Counting a Dominant Narrative of Educational Reformers: Examining the Research on the Effectiveness of Virtual Schooling

• In Event: Online Teaching and Learning in K-12 Environments

Abstract

This proposal examines the rhetoric used by proponents of educational reform and the use of online learning as a solution for K-12 education. Using the research into K-12 online learning, I argue that those educational reformers use methodologically flawed research or promote an inaccurate understanding of research results to promote a corporate agenda in K-12 online learning. The proposed session will examine the limited amount of research into virtual schooling in an effort to better understand what this research indicates about the effectiveness of K-12 online learning.

Author

• Michael Kristopher Barbour, Wayne State University