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Using Online Learning for Credit Recovery: Getting Back on Track to Graduation
September 2015. This research paper illustrates how schools and programs are using online learning to provide credit recovery for students with a wide spectrum of academic needs. The report investigates credit recovery and its impact on today’s students, state and district approaches to providing credit recovery, as well as case studies of exemplar programs and lessons learned.…
Author: Allison Powell, Susan Patrick, Verena Roberts
Organization: iNACOL
Type: Report
Topics: Online Learning, Promising Practices
Blending Learning: The Evolution of Online and Face-to-Face Education from 2008–2015
July 2015. This report explores the development of blended learning from 2008-2015, the evolution of definitions across blended learning models and effective blended instructional strategies grounded in case studies. The paper depicts how schools are implementing blended learning, increasing student engagement and academic success, and using digital content and curricula for data-driven instructional models while empowering youth.…
Author: Allison Powell, John Watson, Jonathan Oglesby, Laura Hibbard, Leslie Fetzer, Michael Horn, Patrick Staley, Su Verma, Susan Patrick
Organization: iNACOL
Type: Report
Topics: Blended Learning, Getting Started, Promising Practices
iNACOL Blended Learning Teacher Competency Framework
October 2014. This report includes the key competencies and effective practices of teachers in successful blended learning environments? This research identifies 12 key competencies, organized into 4 larger domains: mindsets, qualities, adaptive skills, and technical skills. This tool is helpful for educators to understand their evolving role in blended learning environments, and it offers insights into the knowledge, skills…
Author: Allison Powell, Beth Rabbitt, Kathryn Kennedy
Organization: iNACOL
Type: Report
Topics: Blended Learning, Getting Started, National Quality Standards
Mean What You Say: Defining and Integrating Personalized, Blended and Competency Education
October 2013. This paper provides a scan of the literature to expand the knowledge base for the field of online, blended, and competency-based education. The goal of the paper is to explain the nuances of key terms used across the field of K-12 education related to personalized, blended and competency education, and how the ideas integrate in order…
Author: Allison Powell, Kathryn Kennedy, Susan Patrick
Organization: iNACOL
iNACOL’s New Learning Models Vision
October 2013. This brief summarizes iNACOL’s New Learning Models, which personalize learning using competency-based approaches. Supported by blended and online learning modalities, teachers use technology to differentiate instruction and engage students in deeper learning. By adapting instruction to reflect a student’s level of mastery, blended and online models have the potential to keep students engaged and supported…
Author: Allison Powell
Organization: iNACOL
Type: Report
Topics: Blended Learning, Competency Education, Online Learning, Personalized Learning
A Roadmap for Implementation of Blended Learning at the School Level: A Case Study of the iLearnNYC Lab Schools
October 2013. This roadmap was designed to provide guidance to NYCDOE school administrators in implementing blended learning programs in their own schools. Over the 2012-13 school year, iNACOL worked with 8 NYCDOE Lab Schools, each with its own blended learning model, to create this roadmap to improve blended learning implementation. This roadmap has the following goals: Provide…
Author: Allison Powell, Bruce Friend, Rob Darrow
Type: Report
Topics: Blended Learning, Getting Started, Promising Practices
Online and Blended Learning: A Survey of Policy and Practice from K-12 Schools Around the World
November 2011. In 2006, iNACOL conducted its first international survey, titled An International Perspective of K-12 Online Learning: A Summary of the 2006 NACOL International E-Learning Survey. Since the growth of online and blended learning has grown at an annual rate of over 30% for the past 10 years across the United States, iNACOL responded to requests…
Author: Allison Powell, Chantal Ounsworth, Jeffrey Hunt, Kathryn Kennedy, Lisa Hasler Waters, Michael K. Barbour, Rebecca Hoey, Regina Brown, Trina Trimm
Organization: iNACOL
Type: Report
Topics: Blended Learning, Online Learning, Policy
Goals, Guidelines and Standards for Student Scientific Investigations
August 2010. This publication provides a set of quality guidelines for developing and evaluating student scientific investigations, through both online and face-to-face platforms. These guidelines were based on key ideas from the National Research Council’s America’s Lab Report, the National Science Education Standards, and AAAS Project 2061’s Benchmarks for Scientific Literacy, along with input from the research…
Author: Allison Powell, John Adsit, Kemi Jona
Organization: iNACOL
Type: Report
Examining Communication and Interaction in Online Teaching
September 2009. How do communication and interaction work in an online teaching environment? This document answers this question, drawing on quality online teaching literature, school policies regarding online teaching practices, and professional development programs for online teachers. Online teaching is a complex professional practice. In addition to content knowledge and pedagogical skills, online teachers must be qualified…
Author: Allison Powell, Amy Scheick, Cathy Cavanaugh, Daryl Diamond, Donna Scribner, Julia Van der Molen, Michael K. Barbour, Raymond M. Rose, Regina Brown, Susan Lowes
Organization: iNACOL
Type: Report
Topics: Online Learning, Promising Practices
A Summary of Research on the Effectiveness of K-12 Online Learning
August 2009. This memo examines the outcomes of existing studies on K-12 learning effectiveness, and it provides a literature review of these studies. A number of rigorous studies have asked the question, “Is online learning effective?” However, there is not a single, large-scale, national study comparing students taking online courses with traditional students, using control groups in…
Author: Allison Powell, Susan Patrick
Organization: iNACOL
Type: Report
Topics: Online Learning
