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For the April 12, 2002 MAIS-Tec Meeting
by Judy
Rutledge, MUS
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Online Education
Clicks and Mortar
versus
Bricks and Mortar
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"Distance
education is one of the fastest-growing -- and most controversial --
parts of higher education.”
-- Chronicle of
Higher Education
Graduate
Pepperdine
University & Leslie University
Factors that contributed to a good online course for Sue and Judy
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a
mixture of in-person and online
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a
committed student body – rigorous admission standards
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community
building - We went through all classes with the same group, so
that there was a impetus
to bond and work cooperatively with
other members of the class.
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reputable
university – all online degrees are not viewed equally;
reputation of the Institution is probably
one of the most critical factors; avoid virtual papermill
schools.
Pepperdine Links
MAIS-Tec Contacts - Sue Burnet and Judy Rutledge
Communication
Newsgroup
http://news.pepperdine.edu
and select Newsgroups Web. For classes, we used Netscape Navigator
4.7 for newsgroups because of its user-friendly format. This page
gives a different view, but requires a password. This
example, which will not require a password, is of a threaded discussion in a
newsgroup from an example by World Crossing. -
Tapped
In http://www.tappedin.org/
From the
TappedIn site
TAPPED IN is the online workplace of an international community of education
professionals. K-12 teachers and librarians, professional development
staff, teacher education faculty and students, and researchers engage
in professional development programs and informal collaborative activities with
colleagues. Guests
are welcome, and membership is free.
Lesley Links
MAIS-Tec Contacts - Martha Turner and Cathy Kyle
Rosemont College
MAIS-Tec Contact - Andrea Walter
Other
Schools Offering Online Classes
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Undergraduate
Idyllic
versus reality
We
all picture the ultimate image of a college that either we grew up with
or wished we had grown up with. Due to location and jobs, the reality for some
is that they are not participating in a removed, four-year
college experience. According to Educational Services of the South, the
average age of a college student is now 27, not 18 to 22. Many
universities are using online courses to augment a program of
traditional classes.
Example
– UT http://www.outreach.utk.edu/deis/
What’s Available
Virtual
Universities (These are
simply examples. Their inclusion does not indicate quality.)
Western
Governors University
California
Virtual University
University
of Phoenix Online
Undergraduate
and High School - my opinion - It is best used to supplement in-person education.
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High School
Virtual
Schools: Trends and Issues by Dr. Tom Clark of TA (a consulting study
commissioned by DLRN)
Highlights of this study include
the following facts:
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The trend from ‘virtual high schools’ to
‘virtual K-12 schools’ continues
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An estimated 40,000 to 50,000 students will
enroll in a virtual school course in 2001-2002
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The most common tuition reported was
$300/semester, but prices varied greatly
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Calculus AB was the online AP course offered by
the most schools
Reasons for Virtual
Education
Independent Study
Broaden Curriculum
Experience with students in other regions
Home Schooling
Remote Locations
Funding Issues
Some
Virtual Schools
Kentucky
Virtual High School
Maryland
Virtual High School
Florida
Virtual School
Michigan
Virtual High School
Illinois
Virtual High School
Nevada
Virtual High School
Virtual
High School
http://www.govhs.org/website.nsf
From Wired
article
The
Virtual High School, a collaborative of national high schools that is
financed by a five-year, US$7.8 million Department of Education
Technology Challenge Grant, offers participating schools NetCourses in
exchange for teaching time. Students can explore nontraditional
courses from music appreciation to aeronautics, classes that could not
otherwise be offered because of low enrollment.
From the
Virtual High School Website
VHS, Inc.
operates as a non-profit organization, which charges tuition for
professional development and an annual membership fee to all
participating schools. This will provide for central administration,
registration, server management, and all the other operational aspects
of VHS. This fee is $6000 per year for schools offering one NetCourse.
Additional courses that are sponsored by the school are $4000 per
year. Each NetCourse that a school sponsors and teaches earns that
school 20 student seats in both the fall and spring VHS courses.
