday, the 26th of May 2024.
He discussed the concept of quality improvement, emphasizing its applicability to various aspects of life, including personal, project, and program improvements. He defined quality as doing the right thing at the right time in the right way to achieve the best possible results and discussed the concept of the "gap" between what we know and what we do, and how this gap represents the areas we need to improve. He explained the scientific approach to quality improvement, which involves systematic performance analysis, testing and learning, and implementing change ideas. He also highlighted the importance of client focus and a team approach to quality improvement.
Students, digital devices and success - Andreas Schleicher - 27 May 2024..pptxEduSkills OECD
Andreas Schleicher presents at the OECD webinar ‘Digital devices in schools: detrimental distraction or secret to success?’ on 27 May 2024. The presentation was based on findings from PISA 2022 results and the webinar helped launch the PISA in Focus ‘Managing screen time: How to protect and equip students against distraction’ https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/managing-screen-time_7c225af4-en and the OECD Education Policy Perspective ‘Students, digital devices and success’ can be found here - https://oe.cd/il/5yV
2. Best Practices
• A strategy that shows promise
• A systematic study is designed to investigate
that strategy
• Aspects of the strategy are refined
• Large scale studies are designed to test the
strategy
• Strategy is found to be highly effective in a
variety of contexts over multiple studies
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3. Best Practices
• A strategy that shows promise
• A systematic study is designed to investigate
that strategy
• Aspects of the strategy are refined
• Large scale studies are designed to test the
strategy
• Strategy is found to be highly effective in a
variety of contexts over multiple studies
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5. What Does The Literature Say?
• “based upon the personal experiences of
those involved in the practice of virtual
schooling” (Cavanaugh et al., 2009)
• described the literature as generally falling
into one of two general categories: the
potential benefits of and challenges facing K-
12 online learning (Barbour & Reeves, 2009)
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6. What About The Research?
• “a paucity of research exists when examining
high school students enrolled in virtual
schools, and the research base is smaller still
when the population of students is further
narrowed to the elementary grades” (Rice,
2006)
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7. Is This A Problem?
• “indicative of the foundational descriptive
work that often precedes experimentation in
any scientific field. In other words, it is
important to know how students in virtual
school engage in their learning in this
environment prior to conducting any rigorous
examination of virtual schooling.” (Cavanaugh
et al., 2009)
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8. Is This A Problem?
• the practice of K-12 online learning began
around 1991 and has been growing
exponentially since 2001
• how long must we wait for the research to
catch up?
Barbour (2013)
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9. What Does The Research Say?
• Comparisons of student performance based upon delivery
model (i.e., classroom vs. online)
• Studies examining the qualities and characteristics of the
teaching/learning experience
– characteristics of
– supports provided to
– issues related to isolation of online learners
(Rice, 2006)
• Effectiveness of virtual schooling
• Student readiness and retention issues (Cavanaugh et al.,
2009)
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11. Virtual School Teacher Roles
• 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)
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12. Virtual School Teacher Research
• Lack of reliable and valid empirical research
– most research is based on teacher perceptions
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Study Results
Online
Teaching
DiPietro et al.
(2008)
37 Best practice for
effective asynchronous
online instruction
Online Course
Design
Barbour
(2005, 2007)
7 Principles of effective
asynchronous course
design for adolescent
learners
14. DiPietro et al. (2008)
• general characteristics – 12 practices
• classroom management strategies – 2 practices
• pedagogical strategies: assessment – 3 practices
• pedagogical strategies: engaging students with content
– 7 practices
• pedagogical strategies: making course meaningful for
students – 4 practices
• pedagogical strategies: providing support– 1 practice
• pedagogical strategies: communication & community –
5 practices
• technology – 3 practices
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16. Barbour (2005, 2007)
Course developers should:
1. prior to beginning development of any of the web-based material, plan
out the course with ideas for the individual lessons and specific items
that they would like to include;
2. keep the navigation simple and to a minimum, but don’t present the
material the same way in every lesson;
3. provide a summary of the content from the required readings or the
synchronous lesson and include examples that are personalized to the
students’ own context;
4. ensure students are given clear instructions and model expectations of
the style and level that will be required for student work;
5. refrain from using too much text and consider the use of visuals to
replace or supplement text when applicable;
6. only use multimedia that will enhances the content and not simply
because it is available; and
7. develop their content for the average or below average student.
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17. 17
Study Results Methodological Limitation
Online
Teaching
DiPietro et al.
