Virtual Learning as a New Educational way

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Education, how does it is achieved really matter anymore? In the past, students only options for attending high school was to physically go to a brick and mortar structure, sit in a classroom with other students, learn according to the teachers tempo, eat lunch at a designed time, and follow a regimented schedule that was unwavering and set forth by the ringing of bells. There is a new venue out there that is providing a quality education equivalent to traditional schooling and anyone can enroll. In this highly technological world, children now have choices of where, when, and how an analogous alternative education can be obtained. Children can have flexible schedules and customized lessons taught by highly qualified teachers. Reform in the educational world is being reviewed and challenged to help improve the entire teaching profession. This new opportunity available through the unconventional pathway of education is in the clouds, so to speak, known as virtual learning or online schooling. Schooling choices are expanding in the twenty first century and making a difference in the world of education.

“An (Updated) Primer on Virtual Charter Schools: Mapping the Electronic Frontier,” by Gregg Vanourek and updated and extended upon by Evergreen Education Group, and “Laboratories of Reform; Virtual High School and Innovations in Public Education,” by Bill Tucker, are very similar articles that expand upon the benefits of virtual schooling or online learning. It will be very obvious that both authors are in agreement that virtual learning is a wonderful opportunity for many children and teachers alike.

Several questions may come to mind when trying to grasp exactly what this new online educational concept is all about and th...

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...ort to see that all students, choosing this path, will be well educated and equipped, upon their high school graduation, to either further their education, if they so desire, or head directly into the corporate world.

Works Cited

Tucker, Bill. "Laboratories of Reform; Virtual High School and Innovations in Public Education." EducationSector Report. 2007. Web. 12 Feb. 2014. http://www.educationsector.org/sites/default/files/publications/Virtual_Schools.pdf

Vanourek, Gregg, and Evergreen Education Group. “Authorizing Matters, An (Updated) Primer

on Virtual Charter Schools: Mapping the Electronic Frontier.” National Association of Charter Schools Authorizers Cyber Series. 2011. Web. 2 Feb. 2014. http://www.qualitycharters.org/assets/files/images/stories/publications/Issue_Briefs/NACSA_Cyber_Series_EvergreenIssueBrief.pdf

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