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K-12 Online Teaching & Learning Standards

• NACOL National Standards (pdf)
  These publications designed to provide states, districts, online programs, and other organizations with a set of quality guidelines for online teaching and learning.
  http://www.nacol.org/nationalstandards/
• NEA: Online Learning
  NEA has recognized the enormous potential of online learning -- as well as some of the potential pitfalls. This site contains information, guidelines, and resources for successful online learning.
  http://www.nea.org/technology/onlinelearning.html
• Laboratories of Reform: Virtual High Schools and Innovation in Public Education (pdf)
  Virtual schooling demonstrates that innovative reforms can be readily integrated into the public school system. As a result, it is increasingly important to understand both the innovations that are emerging from online schooling and their potential to leverage reform on a far larger scale in public education.
  http://www.educationsector.org/usr_doc/Virtual_Schools.pdf
• Innovations in Education: Connecting Students to Advanced Courses Online
  From the USDOE -- highlights six providers of academic coursework by delivering advanced on line courses to students through technology.
  http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/academic/advanced/index.html
• Going Virtual! The Status of Professional Development for K-12 Online Teachers (pdf)
  The purpose of this study was to explore the practices and models of professional development being used in K-12 virtual schools and programs across the United States, and to establish base data for future studies.
  http://edtech.boisestate.edu/goingvirtual/goingvirtual1.pdf
• Learning in 21st Century: A National Report of Online Learning (pdf)
  This report explores student, teacher, and parent attitudes toward online learning based on surveys completed by 232,781 K-12 students, 21,272 teachers, and 15,316 parents as part of Speak Up, a national research project facilitated by Project Tomorrow, as well as interviews with administrators and teachers in six school districts using a range of different online learning models.
  http://www.blackboard.com/resources/k12/K-12_Learning_in_the_21st_Century.pdf

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