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Barbour, Michael K.; McLaren, Angelene; Zhang, Lin – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2012
K-12 online learning is growing in Canada and elsewhere in the world. However, the vast majority of literature is focused on practitioners and not on systematic inquiry. Even the limited published research has largely excluded the perspectives of students engaged in virtual schooling. This study examines secondary student perceptions of components…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Online Courses
Barbour, Michael K. – Online Learning, 2015
Due to the challenges facing rural schools, many jurisdictions have resorted to the use of virtual school programs to provide curricular opportunities to their students. While the number of virtual schools that rely on synchronous instruction as a primary or significant method of delivery is quite small, there are some programs that do (and a…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Educational Technology, Case Studies, Teaching Methods
Barbour, Michael K.; Siko, Jason P. – European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 2012
While much of the growth in the popularity of virtual schooling has involved at-risk students, little research exists on the experiences of these students in this largely independent setting. This paper describes a case study of an at-risk student in a rural school in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador who was enrolled in an online course…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Student Experience, At Risk Students, Online Courses