scholarly journals Online learning: How do brick and mortar schools stack up to virtual schools?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Kingsbury
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Virtual Schools ◽  
Brick And Mortar ◽  
Brick And Mortar Schools

scholarly journals Reimagining School Nursing: Lessons Learned From a Virtual School Nurse

2021 ◽  
pp. 1942602X2199643
Author(s):  
Bill Marrapese ◽  
Jenny M. Gormley ◽  
Kristen Deschene
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Virtual World ◽  
School Nurses ◽  
Virtual Schools ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Virtual School ◽  
School Nursing ◽  
Job Description ◽  
Brick And Mortar ◽  
Ongoing Support

The COVID-19 pandemic has required thousands of public schools to quickly adapt to hybrid or fully remote models. These new models have presented unprecedented challenges for school nurses as they learn how to optimize their interactions with parents and students to provide ongoing support and monitoring of health. The growing reliance on virtual and hybrid public education is also placing new demands on school nurses to be versed in telehealth and school physicians to support their work. Greenfield Commonwealth Virtual School (GCVS) and other public virtual schools have been meeting these challenges for many years prior to the pandemic and have “lessons learned” to share with traditional “brick-and-mortar” nursing staff. GCVS students benefit from a climate that rewards collaboration between the health team, parents, teachers, and administrators, and this article will describe the role, job description, and other practices related to school nursing in a primarily virtual world.

The Assistant Principalship: A Keystone or a Stepping Stone

2021 ◽  
pp. 002205742110323
Author(s):  
David M. Schmittou
Keyword(s):  
School Leadership ◽  
Assistant Principals ◽  
Job Rotation ◽  
Assistant Principalship ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
Constant Change ◽  
Brick And Mortar ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Culture And Climate ◽  
Brick And Mortar Schools

Schools are dynamic environments surrounded by static brick and mortar. Schools are a complex entanglement of systems clinging to normalcy led and composed of individuals seeking growth and progress. There is constant turnover as students move through the systems, gaining mastery, seeking support, and receiving guidance. Employees similarly move often as they change roles and responsibilities, as cultures emerge and evolve, and as individuals retire, are hired, or move on to other positions, commonly referred to as “job rotation.” This constant change affects a school’s culture and climate as each is achieved through sustained efforts. When change is present within the school leadership, specifically those identified as assistant principals within their organizational hierarchy, the impact on school culture may be even more dramatic than the effects felt with the turnover of students and teachers.

Moving to the Worldvirtual

2011 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Richard E. Riedl ◽  
Terry McClannon ◽  
Amelia W. Cheney
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Virtual Worlds ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Educational Experiences ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Traditional Classroom ◽  
Classroom Experience ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Brick And Mortar ◽  
The Ideal

The traditional classroom has been considered the ‘ideal’ setting for teaching and learning, and innovations which challenge that structure are under a great deal of scrutiny. As the tools for online learning become more sophisticated, as in the case of 3D immersive worlds, it is time to stop using the brick-and-mortar classroom experience as the litmus by which all educational experiences are measured. This chapter will discuss some significant differences between face-to-face and online learning experiences, as well as some unique affordances provided by virtual worlds for constructivist learning experiences.

Pedagogy in a Potentially Hostile Online Environment

2020 ◽  
pp. 35-49
Author(s):  
Lynne Williams ◽  
Tamara P. Fudge
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Research Needs ◽  
Online Bullying ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Significant Harm ◽  
Brick And Mortar ◽  
The Subject ◽  
New Form ◽  
Brick And Mortar Schools ◽  
Vast Range

Student-on-student bullying in brick and mortar schools is unfortunately commonplace and has been the subject of research for many years. Alongside the growth of online learning, there has been a corresponding growth in cyberbullying, not only in the student-on-student category, but also student-on-teacher. This new form of bullying can be devastating for the target because, unlike the traditional form of bullying where interactions take place face to face, cyberbullying incorporates email, social media, and texts, which allows the aggression to spread rapidly across a potentially vast range of communication outlets, thus magnifying the effect. Given the potential for significant harm to instructors who are at risk of being targeted by an aggrieved or angry student, more research needs to be done concerning student to teacher cyberbullying. This chapter will examine various cases of student to teacher cyberbullying as well as the role that gender plays in online bullying and end with recommendations for prevention or recourse on the part of the targeted instructor.

