Indiana service center turns underutilized resources into a thriving distance-learning program

Indiana's Wilson Education Service Center services 27 school corporations in the southeast region of the state with cooperative purchasing, media services, and professional development and curriculum items. When Jerry Steuerwald arrived at the center in 2003 as a distance-learning specialist and big believer in the value of video conferencing in the classroom, he found little in the way of a communications technology strategy...

DESE Announces New Virtual School Director

Click on the link below to hear the KSMU podcast of an interview with Dr. Curt Fuchs, the newly appointed DESE Virtual School Director.

http://ksmuonline.missouristate.edu/news.php?text=1761

Utah Leads Nation in Virtual School Enrollments

Utah Leads Nation in Virtual School Enrollments


With more than 50,000 students enrolled, the Utah
Electronic High School operates the nation's largest
online learning program.Source: Deseret News ========================================

Tennessee developing eLearning model

The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports that the Hamilton County school System is leading schools across Tennessee in developing statewide curriculum for online courses. The system is the beneficiary of a three-year, $2.7 million grant to write online course curriculums. Seven other systems are receiving $100,000 each per year to serve as the pilot sites that offer Hamilton County online courses. Stacy Schaudel, one of the coordinators of Tennessee's e4 TN initiative, says: "We're building the model of what e-learning will look like in Tennessee." The e4 TN initiative aims to create 26 courses aligned with state standards required by the No Child Left Behind Act...

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