Class.com
http://www.class.com/
From Wired
article
…a
commercial spin-off of the University of Nebraska that provides
virtual courses to high schools. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in
Lincoln, Nebraska, class.com builds partnerships with school
districts, consortiums, and individual high schools in order to
provide quality education for students via the Internet.
The Education Program for
Gifted Youth http://www-epgy.stanford.edu/epgy/
From EPGY website
(EPGY) at Stanford University is a continuing project
dedicated to developing and offering multimedia computer-based
distance-learning courses. Combining technical and instructional
expertise, EPGY provides high ability students of all ages with an
individualized educational experience, optimized in both pace and
content. Through EPGY, students have access to courses in a variety of
subjects at levels ranging from kindergarten through
advanced-undergraduate.
K12
Education for a Lifetime http://www.k12.com/
K12
is the somewhat controversial school being started by former Secretary
of Education William Bennett and other conservative educators. The
school has started with programs for K-2, but plans to add through the
12th grade by 2004. Even though the program targets home
schoolers, it is also trying to partner with charter schools.
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Elementary
Schools
Example
- K12 http://www.k12.com/ (See
additional information above.)
Please submit any other elementary schools you would like for me to
include.
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Supplemental
Classes
These are often
free, continuing education type classes or classes in technology.
Barnes
and Nobles – free (although they try to sell you books)
Flash
From Online Learning Opportunities http://eho.org/onlinelearning.htm
Additional
Free Online Classes
at Barnes and Nobles
http://www.barnesandnobleuniversity.com/BaseServlet/Home;jsessionid=aaagkiAS
World
Wide Learn http://www.worldwidelearn.com/index.html
A
directory of online learning with courses in more than twenty subject
areas. Many free.
Free Skills.Com http://www.freeskills.com/courselist?wwl
Courses
focus on technology skills.
Free-Ed
Net http://www.free-ed.net/
Tutorials
for 100+ subjects - free.
Oxford
School of Learning Free resources and tuition in Business Studies.
http://www.osl-ltd.co.uk
Many,
many other free courses exist on the web on technology topics.
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Additional
Resources and News
Lists of Virtual Schools
http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dlsis/vischname.html
http://www.dlrn.org/k12/virtual_list.html#private
http://www.dlrn.org/virtual.html
Government Agency
Office of
Educational Technology—U.S. Department of Education Distance
Learnin
Welcome
to the home page of the Web-based Education Commission. The Commission
was established by Congress to develop policy recommendations geared
toward maximizing the educational promise of the Internet for pre-K,
elementary, middle, secondary, and postsecondary education learners. http://www.hpcnet.org/cgi-bin/global/a_bus_card.cgi?SiteID=154797
Distance
Learning Resource Network
http://www.dlrn.org/
U.S. Department of
Education Star Schools Project - a good resource
Group
Email –
You will need to see if these run banner ads like Yahoo Group
Freelists
http://www.freelists.org
Topica Exchange http://www.topica.com
Smartgroups
http://www.smartgroups.com
Communityzero http://www.communityzero.com
MSN http://www.msn.com
(It says “Once you sign in, you can: Create your
own Community, Join other Communities, Create a list of favorite
Communities
Other
Tools for Implementing Online Courses, including newsgroups
BlackBoard
http://www.blackboard.com/
Nicenet's
Internet Classroom Assistant http://www.nicenet.org/
Forum
Software- ezBoard http://www.ezboard.com/
Discus
http://www.discusware.com/discus/home/
vBulletin
http://vBulletin.com/
World
Crossing, Puente Mundial http://www.worldcrossing.com/
Powered
http://www.powered.com/
Blog
on Distance Education
http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/onlinelearning/archive/2002_05_26_archive.html
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©
Judy Rutledge 2002, All rights reserved / judy.rutledge@musowls.org
/ Revised April, 2002
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