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		<title>Open House and Special Report on Digital Curricula</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 20:27:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Article Notice &#8211; A Case Study Of Blended Teaching And Learning In A New Zealand Secondary School, Using An Ecological Framework</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 18:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I mentioned on Monday, when I announced the Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning – Special Issue: Primary And Secondary Distance Education : Expanding The Knowledge Base In The Schools Sector, I indicated that I would be posting an entry for each of the articles in that special issue. The fourth of these [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=virtualschooling.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2660309&#038;post=30364&#038;subd=virtualschooling&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Online Learning News &#8211; May 22, 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 15:49:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From this morning&#8217;s inbox&#8230; Online Learning News A weekly update from Contact North &#124; Contact Nord, Ontario’s Distance Education &#38; Training Network Have colleagues who might be interested in receiving the Online Learning News?  Forward today’s issue and they can subscribe here! Now on the Ontario Online Learning Portal for Faculty &#38; Instructors: Training Opportunities [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=virtualschooling.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2660309&#038;post=30440&#038;subd=virtualschooling&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Registration Open: 29th Annual Distance Teaching/Learning Conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 14:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Monday&#8217;s inbox&#8230; Join colleagues from around the world for the latest distance ed resources, research, best practicesTeach. Learn. Connect. For nearly 3 decades, the Conference on Distance Teaching &#38; Learning has delivered to attendees the latest resources, research, and best practices in distance education and training. More than 900 professionals gather every year to [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=virtualschooling.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2660309&#038;post=30392&#038;subd=virtualschooling&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Article Notice &#8211; The FarNet Journey: Effective Teaching Strategies For Engaging Māori Students On The Virtual Learning Network</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 12:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Plugged In &#124; 05.21.13 &#124; (powered by iNACOL)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 02:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A final word from the neo-liberals&#8230; To view this email as a web page, go here. PLUGGED IN  05.21.13 powered by iNACOL&#8230; News&#8230; Flipping classrooms increases collaboration, higher thinking News &#38; Observer &#124; Raleigh, NC This month Luke Miles, eighth-grade social studies teacher at Durant Road Middle School, was named Wake County Teacher of the [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=virtualschooling.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2660309&#038;post=30417&#038;subd=virtualschooling&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>REMINDER: Upcoming Free Project 24 Webinar: Build Your People</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A reminder of an up-coming neo-liberal event&#8230; REMINDER: Upcoming Free Project 24 Webinar Build Your People: Professional Learning That Creates a Teacher Workforce for the Digital Age Please join the Alliance for Excellent Education on Thursday, May 23, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. (ET), for the seventh in its series of webinars for Project [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=virtualschooling.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2660309&#038;post=30416&#038;subd=virtualschooling&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>National Review: School Dollars Should Follow Success, Not Just Enrollment</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 21:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A neo-liberal perspective on school funding and blended learning&#8230; National Review:  May 20, 2013  Incentivize Actual Learning School Dollars Should Follow Success, Not Just Enrollment By Sean Kennedy and Don Soifer The decision of the Louisiana supreme court to strike down as unconstitutional the funding mechanism of the state’s school-voucher program is a major blow to [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=virtualschooling.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2660309&#038;post=30393&#038;subd=virtualschooling&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Article Notice &#8211; OtagoNet: One Region’s Model For Virtual Schooling</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 18:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I mentioned yesterday, when I announced the Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning – Special Issue: Primary And Secondary Distance Education : Expanding The Knowledge Base In The Schools Sector, I indicated that I would be posting an entry for each of the articles in that special issue. The second of these articles [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=virtualschooling.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2660309&#038;post=30363&#038;subd=virtualschooling&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blended Learning, Teacher Evaluation, and Parent Involvement: Download Spotlights From Education Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 15:37:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Saturday&#8217;s inbox&#8230; Blended Learning, Teacher Evaluation, and Parent Involvement: Download Spotlights From Education Week &#8212; For mobile version click here.   New Spotlights From Education Week Education Week Spotlights contain essential news and commentary on the big issues. These Spotlights provide the information you need to understand the most talked-about topics. Download New Spotlights [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=virtualschooling.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2660309&#038;post=30376&#038;subd=virtualschooling&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Article Notice &#8211; Editorial &#8211; Primary And Secondary Distance Education: Expanding The Knowledge Base In The Schools Sector</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 12:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I mentioned yesterday, when I announced the Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning – Special Issue: Primary And Secondary Distance Education : Expanding The Knowledge Base In The Schools Sector, I indicated that I would be posting an entry for each of the articles in that special issue.  The first of these articles is [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=virtualschooling.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2660309&#038;post=30362&#038;subd=virtualschooling&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Plugged In &#124; 05.20.13 &#124; (powered by iNACOL)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 02:43:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A final neo-liberal note for the day&#8230; To view this email as a web page, go here. PLUGGED IN  05.20.13 powered by iNACOL&#8230; Upcoming iNACOL webinars&#8230;   &#62; 05.21 Webinar: Research in Review - Examining K-12 Online Teachers Educational Practices News&#8230; The Surprising Ways BYOD, Flipped Classrooms, and 1-to-1 Are Being Used in the Special Ed Classroom [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=virtualschooling.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2660309&#038;post=30391&#038;subd=virtualschooling&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 23:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fro today&#8217;s inbox&#8230; To view this email as a web page, go here. iNACOL Webinar Examines Educational Practices of Online Teachers for Effectiveness and Student Success The International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) will present a webinar on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET exploring the educational practices of K-12 [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=virtualschooling.