Just Released – Handbook of Distance Education: Second Edition, 4th Edition

I received a notice yesterday that the latest edition (i.e., the fourth edition) of the Handbook of Distance Education.  You can access information about it at:

https://www.routledge.com/Handbook-of-Distance-Education-Second-Edition-4th-Edition/Moore-Diehl/p/book/9781138239005

Handbook of Distance Education: Second Edition, 4th Edition (Paperback) – Routledge www.routledge.com The Handbook of Distance Education, 4th Edition is a comprehensive compendium of research in the field of distance education. The volume is divided into four sections covering the historical and theoretical foundations of distance education, attributes of teaching and learning using technology, management and administration, and different audiences and providers.

 

https://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Distance-Education-Michael-Grahame/dp/1138239003

Handbook of Distance Education: Second Edition: Michael Grahame Moore, William C. Diehl: 9781138239005: Amazon.com: Books www.amazon.com Handbook of Distance Education: Second Edition [Michael Grahame Moore, William C. Diehl] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Handbook of Distance Education, 4th Edition is a comprehensive compendium of research in the field of distance education. The volume is divided into four sections covering the historical and theoretical foundations of distance education

These New Articles For Distance Education Are Available Online

Note the earlier access to this K-12 online learning article that will be coming out in the new year.  In the interest of full disclosure, I am one of the authors.

The online platform for Taylor & Francis Online content New for Distance Education and online now on Taylor & Francis Online: ArticlesK-12 online learning journal articles: trends from two decades of scholarship Karen T. Arnesen, Joshua Hveem, Cecil R. Short, Richard E. West & Michael K. Barbour Pages: 1-22 | DOI: 10.1080/01587919.2018.1553566 If you need any further help, please contact us at support@tandfonline.comPlease do not reply to this email. To ensure that you receive your alerts and information from Taylor & Francis Online, please add “alerts@tandfonline.com” and “info@tandfonline.com” to your safe senders list. Taylor & Francis, an Informa business. Taylor & Francis is a trading name of Informa UK Limited, registered in England under no. 1072954. Registered office: 5 Howick Place, London, SW1P 1WG. ReplyForward

DDL Presentation Moved – AECT 2018 And K-12 Online Learning

I received this notice sometime last week.

Karen, Cecil, Rick, Michael, Joshua,

One of the DDL presentations has cancelled. In order to balance the number of DDL session at one time, I have moved your presentation to 4:55pm-5:20pm, Marriott, Jay McShann B.

Only need to hear from you if there is a problem.

Dalinda Bond

AECT Convention Scheduler

This means that the current schedule of K-12 distance, online, and/or blended learning sessions is as follow.

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SMT-Differentiation practices of Virtual School Teachers

Wed, Oct 24, 3:35 to 4:00pm, Muehlebach, Hoover

Short Description

To understand how online teachers meet the needs of diverse learners, researchers conducted focus groups and interviews with teachers in four virtual schools. Participants were questioned on how differentiation is seen in their practice. Grounded theory and structural, analysis of the data should reveal the self-reported differentiation practices of online teachers. Further, it will begin to distinguish between the practices of expert online teachers and novice teachers. Future research and implications are discussed.

Authors

• Contributor: Dennis Beck, University of Arkansas
• Contributor: Jennifer Beasley, University of Arkansas

DDL-K-12 Online Learning Journal Articles: Trends from Two Decades of Scholarship

Wed, Oct 24, 4:55 to 5:20pm, Marriott, Jay McShann B

Short Description

This research reviewed 356 articles in K-12 online learning from 1994–2016. We analyzed authorship, journals, citations, keywords, abstracts, and research methodologies. We found the field of K-12 online learning to be growing and maturing. In the last few years there has been a rapid acceleration not only of new articles, but especially of new authors. This infusion of new scholarship will undoubtedly lead to new ideas and trends over the next decade.

Authors

• Contributor: Karen T Arnesen, Brigham Young University
• Contributor: Cecil R Short, Brigham Young University
• Contributor: Rick West, Brigham Young University
• Contributor: Michael Barbour, Touro University, California
• Contributor: Joshua Hveem, Brigham Young University

RTD Roundtable-The Effect of Practicum Experiences on Preparing Teacher Candidates for Successful K-12 Online Teaching

• In Event: RTD-Roundtable/Poster Session
  In Roundtable Session: RTD-Roundtable Session

Thu, Oct 25, 2:15 to 3:20pm, Muehlebach, Royal Exhibit Hall

Short Description

The study is to examine the effect of practicum experiences on preparing teacher candidates for successful K-12 online teaching. Each candidate needs to design, develop and deliver an online or hybrid 3-week module to his or her students. A mixed-method design will be used to collect data including a survey, online interviews and a systematic examination of summative evaluation reports and weekly teaching logs. The results and implications will be discussed in the presentation.

