Reviewing your previous blog posts, what, if anything, has changed in your attitude toward online schools and online schooling over the past 15 weeks?
Going into this course, I did not have too many preconceived notions about online leaning for K-12. I can't say my attitude towards online schooling has changed too much, but I was surprised or at least intrigued by the following:
That online learning is so prevalant is some places (especially FL) while not being as common place in other geographic reasons.
The role of for profit institutions regarding online learning
The need for research and/or modifications to make K-12 online learning effective.
I think there is a lot of thinking/planning that needs to go into finding a blended role to introduce online learning to a new generation. This is a very interesting topic that I want to pay close attention to as an educator.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Researching Credit Recovery Difficulties
What was the most difficult aspect of researching this topic?
Credit recovery seems like such a hot button issue to me right now. I was surprised that I could not find many journal articles or more reflections and insights from academia. Perhaps it was my searching skills but I could not find many studies or articles that looked at the success or value of credit recovery through a more critical lens. I was also surprised to not find many specific articles about Algebra I or math credit recovery.
It was interesting to see some general articles about the genesis and development of credit recovery programs. The jury is still out, but it will be interesting to see how this issue develops in the near future as schools implement these programs to increase graduation rates and provides students a greater variety of learning opportinities.
Credit recovery seems like such a hot button issue to me right now. I was surprised that I could not find many journal articles or more reflections and insights from academia. Perhaps it was my searching skills but I could not find many studies or articles that looked at the success or value of credit recovery through a more critical lens. I was also surprised to not find many specific articles about Algebra I or math credit recovery.
It was interesting to see some general articles about the genesis and development of credit recovery programs. The jury is still out, but it will be interesting to see how this issue develops in the near future as schools implement these programs to increase graduation rates and provides students a greater variety of learning opportinities.
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