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Thoughts on the Ideal LMS: Dreaming of Agency, Connectivity, and Empathy
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Camille Dickson-Deane; Patricia Grant; Dauran McNeil – Distance Learning, 2024
Recognizing that online teaching and learning is placed within an environment where neither the teacher nor the student has complete-control is the first step to actioning capabilities towards a humanized environment. The tool that is typically used in higher education, the learning management system (LMS), has a design that constrains learning…
Descriptors: Learning Management Systems, Empathy, Personal Autonomy, Electronic Learning
Pinellas Virtual School: The FLVS District Franchise and the Ongoing Controversy over Funding
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Whitehurst, Karen M. – Distance Learning, 2022
Supported by the Florida Department of Education, Florida Virtual School (FLVS) has over 190 courses and serves full-time or flex (part-time) students. The flex student attends a traditional public school and takes courses with FLVS part time. One of the largest school districts in Florida is Pinellas County. Located on the west coast of Florida,…
Descriptors: Virtual Schools, Distance Education, Elementary Secondary Education, School Districts
Zoom, Canvas, and Smartphone Student Use in the Time after COVID-19: Closing the Distance in Distance Learning Part 2
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Sarah Ransdell – Distance Learning, 2023
Ransdell and Rieck (2020) found that distance learning was a physical and mental challenge in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. The present study compares Zoom, Canvas, and smartphone use from 2020 to 2023, when the COVID-19 pandemic has receded. For many students, phones are used more and larger devices less. Students who realize that…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, COVID-19, Pandemics