Authors

• Contributor: E-Ling Hsiao, Valdosta State University
• Contributor: Xiaoxia Huang, Western Kentucky University

DDL-Does mileage traveled to testing sites impact online students test scores?

Thu, Oct 25, 2:55 to 3:20pm, Marriott, Julia Lee A

Short Description

Research shows that virtual school students don’t score as well as traditional students on state tests. Other research suggests that testing fatigue may harm achievement, and one source of fatigue may be the distance students travel to testing sites. Achievement data was collected from two virtual schools on whether driving distance is determinant of test scores, while controlling for demographic characteristics. Implications and future research are discussed.

Authors

• Contributor: Dennis Beck, University of Arkansas
• Contributor: Ian E Kingsbury, University of Arkansas
• Contributor: Robert Maranto, University of Arkansas

SMT-Discovering Utilization Patterns in an Online K-12 Teacher Professional Development: Clustering and Data Visualization Methods

• In Event: SMT-Roundtable/Poster Session
  In Poster Session: SMT-Poster Session

Thu, Oct 25, 3:35 to 4:40pm, Muehlebach, Royal Exhibit Hall

Short Description

This proposal reports on a completed study on utilization patterns of the content and site features of a K-12 online professional development platform by data mining web metrics records. Data mining, feature selection, simple K-means clustering and visualization methods were used to make sense of the massive volume of web metrics. The cross-industry standard process for data mining (CRISP-DM) was utilized with the clustering approach to form patterns among new and returning visitors seeking PD.

Authors

• Contributor: Javier Leung, University of Missouri-Columbia
• Contributor: Javier Leung, University of Missouri-Columbia

INTL-K-12 Online Supplementary Tutoring in China: Private Tutoring for Social Equity?

• In Event: INTL & Affiliate-Roundtable/Poster Session
  In Poster Session: INTL-Poster Session

Thu, Oct 25, 4:55 to 6:00pm, Muehlebach, Royal Exhibit Hall

Short Description

The school education system in China has been criticized as a system that reinforcing social inequality in the past decades. The huge urban-rural disparities and the key school system – a state-sponsored hierarchical school system hinder equal access to quality educational resources. Will online education bring changes to the system? My research will examine the emerging K-12 online supplementary tutoring business to explore the the issue of online education, online tutoring business, and educational inequality in China.

Author

• Contributor: Yang Lai, Ohio University

ICEM Roundtable-Examining the Effects of Demographics in Online K-12 Education

• In Event: INTL & Affiliate-Roundtable/Poster Session
  In Roundtable Session: ICEM-Roundtable Session

Thu, Oct 25, 4:55 to 6:00pm, Muehlebach, Royal Exhibit Hall

Short Description

The purpose of the study is to examine whether various demographic characteristics contribute to academic success as well as academic failure for high school students taking online classes. The presentation will provide insight if there is a correlation between specific demographic variables and academic success in K-12. This session will be beneficial to K-12 administration such as counselors, principals, and online teachers.

Authors

• Contributor: Jerri Ward-Jackson, Mississippi Stae University
• Contributor: Chien Yu, Mississippi State University

TED-Virtual schools’ recruitment practices: An analysis of virtual school commercials

• In Event: TED-Roundtable/Poster Session
  In Poster Session: TED-Poster Session

Fri, Oct 26, 9:00 to 10:05am, Muehlebach, Royal Exhibit Hall

Short Description

Virtual schools (VS) are a growing phenomenon in K-12 education. Unfortunately, little is know about their recruitment and enrollment practices. To understand how VS have such different racial, socioeconomic and special education student representation than traditional public schools, we investigated the multiple messages and interpretations of virtual school advertisements, employing methods innate to the field of cultural studies. Preliminary results show that VS intend to recruit students of a particular type.

Authors

• Contributor: Dennis Beck, University of Arkansas
• Contributor: Christian Goering, University of Arkansas
• Contributor: Jonathan Allred, University of Arkansas
• Contributor: Seth French, University of Arkansas

Changes to the AECT Conference Program Presentation Schedule

I received this late last week.

Hi Everyone,

This is a heads-up. I have been notified that the schedule of presentations in the AECT conference program has changed and that the first two weeks the conference program is available is when we receive some cancellations or we find out about presenter contingencies. As you can imagine, the conference administrators are trying to meet these.

