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Pratt, Keryn; Pullar, Ken – Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning, 2013
Virtual schools are increasingly common in New Zealand and internationally as schools are challenged to meet the needs of their students. This article presents a description of the distance-learning model used by a group of schools in rural Otago for the last decade. The leadership team and roles are described, and the funding model, which is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Virtual Classrooms, Distance Education
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Owen, Hazel – Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning, 2012
Innovation may best be considered as reinvention rather than invention. This observation is supported by a gradually accelerating change in "how" professional learning and development (PLD) for education practitioners and leaders is being offered, designed, facilitated, and evaluated. The reinvention of PLD includes shifts towards…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Electronic Learning, Vignettes