Odyssey of the mind: Social networking in a cyberschool

K-12 online learning and cyber charter schools have grown at a tremendous rate over the past decade. At the same time, these online programs have struggled to provide the social spaces where students can interact that K-12 schools are traditionally able to provide. Social networking presents a uniqu...

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Autores principales:	Michael K Barbour, Cory Plough
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2012
Materias:	K-12 online learning virtual school cyberschool social networking Special aspects of education LC8-6691
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/8f74befd96c449b9a32cb7a33f51fea9
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:8f74befd96c449b9a32cb7a33f51fea92021-12-02T19:26:10ZOdyssey of the mind: Social networking in a cyberschool10.19173/irrodl.v13i3.11541492-3831https://doaj.org/article/8f74befd96c449b9a32cb7a33f51fea92012-03-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1154https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831K-12 online learning and cyber charter schools have grown at a tremendous rate over the past decade. At the same time, these online programs have struggled to provide the social spaces where students can interact that K-12 schools are traditionally able to provide. Social networking presents a unique opportunity to provide these kinds of social interactions in an online environment. In this article, we trace the development and use of social networking at one cyber charter school to extend the space for online instruction and provide opportunities for social interaction that online schools are often unable to provide.Michael K BarbourCory PloughAthabasca University PressarticleK-12 online learningvirtual schoolcyberschoolsocial networkingSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 13, Iss 3 (2012)
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description	K-12 online learning and cyber charter schools have grown at a tremendous rate over the past decade. At the same time, these online programs have struggled to provide the social spaces where students can interact that K-12 schools are traditionally able to provide. Social networking presents a unique opportunity to provide these kinds of social interactions in an online environment. In this article, we trace the development and use of social networking at one cyber charter school to extend the space for online instruction and provide opportunities for social interaction that online schools are often unable to provide.
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Odyssey of the mind: Social networking in a cyberschool

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