Benefits of Online Learning

1. EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES:
ONLINE LEARNING
Cami Case
Walden University
EDUC - 6715I - 5
Instructor: Rachel Bordelon
September 25, 2012
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2. ONLINE COURSES
Virtual School: "An educational organization that offers K-12
courses through Internet- or Web-based methods” (Clark, 2001).
Learning Management Systems (LMS) or Virtual Learning
Environments (VLE).
A system designed to support, administers, teachers, and
students to organize teaching and learning in an educational
setting or online course.

3. MOODLE.ORG
RCAMPUS.COM
Moodle is a Course Management System (CMS), also
known as a Learning Management System (LMS) or a
Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). It is a Free web
application that educators can use to create effective
online learning sites.
RCampus is free for individual students and teachers
from K-12 through Higher Education. Members can use
RCampus for managing their courses and assignments,
self-publishing coursework, and managing collaborative
work.

4. RCAMPUS WEBSITE

5. ONLINE LEARNING
BENEFITS:
Less paperwork
Students Use the electronic drop-box for assignments
Post assignments and files as PDF’s
Students work collaboratively on projects and websites
(Wikis and Blogs)
School and Home Connections

6. BENEFITS OF ONLINE
LEARNING FOR STUDENTS
Access Lessons
Gather Work when Absent
Review Lessons
Classroom Discussions with teachers and students
Online Grading
Access documents

7. WHO BENEFITS FROM
ONLINE LEARNING?
Gifted and Talented Students
Parents (At-Home Connections)
All Learners
At Risk Students
Students from different Socio-Economic backgrounds
Students with disabilities
English Learners
Staff Members

8. INSTRUCTIONAL
GAPS CLOSED
Students can continue learning outside the classroom.
Digital-Natives are being fostered in a 21st century learning
environment.
Parent’s can be more involved in their child’s schooling.
Assignments are posted on the classroom website.
Online Grades allow for no surprises at the end of the term.

9. NEW APPROACHES
“Implementing online learning
environments in K-12 school districts
requires cultivating new approaches to
how we handle teaching, learning, and
leading in schools”
Guhlin, M., 2009.

10. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR K-12
ONLINE LEARNING POLICY AND
PRACTICE
“Policy-makers and practitioners should
continue to move forward in developing and
implementing K-12 distance education
programs when those programs meet
identified needs and when they are designed
and managed as carefully as traditional
education programs” Cavanaugh C., 2007, pg. 18.

11. RESOURCES
Cavanaugh, C., & Clark, T. (2007). The landscape of K–12 online learning. In R. Blomeyer, & C. Cavanaugh (Eds.), What works in
K–12 online learning (pp. 5–19).
Guhlin, M. (2009). Moodle-izing your education enterprise. EducationWorld.com. Retrieved September 23, 2012, from http://
www.education-world.com/a_tech/columnists/guhlin/guhlin012.shtml.
• Moodle. (n.d.). Moodle. Retrieved September 23, 2012, from http://moodle.org/.
• RCampus. (2011). RCampus. Retrieved September 23, 2012, from http://www.rcampus.com/.