facilitator

Often referred to as school-based teacher, mediating teacher or, simply facilitator. In their evaluation of the ACCESS Alabama online program, [|Roblyer, Freeman, Stabler and Schneidmiller (2007)] found that “facilitators that are directly working with students day by day are key to the success of the program” (p. 11).
 * Virtual School Site Facilitator **
 * Local mentor and advocate for students(s)
 * Proctors & records grades, etc.

A federally-funded project out of Iowa State University that, among other things, has created five multimedia scenarios that are designed to introduce teachers to the potential and some of the issues faced by school-based teachers in a virtual school environment.
 * Teacher Education Goes Into Virtual School (TEGIVS)**
 * http://ctlt.iastate.edu/~tegivs/TEGIVS/VSLab/all%20scenarios.html

The published research that came out of the TEGIVS project. Copies of presentations, articles and reports that describe the three roles teachers must be prepared to undertaken in a virtual school environment and evaluate the effectiveness of the curricular materials (including the scenarios above).
 * Davis, Roblyer, et al.**
 * http://ctlt.iastate.edu/~tegivs/TEGIVS/publications.html

A series of research studies examining the nature of the responsibilities and time commitment of the site facilitator or mediating teacher with one province-wide virtual school in Canada. In this particular virtual school, mediating teachers were given to a teacher in addition to their regular teaching load and teachers were not compensated for that additional burden.
 * Barbour & Mulcahy**
 * http://www.mun.ca/educ/faculty/mwatch/fall02/Mulcahy.htm
 * []
 * http://www.michaelbarbour.com/research/pubs/site09-mteacher.pdf

**WSU - IT6230: Internet in the Classroom Course**

Unit 1 - Generational Differences Unit 2 - Web 2.0 Tools Unit 3 - Virtual Schooling > > Clark, T. (2007). Virtual and distance education in North American schools. In M. G. Moore, Handbook of Distance Education, pp. 473-490. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. > > > Clark, T. (2000). //Virtual high schools: State of the states - A study of virtual high school planning and preparation in the United States//. Center for the Application of Information Technologies, Western Illinois University. Retrieved from http://www.imsa.edu/programs/ivhs/pdfs/stateofstates.pdf > > Watson, J. F., Winograd, K., & Kalmon, S. (2004). //Keeping pace with K–12 online learning: A snapshot of state-level policy and practice//. Naperville, IL: Learning Point Associates. > > Watson, J. F. & Kalmon, S. (2005). //Keeping pace with K–12 online learning: A review of state-level policy and practice//. Naperville, IL, Learning Point Associates. > > Watson, J., & Ryan, J. (2006). //Keeping pace with K-12 online learning: A review of state-level policy and practice//. Vienna, VA: North American Council for Online Learning. Retrieved from http://www.nacol.org/docs/KeepingPace07-color.pdf > > Watson, J. & Ryan, J. (2007). //Keeping pace with k-12 online learning: A review of state-level policy and practice.// AT&T Foundation. > > Watson, J. F., Gemin, B., & Ryan, J. (2008). //Keeping pace with k–12 online learning: A review of state-level policy and practice//. Vienna, VA: North American Council for Online Learning. Retrieved from http://www.kpk12.com/downloads/KeepingPace_2008.pdf > > Watson, J. F., Gemin, B., Ryan, J., & Wicks, M. (2009). Keeping pace with K–12 online learning: A review of state-level policy and practice. Naperville, IL: Learning Point Associates. Retrieved from http://www.kpk12.com/downloads/KeepingPace09-fullreport.pdf > > > Barbour, M. K. (2007b). Portrait of rural virtual schooling. //Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy//, (59). Retrieved from http://www.umanitoba.ca/publications/cjeap/articles/barbour.html > > Roblyer, M. D. (2005). Who plays well in the virtual sandbox? Characteristics of successful online students and teachers. //SIGTel Bulletin//(2). Retrieved from [] > > > DiPietro, M., Ferdig, R. E., Black, E. W. & Preston, M. (2008). Best practices in teaching K-12 online: Lessons learned from Michigan Virtual School teachers. //Journal of Interactive Online Learning, 7//(1). Retrieved from http://www.ncolr.org/jiol/issues/getfile.cfm?volID=7&IssueID=22&ArticleID=113 > > > Barbour, M. K., & Reeves, T. C. (2009). The reality of virtual schools: A review of the literature. //Computers and Education, 52//(2), 402–416. Retrieved from http://www.michaelbarbour.com/research/pubs/CAE1241.pdf
 * dispelling the [|myth of digital natives], focusing attention on "[|Generation Me]" (i.e., the only reliable and valid generational label)
 * blogging, RSS, wikis, microblogging, social networking, social bookmarking, online collaborative tools, online presentation tools
 * introduce K-12 online learning
 * development of virtual schooling in Michigan
 * types of students engaged in K-12 online learning
 * teaching in a virtual school environment
 * what do we know from the research