I don’t have much experience with K-12 Online Learning and I’m not sure how accurate my “knowledge” really is, so I’m excited to learn more about it in the coming weeks! From what I understand, it’s obviously all set up online and students work at their own pace to complete modules and units for each subject. I’m assuming there are videos students watch and articles they read, in order to obtain information, similar to this class.
I’ve helped students with credit recovery online courses, so I would think an actual K-12 math program would run similarly. There are usually video tutorials that walk students through the lesson, followed by practice problems, homework problems, a timed quiz and then timed tests for the unit. Students work at their own pace to complete each section and fill a progress bar for the class. Once the progress bar is completely filled they have completed the course.
Although much of the school is individual, I would assume, depending on the company the student goes through, there might be some skype meetings with actual teachers, or help available through skype.
As far as the type of students taking the virtual schooling route, they could be students who want to complete their GED, take an additional course that will allow them to advance to a higher level course, have a problem with other students or teachers at local school, or students who simply work better independently and at their own pace.
I’m anxious to learn more about the topic and see how my idea of cyber schooling holds up to how it actually works for students.
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