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Galvin, Sarah; Greenhow, Christine – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2020
Students today spend more time writing on social media than they do in formal classrooms and have developed distinct and complex literacies separate from traditional writing curricula. Although several studies have explored teens' informal literacy practices online, research investigating how these spaces may inform or be effectively utilized in…
Descriptors: Social Media, High School Students, Literacy, Computer Mediated Communication
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Belair, Marley – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2012
This literature review includes studies from online virtual high schools and colleges in The United States, Canada, and around the world. The focus of these studies is communication practices within diverse virtual school communities. It also includes information regarding a meta-analysis that was performed in order to review experimental studies…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High Schools, Higher Education, Meta Analysis
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Barbour, Michael; Plough, Cory – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2009
Online learning at the K-12 level has been growing dramatically over the past decade in the United States and worldwide. Proceeding on a similar trajectory, the use of charter schools as a means to provide education choice in the United States has also grown. These two paths have converged in many instances to form online or virtual charter…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Online Courses, Social Isolation, Social Networks