Louisiana Online High Schools

Motivation Is Key to New Kind of Virtual Learning

admin — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 06:51:55 +0000

A small pilot study to test the effectiveness of a new type of virtual learning that some K12 districts are using has found that student motivation is the best indicator of success.

Pavel Samsonov, an associate professor of educational technology at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, conducted the study using Skype, a free, Internet phone service that allows users to see the people with whom they are communicating—or in this case, the classroom and whiteboards. The study used three longterm homebound students in the Saint Mary Parish Schools in Centerville, La.

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Giant Campus Adds Marketing, Technology, Entrepreneurship and ‘Green’ Online Courses To Leading Curriculum Catalog

admin — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:55:27 +0000

Giant Campus is the nation’s leading provider of technology courses to educational providers, including online schools such as K12, Insight, Kaplan, Pearson Virtual Learning and Louisiana Virtual School. Each course is supported by instructor training and a comprehensive set of instructor materials, including project grading rubrics, pacing guides, answer keys and course guides. Additionally, Giant Campus’ certified instructors are available for providers to use if needed. The courses are designed to meet the needs of the 10.5 million U.S. students who, according to a recent estimate by educational consultant Ambient Learning, are expected to take an online class by 2014.

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Registration open for Aiken Virtual Program

admin — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 02:20:20 +0000

Registration for the 2010-2011 school year is now open for the Aiken Virtual Program.

The program offers high school students of all ages the opportunity to learn when and where they choose.

Rapides Parish School district students can enroll in virtual classes during the 2010-2011 school year and work from home for free.

Students can also take courses from their zoned school in person and take courses online in any combination that works for them.

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Louisiana now has online high schools site

admin — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 01:08:59 +0000

Welcome to yet another state-specific website for online high schools. Brought to you by Best Online High Schools, this gives you information on all that is going on in your state with online high schools.