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Michael Barbour
Sacred Heart University
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Multiple Roles of the Teacher in the K-12 Online Learning Environment: Cautions for Teacher Education
Michael Barbour
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 1521–1526
While the use of online learning at the K-12 level of growing exponentially, the availability of empirical evidence to help guide this growth is severely lacking. This proposal provides a systematic review of K-12 online learning literature related...
Topics: Virtual Schooling
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The uses and value of Internet discussion groups in a post-secondary environment
Michael Kristopher Barbour
(2002) pp. 1–187
This thesis considers computer-mediated communications through a case study of a select group of Usenet newsgroups at Carleton University during the Fall of 1999 and the Winter of 2000. At the time that the data were collected for this thesis,...
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Blended Learning from the Perspective of Parents and Students
Jason Siko; Michael Barbour
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 1556–1560
This study examined the perceptions of parents and students enrolled in their first blended learning class. Online surveys at the end of the experience were administered. Both the students and parents were initially excited about the experience,...
Topics: Virtual Schooling
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iPads for teachers? The challenges of integrating technology in the classroom
Michael Barbour; Tamme Quinn Grzebyk
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 1628–1632
The iPad is a tool that could change the way in which teachers prepare and deliver instruction in the K-12 environment. But, while proponents tout its capabilities, school administrators run the risk of purchasing yet another tool without...
Topics: Science Education, Mobile Learning
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Preparing for and Thriving in K-12 Online/Blended Teaching Contexts
Leanna Archambault; Keryn Pratt; Michael Barbour
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 1512–1514
This panel will bring together leading experts to explore the research related to teaching roles in K-12 online and blended learning and the policies influencing teacher preparation for online environments. Currently, there is a dire need for...
Topics: Virtual Schooling
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Any Time, Any Place, Any Pace? Exploring Virtual Students Perceptions of Mobile Learning
Michael Barbour; Tamme Quinn Grzebyk; John Eye
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 1515–1520
Over the past decade, the number of K-12 students engaged in online learning has increased from 50,000 to more than two million. Students have also gained increased access to mobile devices throughout recent years, and educators have actively...
Topics: Virtual Schooling, Mobile Learning
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Continuing Change in a Virtual World: Training and Recruiting Instructors
Michael Barbour; Jim Kinsella; Matthew Wicks; Sacip Toker
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 17, No. 4 (October 2009) pp. 437–457
The process of teacher identification, selection, initial training, and on-going professional development that has developed at the Illinois Virtual High School (IVHS) over the past seven years is described and discussed in this article. Validation...
Topics: Distance Education, Teachers, Professional Development, eLearning, Mentoring, Teaching Methods
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The Promise and the Reality: Exploring Virtual Schooling in Rural Juristictions
Michael K. Barbour
Education in Rural Australia Vol. 21, No. 1 (2011) pp. 1–19
The history of online learning at the K-12 level is almost as long as its history at the post-secondary level, with the first virtual school programs beginning in the early 1990s. While these opportunities were designed as a way to provide rural...
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How Are They Doing?: Examining Student Achievement in Virtual Schooling
Michael K. Barbour; Dennis Mulcahy
Education in Rural Australia Vol. 18, No. 2 (2008) pp. 63–74
Six years ago the Centre for Distance Learning and Innovation began a virtual high school within the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Designed primarily to provide courses in specialized areas to students in rural areas, where schools ...
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Teachers' Perceptions of K-12 Online: Impacting the Design of a Graduate Course Curriculum
Michael K. Barbour; Kelly Unger Harrison
Journal of Educational Technology Systems Vol. 45, No. 1 (2016) pp. 74–92
While K-12 online learning in the United States has increased exponentially, the ability of teacher education programs to adequately prepare teachers to design, deliver, and support has been deficient. A small number of universities have begun to...
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Narratives from the Online Frontier: A K-12 Student's Experience in an Online Learning Environment
Michael Barbour; Jason Siko; JaCinda Sumara; Kaye Simuel-Everage
Qualitative Report Vol. 17 (2012)
Despite a large increase in the number of students enrolled in online courses, published research on student experiences in these environments is minimal. This article reports the narrative analysis of a series of interviews conducted with a female...
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Academic Performance, Course Completion Rates, and Student Perception of the Quality and Frequency of Interaction in a Virtual High School
Abigail Hawkins; Charles R. Graham; Richard R. Sudweeks; Michael K. Barbour
Distance Education Vol. 34, No. 1 (2013) pp. 64–83
This study examined the relationship between students' perceptions of teacher-student interaction and academic performance at an asynchronous, self-paced, statewide virtual high school. Academic performance was measured by grade awarded and course...
