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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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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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Learning Styles and Web-based Design for Secondary Students
Michael Barbour; Morris Cooze
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2004 (2004) pp. 14–21
This study consider the performance of students enrolled in a secondary-level business education course in an e-learning environment based upon their scores on a learning style inventory. The individual students' learning styles, along with their...
Topics: Distance Education, Secondary Education, Students