By Niki Davis and Dale S. Niederhauser
In this article the authors describe the ever growing and widely expanding world of "virtual schooling." Virtual schooling is the term used for all the elements associated with learning in an online environment. This new educational medium offers several incentives for students. One reason enrollment is increasing in this area is due to its ability to cater and personalize curriculum as well as assisting students with the No Child Left Behind legislation. Other students are able to enroll in Advanced Placement courses not offered elsewhere or students who have been displaced such as those children hit by Katrina in the gulf area.
The three core roles as described by the authors are teacher,designer and VS facilitator. Each one play a key role in making the online experience a successful one. Teachers need to be highly organized and provide sufficient instruction for virtual schooling to be effective. The overall benefits to online schooling are tremendous and can have a profound impact on the future of education around the world.
1) What if the student or instructor need to have a block of instruction that requires a demonstration?
Video conferencing can be used in this situation to help students and instructors speak directly to each other as well as for presentations.
2) How are students able to take possible science courses that would require a lab?
Formal science labs can be set up at regional locations with the proper scientific equipment and blended together to complete the required coursework.
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