''Virtual High School'' Trends and Effectiveness Examined in New Book by SRI International Researchers.Business Editors/High Tech Writers MENLO PARK Menlo Park. 1 Residential city (1990 pop. 28,040), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1874. Electronic equipment and aerospace products are manufactured in the city. Menlo College and a Stanford Univ. research institute are there. 2 Uninc. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 16, 2002 What is it like to teach an online course? Do students learn effectively from online courses? Why have a dozen states started their own virtual high schools? How will this new trend in education change the way teaching and learning is done? A new book written by researchers at leading independent research institute SRI International (company) SRI International - One of the world's largest contract research firms. Founded in 1946 in conjuction with Stanford University as the Stanford Research Institute, they later became fully independent and were incorporated as a non-profit organisation under U.S. answers these questions and more about the "virtual high school," a quickly growing educational trend with implications for the future of education. Published by Teachers College Press, The Virtual High School: Teaching Generation V is the first authoritative account of how online high schools affect both teachers and students. The book presents critical information for educators and policymakers interested in creating, adapting, and learning how to use these new schools effectively. Both strengths and weaknesses of online learning are presented. The book offers insights gained by SRI researchers over the past five years and draws on a large research study they conducted via surveys, focus groups, classroom observations, and interviews with superintendents, principals, teachers, and students, as well as with leaders in 10 virtual high schools. The pioneering efforts of the Hudson Hudson, towns, United States Hudson. 1 Industrial town (1990 pop. 17,233), Middlesex co., E central Mass., on the Assabet River, in an apple-growing region; settled c.1699, inc. 1866. Public Schools-Concord Consortium Virtual High School are profiled prominently. Authors of The Virtual High School are Andrew Zucker, Ed.D., associate director of SRI's Center for Education Policy, and Robert Robert, Henry Martyn 1837-1923. American army engineer and parliamentary authority. He designed the defenses for Washington, D.C., during the Civil War and later wrote Robert's Rules of Order (1876). Noun 1. Kozma, Ph.D., principal scientist in SRI's Center for Technology in Learning, with Louise Yarnall, research social scientist in SRI's Center for Technology in Learning, and Camille Marder, research social scientist in SRI's Center for Education and Human Services. The book's foreword fore·word n. A preface or an introductory note, as for a book, especially by a person other than the author. foreword Noun an introductory statement to a book Noun 1. is by Chris Dede from the Harvard Graduate School of Education The Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) is a graduate school at Harvard University, and is one of the top schools of education in the United States. It offers six doctoral concentrations and thirteen masters programs. . Dede characterizes the book as "a definitive study of an important emerging phenomenon ... The analysis of the model provided in this book is invaluable for anyone seeking to develop virtual learning experiences at any developmental level, in any context." More information about the book is found at http://store.tcpress.com/0807742864.shtml#723. About SRI International Silicon Valley-based SRI International (http://www.sri.com) is one of the world's leading independent research and technology development organizations. Founded as Stanford Research Institute Stanford Research Institute - Former name of SRI International. in 1946, SRI has been meeting the strategic needs of clients for more than 55 years. The nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. research institute performs contract research and development for government agencies, commercial businesses and nonprofit foundations. In addition to conducting contract R&D, SRI licenses its technologies, forms strategic partnerships and creates spin-off The situation that arises when a parent corporation organizes a subsidiary corporation, to which it transfers a portion of its assets in exchange for all of the subsidiary's capital stock, which is subsequently transferred to the parent corporation's shareholders. companies. Note to editors: A high-resolution image of the book's cover is available by request to marty.mallonee@sri.com. SRI International is a registered trademark of SRI International. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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