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Examining the Research Related to the Changing Role of the Teacher in the K-12 Online Environment
Michael Barbour
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 4097–4101
While the use of online learning at the K-12 level of growing exponentially, the availability of empirical evidence to help guide this growth is severely lacking. This proposal provides a systematic review of K-12 online learning literature related...
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Networked Schools in New Zealand: Examples from the Virtual Learning Network
Michael Barbour; Niki Davis; Derek Wenmoth
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 4102–4107
This proposal describes a study into the development of virtual learning in New Zealand, specifically to identify examples of networked schools. Using a variety of data collection methods, the researchers identified four examples where e-learning...
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K-12 Online Course Development: Examining Developer Perceptions
Jonathan Morrison; David Adelstein; Michael Barbour
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 4133–4139
This study examined the need and application of tools in web-based course development process with the Illinois Virtual High School, (IVHS). A brief historical look into the online course development is conveyed to better understand the need for...
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Design Research Using Game Design as an Instructional Strategy
Jason Siko; Michael Barbour
Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 25, No. 3 (July 2014) pp. 427–448
Using Homemade PowerPoint games as an instructional strategy incorporates elements of game design and constructionism in the classroom using Microsoft PowerPoint, which is ubiquitous in schools today. However, previous research examining the use of ...
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An Inquiry into Retention and Achievement Differences in Campus Based and Web Based AP Courses
Michael Barbour; Dennis Mulcahy
Rural Educator Vol. 27, No. 3 (2006) pp. 8–12
A decade ago the Advanced Placement (AP) program was introduced into the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Initially, schools embraced this opportunity to provide their students with opportunities that were previously unavailable....
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The reality of virtual schools: A review of the literature
Michael K. Barbour; Thomas C. Reeves
Computers & Education Vol. 52, No. 2 (February 2009) pp. 402–416
Virtual schooling was first employed in the mid-1990s and has become a common method of distance education used in K-12 jurisdictions. The most accepted definition of a virtual school is an entity approved by a state or governing body that offers...
Language: English
Topics: Virtual Environments
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Principles of Effective Web-Based Content for Secondary School Students: Teacher and Developer Perceptions
Michael K. Barbour
The Journal of Distance Education / Revue de l'ducation Distance Vol. 21, No. 3 (2007) pp. 93–114
In this article, I describe findings from a study of the perceptions of course developers and electronic teachers on the principles of effective asynchronous web-based content design for secondary school students. Through interviews, participants'...
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Redesigning Design: Field Testing a Revised Design Rubric Based of iNACOL Quality Course Standards
David Adelstein; Michael Barbour
The Journal of Distance Education / Revue de l'ducation Distance Vol. 31, No. 2 (Nov 15, 2016)
Designers have a limited selection of K-12 online course creation standards to choose from that are not blocked behind proprietary or pay walls. For numerous institutions and states, the use of the iNACOL National Standards for Quality Online...
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Strictly Business: Teacher Perceptions of Interaction in Virtual Schooling
Abigail Hawkins; Michael K. Barbour; Charles R. Graham
The Journal of Distance Education / Revue de l'ducation Distance Vol. 25, No. 2 (2011)
This study explored the nature of teacher-student interaction from the perspective of eight virtual school teachers in an asynchronous, self-paced, statewide, supplemental virtual high school. Teacher interviews revealed the majority of interactions ...
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K-12 Online Learning and the Diffusion of the Teacher
Michael Barbour
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2013 (Oct 21, 2013) pp. 1737–1741
While the use of online learning at the K-12 level of growing exponentially, the availability of empirical evidence to help guide this growth is severely lacking. This proposal provides a systematic review of K-12 online learning literature related...
Topics: research
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Promoting Failure: Examining Policies Related to K-12 Online Schools
Michael Barbour
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2013 (Oct 21, 2013) pp. 1629–1633
The use of online learning at the K-12 level has been growing exponentially over the past decade, and much of that growth has been driven by legislative changes designed to allow for more full-time cyber charter schools. While limited, the research...
Topics: Policy Issues, research
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Online Advanced Placement Advantage: Examining Online Achievement and Perceptions
Michael Barbour; Sharon Johnston
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2013 (Oct 21, 2013) pp. 1742–1751
In 1997 Florida Virtual School (FLVS) began an online high school within Florida, designed initially to provide courses in specialized areas (e.g., Advanced Placement [AP]), to students in rural areas where schools had difficulty in finding and...
