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Michael K. Barbour
Researcher at Touro University California
Publications - 181
Citations - 3704
Michael K. Barbour is an academic researcher from Touro University California. The author has contributed to research in topics: Educational technology & Distance education. The author has an hindex of 28, co-authored 171 publications receiving 3301 citations. Previous affiliations of Michael K. Barbour include Wayne State University & Touro University Nevada.
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The reality of virtual schools: A review of the literature
TL;DR: Researchers are calling for more research into the factors that account for K-12 student success in distance education and virtual school environments and more design research approaches than traditional comparisons of student achievement in traditional and virtual schools.
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Research and Practice in K-12 Online Learning: A Review of Open Access Literature
TL;DR: This paper reviews open access literature in K-12 online learning and reports on a structured content analysis of the documents on themes in the literature include steady growth and a focus on the benefits, challenges, and broad effectiveness of K- 12 online learning.
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Asynchronous and synchronous online teaching: Perspectives of Canadian high school distance education teachers
TL;DR: An inductive, interpretive analysis of the perspectives of 42 Canadian high school distance education teachers on asynchronous and synchronous online teaching provided insight into the following aspects of synchronous and asynchronous online teaching: degree of use; the tools used; the contexts in which each occur; students' preferences; and limitations.
Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2014: Politics, Performance, Policy, and Research Evidence.
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The Landscape of K–12 Online Learning
TL;DR: Clark et al. as discussed by the authors reported that there were approximately 40,000 and 50,000 students-representing less than 0.001% of the K-12 student population-enrolled in one or more online learning courses during the 2000-2001 school year.