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Download full textShin, Joan Kang; Borup, Jered; Barbour, Michael K.; Quiroga Velasquez, Rocio V. – AERA Open, 2022
The current pandemic closed schools worldwide, tasking teachers to engage learners remotely without time to prepare. This study focuses on a professional development webinar series for English language teachers worldwide. Access to geographically dispersed English language teachers created an opportunity to gain international perspectives on…
Descriptors: Seminars, Web Based Instruction, English (Second Language), Language Teachers
Direct linkBarbour, Michael K.; Siko, Jason – Journal of Educational Technology, 2020
Despite the massive growth in K-12 online learning, there are no opportunities for teachers to learn and develop skills to succeed as online instructors. This study is the third iteration of an action research project, which focused on improving a graduate instructional technology course and developing teachers with these skills. Previous results…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Instructional Design
Johnston, Sharon; Barbour, Michael K. – American Journal of Distance Education, 2013
The purpose of the research was to compare student performance on Advanced Placement (AP) exams from 2009 to 2011 at Florida Virtual School and to explore student perceptions of their online course experience compared with the classroom-based AP experiences. The data indicated that students performed at levels comparable to the national sample but…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Academic Achievement, Online Courses, Student Attitudes
Hawkins, Abigail; Graham, Charles R.; Barbour, Michael K. – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2012
Virtual schooling is a recent phenomenon in K-12 online learning. As such, the roles of the online teachers are emerging and differ from those of the traditional classroom teacher. Using qualitative interviews of eight virtual high school teachers, this study explored teachers' perceptions of their online teaching role. Teachers expressed a sense…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Secondary School Teachers, Educational Technology
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
Hawkins, Abigail; Barbour, Michael K. – American Journal of Distance Education, 2010
Variation in policies virtual schools use to calculate course completion and retention rates impacts the comparability of these quality metrics. This study surveyed 159 U.S. virtual schools examining the variability in trial period and course completion policies--two policies that affect course completion rates. Of the 86 respondents, almost 70%…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, School Holding Power, Differences, Evaluation Methods
