Schools save with online learning – Daily Press [via Ray Schroeder]
WHRO, the region’s public broadcasting station, applauds Gov. Bob McDonnell’s vision for online learning in Virginia. Online learning offers students the opportunity to take credit and non-credit courses from remote sites that are bound neither by time nor physical location. No matter where the student is — no matter what the time of day or night — course material is at the ready with the click of a computer mouse. The governor’s initiatives will ensure that homebound students, adult or working learners, all have access to the richness of a full education through online learning.
From the article:
By 2009, we had completed eight full-year online courses, including English 9, 10, 11 and 12; Algebra 1; financial literacy; earth science and Virginia/U.S. Government. In the summer of 2010, we’ll add Algebra II/Trigonometry, geometry, biology and U.S. History.
All of these courses are instructor-led, text-book independent, media-rich and cover all applicable SOLs (emphasis DSC). They arrive at the individual school systems ready to use as-is, without alteration.