As we had some presentation cancellations, the conference administrators needed to make some room changes that required moving some presentations. They tried to keep the presentation changes within the same day or close to other presentations of the authors.

Therefore, there may be additional small changes during this 2 week window. Please check the program schedule for updates, and then again perhaps in a few weeks.

Sincerely,

Victoria Lowell, Division of Distance Learning – President-Elect
2018 AECT Conference Planner
vllowell@purdue.edu

I checked and all of these are still good.

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SMT-Differentiation practices of Virtual School Teachers

Wed, Oct 24, 3:35 to 4:00pm, Muehlebach, Hoover

Short Description

To understand how online teachers meet the needs of diverse learners, researchers conducted focus groups and interviews with teachers in four virtual schools. Participants were questioned on how differentiation is seen in their practice. Grounded theory and structural, analysis of the data should reveal the self-reported differentiation practices of online teachers. Further, it will begin to distinguish between the practices of expert online teachers and novice teachers. Future research and implications are discussed.

Authors

• Contributor: Dennis Beck, University of Arkansas
• Contributor: Jennifer Beasley, University of Arkansas

DDL-K-12 Online Learning Journal Articles: Trends from Two Decades of Scholarship

Wed, Oct 24, 4:15 to 4:40pm, Muehlebach, Truman A

Short Description

This research reviewed 356 articles in K-12 online learning from 1994–2016. We analyzed authorship, journals, citations, keywords, abstracts, and research methodologies. We found the field of K-12 online learning to be growing and maturing. In the last few years there has been a rapid acceleration not only of new articles, but especially of new authors. This infusion of new scholarship will undoubtedly lead to new ideas and trends over the next decade.

Authors

• Contributor: Karen T Arnesen, Brigham Young University
• Contributor: Cecil R Short, Brigham Young University
• Contributor: Rick West, Brigham Young University
• Contributor: Michael Barbour, Touro University, California
• Contributor: Joshua Hveem, Brigham Young University

RTD Roundtable-The Effect of Practicum Experiences on Preparing Teacher Candidates for Successful K-12 Online Teaching

• In Event: RTD-Roundtable/Poster Session
  In Roundtable Session: RTD-Roundtable Session

Thu, Oct 25, 2:15 to 3:20pm, Muehlebach, Royal Exhibit Hall

Short Description

The study is to examine the effect of practicum experiences on preparing teacher candidates for successful K-12 online teaching. Each candidate needs to design, develop and deliver an online or hybrid 3-week module to his or her students. A mixed-method design will be used to collect data including a survey, online interviews and a systematic examination of summative evaluation reports and weekly teaching logs. The results and implications will be discussed in the presentation.

Authors

• Contributor: E-Ling Hsiao, Valdosta State University
• Contributor: Xiaoxia Huang, Western Kentucky University

DDL-Does mileage traveled to testing sites impact online students test scores?

Thu, Oct 25, 2:55 to 3:20pm, Marriott, Julia Lee A

Short Description

Research shows that virtual school students don’t score as well as traditional students on state tests. Other research suggests that testing fatigue may harm achievement, and one source of fatigue may be the distance students travel to testing sites. Achievement data was collected from two virtual schools on whether driving distance is determinant of test scores, while controlling for demographic characteristics. Implications and future research are discussed.

Authors

• Contributor: Dennis Beck, University of Arkansas
• Contributor: Ian E Kingsbury, University of Arkansas
• Contributor: Robert Maranto, University of Arkansas

SMT-Discovering Utilization Patterns in an Online K-12 Teacher Professional Development: Clustering and Data Visualization Methods

• In Event: SMT-Roundtable/Poster Session
  In Poster Session: SMT-Poster Session

Thu, Oct 25, 3:35 to 4:40pm, Muehlebach, Royal Exhibit Hall

Short Description

This proposal reports on a completed study on utilization patterns of the content and site features of a K-12 online professional development platform by data mining web metrics records. Data mining, feature selection, simple K-means clustering and visualization methods were used to make sense of the massive volume of web metrics. The cross-industry standard process for data mining (CRISP-DM) was utilized with the clustering approach to form patterns among new and returning visitors seeking PD.

Authors

• Contributor: Javier Leung, University of Missouri-Columbia
• Contributor: Javier Leung, University of Missouri-Columbia

INTL-K-12 Online Supplementary Tutoring in China: Private Tutoring for Social Equity?

