Category: Research

Making Student-Centered Learning A Reality? Nellie Mae’s Integrated Learning Systems Grant Program

How Effective is Online Learning in Michigan

Michigan Virtual

Let's be honest: Online learning in Michigan, as a whole, is in deep need of reform. Since 2010, the average pass rate for online courses in Michigan has hovered around 60 percent. Compared to the pass rate for traditional classrooms, this statistic has led some to condemn virtual schooling as a failed experiment.

Rural Virtual Learning

This is the fifth in a series of blog posts written by Michigan Virtual's Regional Mentor Leaders to bring to life what mentors do to build and maintain a supportive online learner environment to help students be successful. If you are a mentor and would like to share a strategy, a success story, or another topic that illustrates how you support students, please email mvlri@michiganvirtual.org.

Swartz Creek Academy Stresses Responsibility, Growth, and Relationships

Episode 45: Mimi Ito, UC Irvine and Justin Reich, MIT

Opportunities for Engaging Students in "Data Practices" in Online Science Classes

Episode 44: Jordan Rickles, American Institutes for Research

Where the Research is @iNACOL 2017

Episode 43: John Jacobs, Wisconsin eSchool Network

Episode 42: Charles Graham, BYU and Jered Borup, GMU

How SOAR Academic Institute Puts Relationships in Focus

Episode 41: John Watson of Evergreen Education Returns

Social Presence and Its Relationship to Learning Outcomes with Credit Recovery and Non-credit Recovery Students

Understanding Engagement in K-12 Online Courses: Part Two

Understanding Engagement in K-12 Online Courses: Part One

Anecdotal evidence from course designers and Michigan Virtual™ instructors suggested that some students were not fully engaged with their online course materials. There was a commonly held belief by instructional staff and designers that some students were picking and choosing which assignments to do and only did the minimum required to get their desired grade. It was thought that some students were spending only as much time in the course as absolutely necessary, and even when in the course, not taking full advantage of all course materials.

Creating Conditions that Promote Success in Online Learning

This is the fourth in a series of blog posts written by Michigan Virtual’s Regional Mentor Leaders to bring to life what mentors do to build and maintain a supportive online learner environment to help students be successful. If you are a mentor and would like to share a strategy, a success story, or another topic that illustrates how you support students, please email mvlri@michiganvirtual.org.

Getting to Know Billy

This is the third in a series of blog posts written by Michigan Virtual’s Regional Mentor Leaders to bring to life what mentors do to build and maintain a supportive online learner environment to help students be successful. If you are a mentor and would like to share a strategy, a success story, or another topic that illustrates how you support students, please email mvlri@michiganvirtual.org.

The Student Who Made It Anyway

This is the second in a series of blog posts written by Michigan Virtual’s Regional Mentor Leaders to bring to life what mentors do to build and maintain a supportive online learner environment to help students be successful. If you are a mentor and would like to share a strategy, a success story, or another topic that illustrates how you support students, please email mvlri@michiganvirtual.org.

Episode 40: Kim Loomis, Clark County School District, Nevada

Success in a Totally Virtual Program