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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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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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Odyssey of the mind: Social networking in a cyberschool
Michael Barbour; Cory Plough
International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 13, No. 3 (May 22, 2012) pp. 1–18
K-12 online learning and cyber charter schools have grown at a tremendous rate over the past decade. At the same time, these online programs have struggled to provide the social spaces where students can interact that K-12 schools are traditionally...
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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...
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Game design and homemade PowerPoint games: An examination of the justifications and a review of the research
Jason Siko; Michael Barbour
Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia Vol. 22, No. 1 (February 2013) pp. 81–108
Research on educational games often focuses on the benefits that playing games has on student achievement. However, there is a growing body of research examining the benefits of having students design games rather than play them. Problems with...
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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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Building Better Courses: Examining the Construct Validity of the iNACOL National Standards for Quality Online Courses
David Adelstein; Michael Barbour
Journal of Online Learning Research Vol. 2, No. 1 (April 2016) pp. 41–73
In 2011 iNACOL released the second iteration of the National Standards for Quality Online Courses. These standards have been used by numerous institutions and states around the country to help design and create K-12 online courses. However, there...
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Improving the K-12 Online Course Design Review Process: Experts Weigh in on iNACOL National Standards for Quality Online Courses
David Adelstein; Michael Barbour
The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning Vol. 18, No. 3 (May 12, 2017)
Within the K-12 online learning environment there are a variety of standards that designers can utilize when creating online courses. To date, the only research-based standards available are proprietary in manner. As such, many jurisdictions have...
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The FarNet journey: Effective teaching strategies for engaging Maori students on the Virtual Learning Network
Michael Barbour; Carolyn Bennett
Journal of Open, Flexible, and Distance Learning Vol. 17, No. 1 (2013) pp. 12–23
The Virtual Learning Network (VLN) provides schools, particularly those in rural and remote areas, with the opportunity to cooperate to expand curricular offerings for their students. Each school that participates in a VLN cluster contributes at...
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Redesigning The iNACOL Standards For K-12 Online Course Design
David Adelstein; Michael Barbour
Journal of Online Learning Research Vol. 4, No. 3 (December 2018) pp. 233–261
The research presented created a revised K-12 online course design rubric based off the iNACOL National Standards for Quality Online Courses. The redesign was completed in three distinct phases, beginning with a literature review of the iNACOL...
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The FarNet journey: Perceptions of Maori students engaged in secondary online learning
Carolyn Bennett; Michael Barbour
Journal of Open, Flexible, and Distance Learning Vol. 16, No. 1 (2012) pp. 83–98
This case study investigated the perceptions of Maori students in the Virtual Learning Network (VLN) on what constituted effective strategies for engaging them in online learning. The four secondary and five area schools in the FarNet cluster have...
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“Everybody is their own island”: Teacher disconnection in a virtual school
Abigail Hawkins; Michael Barbour; Charles Graham
International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 13, No. 2 (Apr 02, 2012) pp. 124–144
Virtual schooling is a recent phenomenon in K-12 online learning. As such, the roles of the online teachers are emerging and differ from those of the traditional classroom teacher. Using qualitative interviews of eight virtual high school teachers,...
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Preparing Social Studies Teachers and Librarians for Blended Teaching
Mark Stevens; Jered Borup; Michael K. Barbour
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education
Vol. 18, No. 4
(December 2018)
pp. 648–669
Blended learning has grown rapidly in K-12 schools and is commonly seen as a potential vehicle to make learning more student centered by providing students with some level of control over their learning pace and path. As a result, blended learning...
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Distributed Learning in British Columbia: A Journey from Correspondence to Online Delivery
Tim Winkelmans; Barry Anderson; Michael Barbour
Journal of Open, Flexible, and Distance Learning Vol. 14, No. 1 (2010) pp. 6–28
Kindergarten to Year 12 distance education began in Canada in British Columbia, around 1919. This fi rst distance education was by correspondence. Canada’s fi rst online learning also began in British Columbia, about 15 years ago. Distance...
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Research and Practice in K-12 Online Learning: A Review of Open Access Literature
Cathy Cavanaugh; Michael Barbour; Tom Clark
International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 10, No. 1 (Feb 23, 2009)
The literature related to online learning programs for K-12 students dates to the mid-1990s and builds upon a century of research and practice from K-12 distance education. While K-12 online learning programs have evolved and grown over the past...
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Primary and Secondary Virtual Learning in New Zealand: Examining the Process of Achieving Maturity
Michael Barbour; Niki Davis; Derek Wenmoth
International Journal on E-Learning Vol. 15, No. 1 (January 2016) pp. 27–45
** Invited as a paper from SITE 2012 ** This paper describes the organisational development of virtual learning in networked rural schools in New Zealand, specifically the obstacles that e-learning clusters of rural schools face in their journey...
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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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"Everybody Is Their Own Island": Teacher Disconnection in a Virtual School
Abigail Hawkins; Charles R. Graham; Michael K. Barbour
The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning Vol. 13, No. 2 (Apr 02, 2012) pp. 123–144
Virtual schooling is a recent phenomenon in K-12 online learning. As such, the roles of the online teachers are emerging and differ from those of the traditional classroom teacher. Using qualitative interviews of eight virtual high school teachers,...
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A Newcomer’s Lens: A Look at K-12 Online and Blended Learning in the Journal of Online Learning Research
Min Hu; Karen Arnesen; Michael K. Barbour; Heather Leary
Journal of Online Learning Research Vol. 5, No. 2 (September 2019) pp. 123–144
In this study, the authors analyzed 51 articles published between 2015 and 2018 inclusive in the Journal of Online Learning Research (JOLR). The purpose of this study was to examine the trends regarding article topics, geography, research methods...
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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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“Opening” a new kind of school: The story of the Open High School of Utah
DeLaina Tonks; Sarah Weston; David Wiley; Michael Barbour
International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 14, No. 1 (Feb 14, 2013) pp. 255–271
The use of online learning at the primary and secondary school level is growing exponentially in the United States. Much of this growth is with full-time online schools, most of which are operated by for-profit companies that use proprietary online...