Future Opportunities for Personalized Online Global Learning

2021 ◽  
pp. 88-101
Author(s):  
Syed Nadeem Akhtar
Keyword(s):  
Educational Technology ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Video Conferencing ◽  
High Growth ◽  
Global Learning ◽  
School Closures ◽  
Educational Activities ◽  
The World ◽  
Brick And Mortar

High growth and adoption in educational technology is not just a phenomenon of the emergence of the pandemic. In 2019 itself, the educational technology investments reached a whopping 18.66 billion US dollars and were predicted to reach 350 billion US dollars by 2025 in its normal course as existed then. With the language apps, virtual tutoring, video conferencing tools, or online learning soft wares, there has been a cloud burst in the field. With the pandemic in place, the phenomenon has taken more and newer dimensions. Currently, there are more than 1.2 billion children in 186 countries affected by the school closures due to the pandemic. In Europe, in Denmark, and in Sweden children up to the age of 11 are returning to nurseries and school after the initial closure of the schools. In Asia, in India, and in other neighbouring countries and South Korea, students are responding to roll calls from their teachers online. Thus, old brick-and-mortar classrooms are giving way to mouse and click and touch and navigate to machine man conversation. With this shift away from the classroom in many parts of the world, it is only natural for everyone to surmise the adoption of online learning and its continuance for the future and the resultant impact on the traditional market for educational activities.

Communication With the Blended Student

2020 ◽  
pp. 169-185
Author(s):  
Mark Steven Miller ◽  
Amy O'Brien
Keyword(s):  
Communication Strategies ◽  
Text Message ◽  
Effective Communication ◽  
Discussion Board ◽  
Phone Call ◽  
Access Technology ◽  
Brick And Mortar ◽  
Class Meetings ◽  
Rapid Pace ◽  
Brick And Mortar Schools

The ability to communicate effectively, regardless the method, is necessary in all facets of life. In the educational arena, communication between teacher and student has always been a staple of a productive classroom. Unfortunately for today's students and teachers, communication has changed. The days of every student attending a brick-and-mortar classroom are gone. Today's students access technology at a rapid pace via myriad modalities. Some students attend the brick-and-mortar schools, others never step foot inside the facility, while others employ a blended approach to their education. Educators must develop effective techniques to reach these students which engage the learner and reach the course objectives. This chapter focuses on the CoI framework and lists effective communication strategies to communicate with the blended learner. These techniques include a welcome letter, all about me survey, Google forms, email, phone call, text message, reflection assignment, discussion board post, live online class meetings and office hours, and a communication spreadsheet.

The Business of Online Education

2011 ◽  
pp. 250-265
Author(s):  
Dirk Baldwin ◽  
Bradley Piazza
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Market Share ◽  
Educational Program ◽  
Online Program ◽  
Education Industry ◽  
Brick And Mortar ◽  
Traditional Setting

Many observers have predicted a revolution due to online education. Opportunities exist to save money due to the lack of brick and mortar, and travel necessary to take classes in a traditional setting. Besides costs savings, several studies show that online education has significant benefits including support for self-paced learning and better discussion between learners and teachers. The opportunities for online learning have spurred growth in the business of online education. Entrepreneurs see opportunities for increased market share, while others perceive a threat. The design of an online program is not easy, however. This chapter summarizes pedagogical and business dimensions that must be addressed in order to develop an effective online educational program. The chapter also discusses tactics that will help organizations compete in the online education industry.

Measurement in K–12 Online Learning Environments

2021 ◽  
pp. 624-638
Author(s):  
Elizabeth A. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Student Engagement ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Online Learning Environment ◽  
Student Behaviors ◽  
Latent Constructs ◽  
Brick And Mortar ◽  
K 12

The measurement of online latent constructs, such as student engagement, have mimicked the measurement of these constructs in traditional, brick-and-mortar learning environments. For brick-and-mortar K-12 schools and online K-12 schools there are challenges that need to be addressed to establish a measure with support for validity. Measurement in an online learning environment has different accessibility and data collection requirements. The online learning environment lends itself well to the use of student behaviors to measure latent constructs, including student engagement. The behaviors of students in an online learning environment are regularly documented. This chapter will delve into the ways latent constructs, using student engagement as an example/case study, are currently being measured in the K-12 online learning environment and alternatives to these measures mimicking traditional brick-and-mortar measures.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document