The Accountability Push in Virtual Learning
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The Accountability Push in Virtual Learning
Monday, April 9, 2012, 2 to 3 p.m. ETAs virtual learning continues to grow and more students enroll in online courses, ensuring that virtual schools are providing high-quality learning experiences for students is essential. Quality and accountability in online learning is now just as important as equity and access, says the 2011 “Keeping Pace” report, an annual examination of policy and practice in online learning, published by the Durango, Colo.-based Evergreen Education Group, headed by John Watson. Recently, virtual education has been facing an increasing amount of scrutiny and criticism about its effectiveness and the wide range in the quality of various programs. Our guests discussed why accountability is so important for virtual schools as they move into the mainstream of K-12 education, what they are doing to ensure high-quality learning for students, and what challenges they face in meeting that goal.
John Watson, founder, Evergreen Education Group
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