Did you change anything in the Google spreadsheet? If so, what? Has your view of the schools you chose to research changed from the first week you looked at them? If so, how?
I have been researching for a number of schools since the first week, and K12 International Academy is one of them. In K12 International Academy, it is self-paced for K-8 and class-paced for high school. That said, little is said about the type of student-student interaction on the website. It would be interesting to observe the social presence, cognitive presence and teaching presence (Garrison, 2007) in these 2 differently paced settings, for different age groups.
My views on online schools have certainly changed, in Robyler (2009), the combined perspectives of experienced virtual teachers shed light on the factors of successful online schooling. Firstly, students can be prepared to succeed, and general ability may not be as critical in determining success as some studies would seem to indicate. Secondly, the environment can be arranged to promote success; pre-course counselling and orientation can be arranged to get students ready for online schooling and to prevent misconceptions about online requirements. These are factors that can be easily overlooked, but play a critical role in facilitating student-student interaction, and successful online schooling experience.
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