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Student Beliefs About Online Teaching: Implications for Virtual School Teachers
Kevin Oliver; Kevin Brady; Jason Osborne
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 1050–1057
A mixed methods evaluation was conducted of the new North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVPS), revealing significant student expectations for teachers in virtual school environments. While students generally agreed their teachers provided a high...
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What Are Secondary Students' Expectations for Teachers in Virtual School Environments?
Kevin Oliver; Jason Osborne; Kevin Brady
Distance Education Vol. 30, No. 1 (May 2009) pp. 23–45
A recent evaluation of the new North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVPS) in the USA revealed numerous expectations for virtual school teachers from secondary students. Specifically, students expected their teachers to actually teach rather than...
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Using Educational Technology Standards to Gauge Teacher Knowledge and Application of One-to-One Computing at Implementation
Kevin Oliver; Jeni Corn; Jason Osborne
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 2032–2039
This paper presents interview and focus group data from teachers, technology facilitators, and school administrators at seven Early College High Schools in North Carolina beginning a new 1:1 computing pilot. Using ISTE's National Educational...
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Teacher and Student Reactions to a New Statewide Virtual Public School
Kevin Oliver; Jason Osborne; Ruchi Patel; Lori Holcomb; Glenn Kleiman
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 601–608
This full paper summarizes results from a formative evaluation of the North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVPS) in its first session during the summer of 2007. Post-course surveys were answered by teachers and students who taught or took either...
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Issues Surrounding the Deployment of a New Statewide Virtual Public School
Kevin Oliver; Jason Osborne; Ruchi Patel; Glenn Kleiman
Quarterly Review of Distance Education Vol. 10, No. 1 (2009) pp. 37–49
The North Carolina Virtual Public School completed its first session during the summer of 2007. Evaluation results revealed differences between accelerated and credit recovery students, including a significantly higher likelihood for accelerated...
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Results from North Carolina’s 1:1 Learning Initiative Pilot: The First Year of Implementation
Jenifer Corn; Jason Osborne; Elizabeth Halstead; Kevin Oliver; Jennifer Tingen; Daniel Stanhope
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 854–859
Abstract: A research institute in North Carolina conducted an evaluation of the first year implementation of the one-to-one (1:1) learning pilot initiative, which involved seven Early College High Schools (ECHS) and one traditional high school with...