Curt Bonk, Ph.D.
Indiana University
Resources on Virtual K-12 Schools for Keynote Presentation
Specialist Schools Trust National Conference
International Convention Centre, Birmingham

November 26, 2004

Trends & Issues in K-12 E-Learning in the U.S.

Online schools clicking with students: Flexibility, technology key to e-learning
http://www.cnn.com/2004/EDUCATION/08/13/b2s.elearning/

“The Peak Group, an education technology research and consulting firm, expects that more than 1 million students will take advantage of "virtual schools" this school year. Another research firm, Eduventures, predicted the online distance learning market will grow more than 38 percent in 2004, taking in $5.1 billion in revenue.”

Virtual high school gains popularity among students
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/internetlife/2003-11-23-virtual-school-michigan_x.htm

Pew Internet and American Life Project – the digital disconnect: the widening gap between Internet-savvy students and their schools
http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Schools_Internet_Report.pdf

Virtual Schools Across America: Trends in K-12 online Education, 2002
http://www.peakgroup.net/educationoutlook/virtualschools.html

Keeping Pace with K–12 Online Learning: A Snapshot of State-Level Policy and Practice (NCREL Report)
http://www.ncrel.org/tech/pace/index.html

No Child Left Behind Leadership Summit: Increasing Options Through e-Learning
http://www.nclbtechsummits.org/summit2/s2-presentations.asp

Virtual Schools and E-Learning in K-12 Environments: Emerging Policy and Practice
http://www.ncrel.org/policy/pubs/html/pivol11/apr2002c.htm

Virtual Schools: Trends and Issues. A Study of Virtual Schools in the United States. (2001)
http://www.wested.org/online_pubs/virtualschools.pdf

Trends and Issues: School Choice - Virtual Schools
http://eric.uoregon.edu/trends_issues/choice/virtual_schools.html

Virtual School Reports
http://www.connectionsacademy.com/virtualreport.asp

Virtual Schools, A 21st Century Strategy for Teacher Professional Development
http://www.thejournal.com/magazine/vault/A3525.cfm

Handhelds in the K-12 Environment
http://handhelds.motime.com/

Public schools: Why Johnny can't blog
http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/

Statistics on Virtual Schools ***

A Virtual Tour of Virtual Schools
http://www.asbj.com/specialreports/0902Special%20Reports/S5.html

Virtual High School Statistics
http://www.govhs.org/Content/Academics-Stats

Florida Virtual School – fact sheet
http://www.flvs.net/_about_us/documents/Fact%20Sheet%20updated%2011.02.pdf

K-12 e-Learning Issues Overseas

The Changing Faces of Virtual Education (UK report, 2001)
http://www.col.org/virtualed/

Reform Aims to Restore Public Education System (Korea report)http://times.hankooki.com/

Organizations

North American Council for Online Education
http://nacol.org/

Credits: Originally suggested by Professor Curtis Bonk and KJ Kim.
Last pdated by Snea Thinsan on 10/10/2008.