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2660309&#038;post=30396&#038;subd=virtualschooling&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 19:21:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I saw an article entitled Marketing and For-Profit Schools: Conflict of Interest? come across my electronic desk (through Twitter I think). According to some accounts, for-profit colleges spend as much money on marketing as they do on instruction—sometimes more. Proponents of restrictions generally hope that the money saved on recruitment and marketing could [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=virtualschooling.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2660309&#038;post=30223&#038;subd=virtualschooling&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the inbox a few minutes ago&#8230; Having trouble viewing this email? Click here FEATURED ARTICLE Planning and Managing Distance Education Systems: Building the Model Dr. Farhad (Fred) Saba Founder and Editor, Distance-Educator.com In this series of articles, I presented a hierarchical model of distance education consisting of seven interrelated nested systems levels. These systems [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=virtualschooling.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2660309&#038;post=30390&#038;subd=virtualschooling&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just wanted to announce the publication of this special issue focused on K-12 online learning in New Zealand.  Over the course of the week, I will post an individual entry about each of these articles. Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning The Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning is a refereed journal published [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=virtualschooling.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2660309&#038;post=30360&#038;subd=virtualschooling&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Saturday&#8217;s inbox&#8230; Allied Online High School Blog Cornell Notes Makes Online Learning Easy Posted: 17 May 2013 11:05 AM PDT There are many different ways to take notes, but not all of those methods are well suited for online learning.  One particular method that works well is the Cornell Note method. This technique was [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=virtualschooling.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2660309&#038;post=30355&#038;subd=virtualschooling&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 16:49:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Friday&#8217;s inbox&#8230; Worth A Read Stemming the Flow of the School-to-Prison Pipeline Still Teaching for America Brown pumps up schools in budget What if Finland&#8217;s great teachers taught in U.S. schools? The most important problem facing American children today It&#8217;s the opportunity gap, stupid Canada&#8217;s Legend-ary TED Talk Lie Student Debt and the Crushing [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=virtualschooling.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2660309&#038;post=30345&#038;subd=virtualschooling&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 12:54:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I started this new Sunday feature last week.  First, the ProQuest Alert for virtual school. 1.School District to launch cyber-school Williams, Damon C. Philadelphia Tribune [Philadelphia, Pa] 23 Apr 2013: 1A,4A. Formats: Citation/Abstract Full text 2.Keys to Success in Distance Education and ABA Rule 306 Johnson, Andrea L. Law Technology 46. 1 (First Quarter 2013): 1,3-15. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=virtualschooling.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2660309&#038;post=30333&#038;subd=virtualschooling&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Apply for the Distance Education Best Practices Award &#8211; Deadline is June 1st</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 20:04:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Also from Friday&#8217;s inbox&#8230;  Would be nice to see some K-12 online learning submissions&#8230; IAP-DDL Distance Education Best Practices Award The practice that is submitted can be any aspect of distance education that would qualify as a Best Practice. This means that it can serve as an example that can be emulated by others based [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=virtualschooling.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2660309&#038;post=30349&#038;subd=virtualschooling&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sloan-C Conference Deadlines May 20th</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 16:48:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Thursday&#8217;s inbox&#8230; If you have trouble reading this e-mail, please click here 10th Annual Sloan Consortium Blended Learning Conference and Workshop July 8-9, 2013 &#8211; Milwaukee, Wisconsin Early Bird Registration ends May 20, 2013 (Save $50) Additional discounts apply for Sloan-C members and University of Wisconsin system attendees. This year&#8217;s conference theme, Trend to [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=virtualschooling.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2660309&#038;post=30344&#038;subd=virtualschooling&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 12:17:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beginning with the SmartBrief for EdTech. Legislation would impose new restrictions on virtual charter schools in Maine Portland Press Herald (Maine) (5/13) Next the Education Week&#8217;s Digital Directions. IT Management Florida Poised to Expand Online Providers A Florida measure awaiting Gov. Rick Scott&#8217;s signature would open the door to more online providers, including MOOCs. (Digital [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=virtualschooling.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2660309&#038;post=30269&#038;subd=virtualschooling&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Plugged In &#124; 05.17.13 &#124; (powered by iNACOL)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 01:04:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And finishing the day with news from the neo-liberals&#8230; To view this email as a web page, go here. PLUGGED IN  05.17.13 powered by iNACOL&#8230; Upcoming iNACOL webinars&#8230; &#62; 05.17 Webinar: How State Educational Leaders are Advancing Competency Education &#62;  05.21 Webinar: Research in Review - Examining K-12 Online Teachers Educational Practices News&#8230; Microsoft donates $1 million [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=virtualschooling.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2660309&#038;post=30340&#038;subd=virtualschooling&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 21:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From yesterday&#8217;s inbox&#8230; Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. This week’s update on the U.S. Department of Education’s Connected Educators initiative: Connected Educator Profile: Dr. Pam Moran We inaugurate our new Connected Educator profile series with an interview of Dr. Pam Moran, superintendent of Albemarle County (VA) Schools.  Dr. Moran [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=virtualschooling.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2660309&#038;post=30339&#038;subd=virtualschooling&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 18:11:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Thursday&#8217;s inbox&#8230; Hi, just a reminder that you&#8217;re receiving this email because you have expressed an interest in Quality Matters. Don&#8217;t forget to add info@qualitymatters.org to your address book so we&#8217;ll be sure to land in your inbox!   In This Issue FY14 Update Get Recognized: QM Award Nominations Close May 31 Register Now [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=virtualschooling.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2660309&#038;post=30330&#038;subd=virtualschooling&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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