• In Event: INTL & Affiliate-Roundtable/Poster Session
  In Poster Session: INTL-Poster Session

Thu, Oct 25, 4:55 to 6:00pm, Muehlebach, Royal Exhibit Hall

Short Description

The school education system in China has been criticized as a system that reinforcing social inequality in the past decades. The huge urban-rural disparities and the key school system – a state-sponsored hierarchical school system hinder equal access to quality educational resources. Will online education bring changes to the system? My research will examine the emerging K-12 online supplementary tutoring business to explore the the issue of online education, online tutoring business, and educational inequality in China.

Author

• Contributor: Yang Lai, Ohio University

ICEM Roundtable-Examining the Effects of Demographics in Online K-12 Education

• In Event: INTL & Affiliate-Roundtable/Poster Session
  In Roundtable Session: ICEM-Roundtable Session

Thu, Oct 25, 4:55 to 6:00pm, Muehlebach, Royal Exhibit Hall

Short Description

The purpose of the study is to examine whether various demographic characteristics contribute to academic success as well as academic failure for high school students taking online classes. The presentation will provide insight if there is a correlation between specific demographic variables and academic success in K-12. This session will be beneficial to K-12 administration such as counselors, principals, and online teachers.

Authors

• Contributor: Jerri Ward-Jackson, Mississippi Stae University
• Contributor: Chien Yu, Mississippi State University

TED-Virtual schools’ recruitment practices: An analysis of virtual school commercials

• In Event: TED-Roundtable/Poster Session
  In Poster Session: TED-Poster Session

Fri, Oct 26, 9:00 to 10:05am, Muehlebach, Royal Exhibit Hall

Short Description

Virtual schools (VS) are a growing phenomenon in K-12 education. Unfortunately, little is know about their recruitment and enrollment practices. To understand how VS have such different racial, socioeconomic and special education student representation than traditional public schools, we investigated the multiple messages and interpretations of virtual school advertisements, employing methods innate to the field of cultural studies. Preliminary results show that VS intend to recruit students of a particular type.

Authors

• Contributor: Dennis Beck, University of Arkansas
• Contributor: Christian Goering, University of Arkansas
• Contributor: Jonathan Allred, University of Arkansas
• Contributor: Seth French, University of Arkansas

AECT Conference Schedule

I received this in my inbox over the weekend.

Hi Everyone,

I am excited to announcement that the AECT program schedule has been published! Please check the schedule to be certain you know when you are presenting for neccessary preparations.

I have received several emails regarding changing personal information. Although I am not able to change your information, you can log into AllAcademic and change your inforation within the portal. If you will changing your email address, please be sure to change your email information in the AECT conference portal as we will contact you using the address on file. If you have any problems, please contact AECT at: aect@aect.org or 877-677-2328.

Sincerely,

Victoria Lowell,
Division of Distance Learning President-Elect
2018 AECT Conference Planner
Vllowell@purdue.edu

A quick search of the schedule for “K-12 online learning,” “K-12 blended learning,” “virtual school,” “cyber school,” cyber charter school,” and “e-school” revealed the following sessions that may be of interest to readers of this space.

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SMT-Differentiation practices of Virtual School Teachers

Wed, Oct 24, 3:35 to 4:00pm, Muehlebach, Hoover

Short Description

To understand how online teachers meet the needs of diverse learners, researchers conducted focus groups and interviews with teachers in four virtual schools. Participants were questioned on how differentiation is seen in their practice. Grounded theory and structural, analysis of the data should reveal the self-reported differentiation practices of online teachers. Further, it will begin to distinguish between the practices of expert online teachers and novice teachers. Future research and implications are discussed.

Authors

• Contributor: Dennis Beck, University of Arkansas
• Contributor: Jennifer Beasley, University of Arkansas

DDL-K-12 Online Learning Journal Articles: Trends from Two Decades of Scholarship

Wed, Oct 24, 4:15 to 4:40pm, Muehlebach, Truman A

Short Description

This research reviewed 356 articles in K-12 online learning from 1994–2016. We analyzed authorship, journals, citations, keywords, abstracts, and research methodologies. We found the field of K-12 online learning to be growing and maturing. In the last few years there has been a rapid acceleration not only of new articles, but especially of new authors. This infusion of new scholarship will undoubtedly lead to new ideas and trends over the next decade.