Topics: research
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Homemade Powerpoint Games: Game Design Pedagogy Aligned to the TPACK Framework
Jason P. Siko; Michael K. Barbour
Computers in the Schools Vol. 29, No. 4 (2012) pp. 339–354
While researchers are examining the role of playing games to learn, others are looking at using game design as an instructional tool. However, game-design software may require additional time to train both teachers and students. In this article, the ...
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Beyond Jeopardy and Lectures: Using Microsoft PowerPoint as a Game Design Tool to Teach Science
Jason Siko; Michael Barbour; Sacip Toker
Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching Vol. 30, No. 3 (July 2011) pp. 303–320
To date, research involving homemade PowerPoint games as an instructional tool has not shown statistically significant gains in student performance. This paper examines the results of a study comparing the performance of students in a high school...
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Strategies for Instructors on How to Improve Online Groupwork
Myung Hwa Koh; Michael Barbour; Janette R. Hill
Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 43, No. 2 (2010) pp. 183–205
Online groupwork is becoming an increasingly popular instructional strategy. Although researchers have questioned the benefits of groupwork in online learning environments, little empirical research has examined the challenges it presents. The...
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Student Performance in Virtual Schooling: Looking beyond the Numbers
Michael K. Barbour; Dennis Mulcahy
ERS Spectrum Vol. 27, No. 1 (2009) pp. 23–30
Seven years ago, the Centre for Distance Learning and Innovation (CDLI) began a virtual high school within the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. CDLI was designed primarily to provide courses in specialized areas to students in rural...
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Measuring Success: Examining Achievement and Perceptions of Online Advanced Placement Students
Sharon Johnston; Michael K. Barbour
American Journal of Distance Education Vol. 27, No. 1 (2013) pp. 16–28
The purpose of the research was to compare student performance on Advanced Placement (AP) exams from 2009 to 2011 at Florida Virtual School and to explore student perceptions of their online course experience compared with the classroom-based AP...
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U.S. Virtual School Trial Period and Course Completion Policy Study
Abigail Hawkins; Michael K. Barbour
American Journal of Distance Education Vol. 24, No. 1 (2010) pp. 5–20
Variation in policies virtual schools use to calculate course completion and retention rates impacts the comparability of these quality metrics. This study surveyed 159 U.S. virtual schools examining the variability in trial period and course...
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Student Perceptions and Preferences for Tertiary Online Courses: Does Prior High School Distance Learning Make a Difference?
Dale Kirby; Michael K. Barbour; Dennis B. Sharpe
American Journal of Distance Education Vol. 26, No. 1 (2012) pp. 34–49
University students who had completed at least one distance education course were surveyed during their first and fourth year of postsecondary studies. When controlled for those who had previous distance education experience in high school, it was...
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The Challenges of Integrating Mobile Technology in the Classroom Examining an iPad Professional Development Project
Michael K. Barbour; Tamme Quinn Grzebyk; Michael M. Grant; Jason Siko
Journal on School Educational Technology Vol. 12, No. 3 (2017) pp. 22–33
The iPad is a tool that could change the way in which teachers prepare and deliver instruction in the K-12 environment. But, while proponents tout its capabilities, school administrators run the risk of purchasing yet another tool without...
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Today’s Student and Virtual Schooling: The Reality, the Challenges, the Promise…
Michael Barbour
Journal of Open, Flexible, and Distance Learning Vol. 13, No. 1 (2009) pp. 5–25
In 2008 I was approached to deliver a keynote address at the biennial conference of the Distance Education Association of New Zealand (DEANZ) in Wellington on the topic of today’s student and K–12 distance education.Several months ago,...
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US and International K-12 Online Learning: How Have They Developed Differently?
Michael Barbour
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 1446–1453
Many involved with the practice or study of K-12 online and blended learning are familiar with the American context. It surrounds us in the media and published research. However, online and blended learning is occurring in meaningful ways to...
Topics: Virtual Schooling, Secondary Education
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Design of web-based courses for secondary students
Michael Barbour
Journal of Open, Flexible, and Distance Learning Vol. 9, No. 1 (2005) pp. 27–36
This study considers the perceptions of course developers, teachers, and students on the characteristics of effective Web-based design for secondary school students. Through interviews and document analysis, the views of the participants on Web...
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Perspectives on E-Learning: Development and Challenges of K-12 Online Learning
Michael Barbour
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (Mar 29, 2010) pp. 310–315
Distance education has been around for well over a century. Unknown to many, educators in the K-12 environment have been using distance education for almost as long. The same is true of e-learning, as K-12 educators have been utilizing e-learning...
