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Indiana Virtual Education System
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State or Regional Virtual Education Initiatives
- Concord Consortium
- Kentucky Virtual High School
- Maryland Virtual High School of Science and Mathematics
- Class.com - Class.com is a commercial business that delivers their high school course offering from the University of Nebraska, through their Independent Study High School.
- Utah Electronic High School
- Utah Electronic High School Handbook - http://www.uen.org/utahlink/ucs/handbook.cgi
- Virtual High School - Ontario, Canada
Local or District Virtual Education Initiatives
- Choice 2000 Online High School - Perris, Riverside California
- Christa McAuliffe Academy - "The CMA system of education emphasizes individualized instruction using computer courseware delivered over the internet. Student success is measured by demonstrating competence in the various disciplines through mastery tests and a combination of written assessments and lab/practical learning activities."
- Virtual School for the Gifted - A virtual education program out of Australia
- Willoway CyberSchool - Private Internet school for grades 7-9 that uses advanced networking and communications technologies
- INTEC: A project of The Concord Consortium - INTEC is an online professional development course that introduces inquiry-based teaching and learning to mathematics and science classrooms.
Online Professional Development
- Apple Learning Professional Development - Online Courses - "Apple Learning Professional Development - Online Courses provide an array of self-paced courses designed to help educators integrate technology into teaching and learning."
- Digital Think - "DigitalThink's e-learning solutions are already at work in Fortune 1000 corporations. Smart companies such as GE Capital, EDS, Charles Schwab, KPMG Consulting, Deutsche Bank, Circuit City, and Cisco Systems use our courses to drive mission-critical knowledge to employees, sales forces, and customers. In addition to our off-the-shelf catalog courses, we often work with companies to develop customized courses."
- Enhancement Courses - offered through Loyola Marymount Univeristy
- Online Internet Institute (OII) - "The Online Internet Institute (OII) is committed to reshaping the nature of teaching and learning by helping educators and students use the Internet to improve achievement in the classroom."
- Internet Toolkit's Electronic Classroom
- Heritage Institute Online continuing education for K-12 teachers
- Learn2University
- T.H.E. (Technological Horizons in Education) Institute
- School Link University
- Educational Impact
- Marco Polo
Research Related to Virtual Education
- Growing Up Digital Web site - Dedicated to the latest publication by Don Tapscott, this site deals with the influence of technology on society, youth, and the forces of transformation which are poised to emerge out of this trend. The Growing Up Digital Web site is designed to serve as an online community, where all those interested in technology, youth, and social transformation can come to share their opinions, get feedback, or have a library of reference links which deal with topics of interest to them.
- A Scalable Model of Collaborative Learning:The Virtual High School Cooperative
- A study of current trends in the virtual delivery of education around the world, conducted with funding provided by the Department for International Development, London, UK , Dr. Glen Farrell, Study Team Leader and Editor
- What's the Difference? This report is a review of the contemporary research on the effectiveness of distance education in higher education.
Articles Related to Virtual Education
- The articles that are from New York Times Online require that you are signed-up with New York Times Online. It is a free subscription, but if you are accessing New York Times Online for the first time, you will see a registration screen before you get to the articles.
- "Click 'n learn" - Christian Science Monitor - August 15, 2000
- "No Lectures or Teachers, Just Software"- New York Times - August 10, 2000
- "An Ever-Changing Course: Taking Admissions Tests on a Computer"- New York Times EDUCATION LIFE - August 6, 2000
- "The Battle in Cyberspace: Universities and Professors Debate Ownership of Materials on the Web"- New York Times EDUCATION LIFE - August 6, 2000
- "Kansas Educators Turn to the Web to Create a Unique 'Virtual' School"- New York Times - August 16, 2000
- "The Principal Is Your Virtual Pal" - Wired News - August 17, 2000
- "Click 3 Times: No Place Like Home"- Wired News - August 22, 2000
- "Online Schools Mean Business" - Wired News - August 18, 2000
- CyberU: What's Missing - Washington Post, March 21, 2000
- Distance Learning Course Ownership from About.com
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