(2008)
37 Best practice for
effective asynchronous
online instruction
Interviews with teachers at a single,
statewide virtual school that were
selected by virtual school
administrators. Online teacher
beliefs were not validated through
observation or student
performance.
Online Course
Design
Barbour
(2005, 2007)
7 Principles of effective
asynchronous course
design for adolescent
learners
Interviews with teachers and course
developers at a single province-wide
virtual school that had a strong
synchronous delivery model. Beliefs
were not validated through
observation or student performance
18. Virtual School Teacher Research
• design-based research approach
to first five years of VHS
– SRI International were external
evaluators
• identified seven goals and
focused all of their research and
evaluation
• resulted in:
– three annual evaluations
– one five-year evaluation
– two subject specific evaluations
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19. Virtual School Teacher Research
• based on University of Florida’s Virtual
School Clearinghouse initiative
– AT&T Foundation-funded project from
2006-2009
• designed to provide K-12 online learning
programs, particularly statewide
supplemental programs, with data
analysis tools and metrics for school
improvement
• 13 of those K-12 online programs were
outlined in a publication entitled Lessons
Learned for Virtual Schools: Experiences
and Recommendations from the Field
Black, Ferdig, DiPietro (2008)
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20. Virtual School Teacher Research
Online teaching is more work
• asynchronous instruction in particular
• CDLI class size limit (official & unofficial)
What is known about teacher training
• learn online in order to teach online
• works in team with teachers and a virtual
school to construct the online course, etc.
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21. Virtual School Teacher Research
Role of the parent
• full-time environment
– parent is responsible for significant instruction
– Programs need to consider how to measure (Liu,
Black, Algina, Cavanaugh, & Dawson, 2010) and foster
it (Borup, Graham, & Davies, 2013; Halser Waters,
2012; Klein, 2006)
• overall findings
– parental involvement tends to decrease as student
performance increases (Borup, Graham, & Davies,
2013)
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22. Virtual School Teacher Research
Lack of professional development
• less than 40% of online teachers reported to receiving any
professional development before they began teaching online
(Rice & Dawley, 2007)
Lack of teacher preparation programs
• less than 2% of universities in the United States provided any
systematic training in their pre-service or in-service teacher
education programs (Kennedy & Archambault, 2012)
Teaching Online Open Learning
• https://www.openteachertraining.org/
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23. Virtual School Facilitator Research
• Presence of an active, engaged local level
support person (Roblyer, Freeman, Stabler, &
Schneidmiller, 2007)
• Facilitator that focuses on soft learning skills,
not necessarily content (Barbour & Mulcahy,
2004, 2009)
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24. Virtual School Facilitator Research
National Research Center on Rural Education
Support, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
• training program that was provided as a part of
this research initiative included topics such as
issues for the first day of school, how to talk
about and support online assignments, potential
student fears, helping to develop time
management skills, assisting with the problem of
too much work, what to do when students
become disengaged, and how to ease students
who are worried about their grades (Irvin,
Hannum, Farmer, de la Varre, & Keane,2009)
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25. Virtual School Facilitator Research
National Research Center on Rural Education Support, University of
North Carolina-Chapel Hill
• Those who undertook the training were retained at a higher rate
than students attending schools where the Virtual School Facilitator
did not participate in the training (Hannum, Irvin, Lei, &Farmer,
2008)
• Effective facilitators were described as having being individuals who
had “a good, working relationship, who were consistently
responsive in their interactions with the teacher, and engaged with
and interested in their students”(de la Varre, Keane, & Irvin,2010,
pp. 202– 203)
• Facilitator was important in sharing the teacher presence with the
Virtual School Teacher in the online learning environment,
increasing the students sense of community and decreasing the
sense of isolation felt by students (de la Varre, Keane, & Irvin, 2011)
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26. Virtual School Student Preparation
• Educational Success Prediction Instrument
– technology use and technology self-efficacy (10
items)
– achievement beliefs (6 items)
– risk-taking (6 items)
– organization strategies (3 items)
Roblyer, Davis, Mills, Marshall, & Pape (2008)
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27. Virtual School Student Preparation
• Student orientation for readiness skills in
online learning
– Jason Siko (sikojp@gmail.com)
• Online Learning Orientation Tool
– http://olot.mivu.org.
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28. Director of Doctoral Studies
Sacred Heart University, USA
mkbarbour@gmail.com
http://www.michaelbarbour.com
http://virtualschooling.wordpress.com
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