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The Disconnect Between Policy and Research: Examining the Research into Full-Time K-12 Online Learning
Michael Barbour
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 1438–1445
While there has been some improvement in what is known about supplemental K-12 online learning, there continues to be a lack of evidence to guide the practice of full-time K-12 online learning. This paper concludes that despite considerable...
Topics: Virtual Schooling
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The Promise and the Reality: Exploring the Research on Virtual Schooling
Michael Barbour
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 3433–3442
The first web-based distance education programs at the K-12 began in the early 1990s. Unlike distance education and online learning in general, much less is known about virtual schooling – even less of which is based on systematic research. What is...
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Innovative Public Education or Glorified Homeschooling: Funding Full-Time K-12 Online Learning
Michael Barbour
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 1435–1437
While there has been some improvement in what is known about supplemental K-12 online learning, there continues to be a lack of evidence to guide the practice of full-time K-12 online learning. This paper examines the literature and research into...
Topics: Virtual Schooling
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What are they doing and how are they doing it? Rural student experiences in virtual schooling
Michael Barbour
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 2496–2503
This qualitative study examined the nature of virtual schooling in Newfoundland and Labrador secondary education, specifically the learning experience for students and the kinds of support and assistance most frequently used and most valued by...
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Introducing In-Service Teachers to Virtual Schooling through the Lens of the Three Teacher Roles
Michael Barbour
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 3425–3432
This study will examine the third and fourth rounds of data collection from an action research project designed to help in-service teachers become better virtual school facilitators (currently being analyzed). The data included blog entries and...
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Some Observations on Student Use of Electronic Communications in Second-Year Biology Courses
Michael Collins; Michael Barbour
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2001 (2001) pp. 309–310
This paper considers the student use of electronic communications in two second-year university Biology courses. Over a three-year period, student contributions to a Web-based discussion forum, an e-mail list serve, and e-mail directly to the...
Topics: Students, Distance Education, Communication
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Online Writing as a Form of Electronic Communication in a Second Year Biology Course
Michael Barbour; Michael Collins
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2003 (2003) pp. 1491–1494
This paper considers student use of an online discussion forum in a second year Biology course and how that participation may be an indicator of increased student success in the course. The authors discuss how participation in the online discussion ...
Topics: Students
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Online Writing as a Form of Electronic Communication in a Second Year Biology Course
Michael Collins; Michael Barbour
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2002 (2002) pp. 2544–2545
This paper considers student use of an online discussion forum in a second year Biology course and how that participation may be an indicator of increased student success in the course. The authors discuss how participation in the online discussion ...
Topics: Students
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"I need a green axe": Video Games and Your Social Studies Classroom
Mark Evans; Michael Barbour
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2007 (Oct 15, 2007) pp. 781–786
Today's students are natives of technology more than ever before. Along with being natives of the digital world, students are also avid video game players in a way that the previous generation was avid television viewers. There is a movement in some ...
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Challenging Teachers’ Preconceptions, Misconceptions, and Concerns of Virtual Schooling
Michael Barbour; Kelly Unger
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 785–790
This study examined the perceptions of graduate students in an instructional technology course related to K-12 online learning based upon their completion of the Teacher Education Goes into Virtual Schooling (TEGIVS) curriculum. The TEGIVS program...
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Developing Teachers’ Technological, Pedagogical, and Content Knowledge in Mathematics
Drew Polly; Michael Barbour
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 4128–4131
Technological pedagogical and content knowledge (TPACK) has been adopted as a framework to help describe the various components of knowledge that are associated with teachers’ effective integration of technology. This study describes the influence...
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Making Sense of Video Games: Pre-Service Teachers Struggle with This New Medium
Mark Evans; Michael Barbour
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2007 (Oct 15, 2007) pp. 2496–2501
This next generation of students have had exposure to digital media far more than any previous generation, particularly video games. Almost daily, news outlets report the latest news on the evils of video games, how much children are playing video...
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Beyond volunteerism and good will: Examining the commitment of school-based teachers to distance education
Michael Barbour; Dennis Mulcahy
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 779–784
Two decades ago Newfoundland and Labrador introduced distance education in the K-12 environment. The program focused upon providing advanced-level courses to rural school students, and worked largely due to the widely known, but rarely documented...
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An Examination of Government Policies for E-Learning in New Zealand’s Secondary Schools
Allison Powell; Michael Barbour
Journal of Open, Flexible, and Distance Learning Vol. 15, No. 1 (2011) pp. 75–89
In 2006 the North American Council for Online Learning surveyed the activity and policy relating to primary and secondary e-learning, which they defined as online learning, in a selection of countries. They found most were embracing e-learning...