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What's Full-Time for K-12 Online Teaching?—a Dilemma
27). It must be more than just "in order to maintain flexibility of options in the number and types of courses being taught" (p. 27) as the Keeping Pace document states. Teaching time is the issue. Policy makers will need to address this time factor in more detail, if online teaching is to become a viable full-time option to entice and retain experienced K-12 teachers. I agree with Tomei (2006): "Online teaching should not be expected to generate larger revenues by means of larger class sizes at the expense of effective instructional or faculty over-subscription" (p. 540).References:
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Tomei, L. (2006). The impact of online teaching on faculty load:Computing the ideal class size for online courses. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education,14(3), 531-541.
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Watson, J., & Ryan, J. (2006, October). Keeping pace with K-12 online learning: A review of state level policy and practice. Retrieved December 14, 2006, from North American Council of Online Learning, http://www.nacol.org/
About the author: Patricia Deubel has a Ph.D. in computing technology in education, and is currently an adjunct faculty member in the graduate School of Education at Capella University. She is also the developer of Computing Technology for Math Excellence at http://www.ct4me.net.
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