Research and Practice in K-12 Online Learning: A Review of Open Access Literature

By Cathy Cavanaugh, Michael K. Barbour, Tom Clark. 2009

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The literature related to online learning programs for K-12 students dates to the mid-1990s and builds upon a century of research and practice from K-12 distance education. While K-12 online learning programs have evolved and grown over the past decade, the amount of published research on virtual schooling practice and policy is limited. The current literature includes practitioner reports and experimental and quasi-experimental studies, both published and unpublished. This paper reviews open access literature in K-12 online learning and reports on a structured content analysis of the documents. Themes in the literature include steady growth and a focus on the benefits, challenges, and broad effectiveness of K-12 online learning. In addition, newly developed standards for K-12 online learning are emerging in descriptions of effective practices.

Subfields: Computer Science Applications, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Education

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• Students’ online learning challenges during the pandemic and how they cope with them: The case of the Philippines (2021, background): “Although the efficacy of online learning has long been acknowledged by the education community (Barrot, 2020, 2021; Cavanaugh et al., 2009; Kebritchi et al., 2017; Tallent-Runnels et al., 2006; Wallace, 2003), evidence on the challenges in its implementation continues to build up (e.”