Authors

• Contributor: Karen T Arnesen, Brigham Young University
• Contributor: Cecil R Short, Brigham Young University
• Contributor: Rick West, Brigham Young University
• Contributor: Michael Barbour, Touro University, California
• Contributor: Joshua Hveem, Brigham Young University

RTD Roundtable-The Effect of Practicum Experiences on Preparing Teacher Candidates for Successful K-12 Online Teaching

• In Event: RTD-Roundtable/Poster Session
  In Roundtable Session: RTD-Roundtable Session

Thu, Oct 25, 2:15 to 3:20pm, Muehlebach, Royal Exhibit Hall

Short Description

The study is to examine the effect of practicum experiences on preparing teacher candidates for successful K-12 online teaching. Each candidate needs to design, develop and deliver an online or hybrid 3-week module to his or her students. A mixed-method design will be used to collect data including a survey, online interviews and a systematic examination of summative evaluation reports and weekly teaching logs. The results and implications will be discussed in the presentation.

Authors

• Contributor: E-Ling Hsiao, Valdosta State University
• Contributor: Xiaoxia Huang, Western Kentucky University

DDL-Does mileage traveled to testing sites impact online students test scores?

Thu, Oct 25, 2:55 to 3:20pm, Marriott, Julia Lee A

Short Description

Research shows that virtual school students don’t score as well as traditional students on state tests. Other research suggests that testing fatigue may harm achievement, and one source of fatigue may be the distance students travel to testing sites. Achievement data was collected from two virtual schools on whether driving distance is determinant of test scores, while controlling for demographic characteristics. Implications and future research are discussed.

Authors

• Contributor: Dennis Beck, University of Arkansas
• Contributor: Ian E Kingsbury, University of Arkansas
• Contributor: Robert Maranto, University of Arkansas

SMT-Discovering Utilization Patterns in an Online K-12 Teacher Professional Development: Clustering and Data Visualization Methods

• In Event: SMT-Roundtable/Poster Session
  In Poster Session: SMT-Poster Session

Thu, Oct 25, 3:35 to 4:40pm, Muehlebach, Royal Exhibit Hall

Short Description

This proposal reports on a completed study on utilization patterns of the content and site features of a K-12 online professional development platform by data mining web metrics records. Data mining, feature selection, simple K-means clustering and visualization methods were used to make sense of the massive volume of web metrics. The cross-industry standard process for data mining (CRISP-DM) was utilized with the clustering approach to form patterns among new and returning visitors seeking PD.

Authors

• Contributor: Javier Leung, University of Missouri-Columbia
• Contributor: Javier Leung, University of Missouri-Columbia

INTL-K-12 Online Supplementary Tutoring in China: Private Tutoring for Social Equity?

• In Event: INTL & Affiliate-Roundtable/Poster Session
  In Poster Session: INTL-Poster Session

Thu, Oct 25, 4:55 to 6:00pm, Muehlebach, Royal Exhibit Hall

Short Description

The school education system in China has been criticized as a system that reinforcing social inequality in the past decades. The huge urban-rural disparities and the key school system – a state-sponsored hierarchical school system hinder equal access to quality educational resources. Will online education bring changes to the system? My research will examine the emerging K-12 online supplementary tutoring business to explore the the issue of online education, online tutoring business, and educational inequality in China.

Author

• Contributor: Yang Lai, Ohio University

ICEM Roundtable-Examining the Effects of Demographics in Online K-12 Education

• In Event: INTL & Affiliate-Roundtable/Poster Session
  In Roundtable Session: ICEM-Roundtable Session

Thu, Oct 25, 4:55 to 6:00pm, Muehlebach, Royal Exhibit Hall

Short Description

The purpose of the study is to examine whether various demographic characteristics contribute to academic success as well as academic failure for high school students taking online classes. The presentation will provide insight if there is a correlation between specific demographic variables and academic success in K-12. This session will be beneficial to K-12 administration such as counselors, principals, and online teachers.

Authors

• Contributor: Jerri Ward-Jackson, Mississippi Stae University
• Contributor: Chien Yu, Mississippi State University

TED-Virtual schools’ recruitment practices: An analysis of virtual school commercials

• In Event: TED-Roundtable/Poster Session
  In Poster Session: TED-Poster Session

Fri, Oct 26, 9:00 to 10:05am, Muehlebach, Royal Exhibit Hall

Short Description

Virtual schools (VS) are a growing phenomenon in K-12 education. Unfortunately, little is know about their recruitment and enrollment practices. To understand how VS have such different racial, socioeconomic and special education student representation than traditional public schools, we investigated the multiple messages and interpretations of virtual school advertisements, employing methods innate to the field of cultural studies. Preliminary results show that VS intend to recruit students of a particular type.

Authors

• Contributor: Dennis Beck, University of Arkansas
• Contributor: Christian Goering, University of Arkansas
• Contributor: Jonathan Allred, University of Arkansas
• Contributor: Seth French, University of Arkansas