<p>A recent phenomenon in the MOOC space has been development of courses tailored to educators serving K-12 settings. MOOCs, particularly as a form educator professional development, face number challenges. Academics, well pundits from traditional and new media, have raised concerns about including lack instructional social supports. It is an assumption this study that challenges arising problem scale can be addressed by leveraging these massive numbers develop robust online learning...

Abstract Twelve middle school students' use of computer tools to manage and manipulate Internet-based hypermedia resources was investigated. Tools were proposed support higher order thinking about help students find, frame, resolve open-ended science problems. alone insufficient information for solving Students more frequently applied lower tool functions (e.g., collection) than reasoning). typically resolved problems with original solutions, but used infrequently develop evidence-based...

Learning analytics focuses on extracting meaning from large amounts of data. One the largest datasets in education comes Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) that typically feature enrollments tens thousands. Analyzing MOOC discussion forums presents logistical issues, resulting chiefly size dataset, which can create challenges for understanding and adequately describing student behaviors. Utilizing automatic text analysis, this study built a hierarchical linear model examines influence...

Abstract A recent evaluation of the new North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVPS) in USA revealed numerous expectations for virtual school teachers from secondary students. Specifically, students expected their to actually teach rather than moderate a course shell, supplement shells with content and projects that illustrate relevance, provide both peer interaction, respond questions feedback quickly. The data suggest possible content‐related interaction where limited shell can be...

This two‐year, mixed methods study with surveys, observations, and interviews, documented student technology use skill before after the implementation of a new one‐to‐one tablet computing program at private middle school in United States. After one year tablets, several differences students' were documented, including: higher satisfaction technology, greater frequency specific subjects such as math science, certain classroom activities two‐way communicating, skills on competencies editing...

Eight teams of elementary and middle school teachers developed pilot online courses for the North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVPS) in USA. A qualitative case study with focus groups a follow‐up survey helped to identify common needs these non‐traditional course designers during development efforts. Findings suggest virtual schools can better support by providing leadership components such as technical expertise, regular feedback, clear expectations, including an understanding target...

Despite growing research and evaluation results on one-to-one computing environments, how these environments affect learning in schools remains underexamined. The purpose of this article is twofold: (a) to use a theoretical lens, namely new ecology, frame the dynamic changes as well challenges that are introduced by laptop initiative; (b) highlight shifting dynamics relationships ecology emerging has shown have implications for better preparing teachers students manage change. an evolving...

High school students participating in online courses offered by the North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVPS) completed end-of-course surveys Spring 2009. When responses of 559 foreign language were compared to five other subject area groups, findings suggested had significantly lower perceptions their several key areas: overall success environment, teacher preparation, teaching, course/assignment instructions, and level group collaboration. A follow-up survey with open-ended questions...