Virtual Schools

Online delivery has been quite popular at the university level. We are now seeing offering at the high school and even grade school levels.

Many offerings augment traditional face-to-face learning and/or provide professional development for teachers. Some are designed to replace traditional classrooms for select student populations.

Online courseware is especially useful in settings where content expertise is not available at all sites. One school district may not be able to offer advanced placement courses via a “real” teacher at all secondary schools because student enrollment numbers would not be high enough to support the cost of a staff member. This limitation occurs in rural areas often or in districts suffering budget losses.

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The Open University – United Kingdom

The Open University is another example, this one from the United Kingdom, of universities taking their courses on line.  learn more

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Open School BC: K‑12 Resources for Educators

Open School BC designs, develops and distributes educational resources and services to public sector clients and K–12 schools in Canada. It operates on a cost-recovery basis within the…  learn more

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The Concord Consortium

Bob Tinker, founder of the Concord Consortium, has pioneered the use of remote sensing devices, linked to computers, and hands-on physics experiments. (Activities for both these approaches are…  learn more

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The Virtual High School

The Virtual High School provides a way for schools and school districts to augment their local offerings with additional classes for students and professional development for teachers.  learn more

Why Online?

Olin Virtual Academy 's list of questions can give you a idea of why on-line high schools have become an alternative. Do you like to work independently and…  learn more