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Report

iNACOL National Standards for Quality Online Courses (v2)

October 2011

iNACOL

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started

Report

Promising Practices in Online Learning: Blended Learning – The Convergence of Online and Face-to-Face Education

January 2008

John Watson

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Report

A National Primer on K-12 Online Learning (1st Edition)

May 2007

John Watson

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started

Report

Promising Practices in Online Learning: A Parent’s Guide to Choosing the Right Online Program

February 2010

Butch Gemin, John Watson, Marla Coffey

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Engage Community

Report

Promising Practices in Online Learning: Funding and Policy Frameworks for Online Learning

July 2009

Butch Gemin, John Watson

Issue(s): State Policy, Fund Innovation

Report

Promising Practices in Online Learning: Using Online Learning for At-Risk Students and Credit Recovery

June 2008

Butch Gemin, John Watson

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity, Activate Student Agency

Report

Using Online Learning for Credit Recovery: Getting Back on Track to Graduation

September 2015

Susan Patrick, Allison Powell, Verena Roberts

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Report

Promising Practices in Online Learning: Management and Operations of Online Programs

April 2009

Butch Gemin, John Watson

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started

Report

Promising Practices in Online Learning: Socialization in Online Programs

September 2008

Butch Gemin, John Watson

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Activate Student Agency

Issue Brief

Mere Engagement: Reflections about the Connections Between Online Learning, Student Agency, and Student Engagement

January 2021

Laureen Avery, Marsha Jones, Sara Marr, Derek Wenmoth,

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction, Activate Student Agency, Engage Community, Design for Educational Equity, Develop Educator Capacity, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Report

A National Primer on K-12 Online Learning (2nd Edition)

November 2010

Matthew Wicks

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started

Report

NACSA Viewpoint: Authorizing Online Learning

August 2011

Susan Patrick, Tom Vander Ark

Issue(s): State Policy, Modernize and Diversify the Educator-Leader Workforce, Fund Innovation

Issue Brief

Fast Facts about Online Learning

October 2013

iNACOL

Issue(s): State Policy, Fund Innovation, Issues in Practice

Report

An International Perspective of K-12 Online Learning: A Summary of the 2006 NACOL International e-Learning Survey

November 2006

Susan Patrick, Allison Powell

Issue(s): Issues in Practice

Issue Brief

Sorting Through Online Learning Options: A Guide for Parents

January 2009

iNACOL

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Engage Community

Report

Online Learning: Top 5 Federal Policy Issues

March 2012

iNACOL

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity, Create Space to Pilot Systems of Assessments

Report

A Summary of Research on the Effectiveness of K-12 Online Learning

August 2009

Susan Patrick, Allison Powell

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Learn Lessons from the Field

Report

Class Connections: High School Reform and the Role of Online Learning

August 2010

Anthony G. Picciano, Jeff Seaman

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Learn Lessons from the Field

Report

Professional Development for Virtual Schooling and Online Learning

November 2007

Niki Davis, Raymond M. Rose

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Support Professional Learning

Report

State of the Nation: K-12 Online Learning in Canada (2010)

November 2010

Michael K. Barbour

Issue(s): Federal Policy, State Policy, Develop Educator Capacity

Report

The Online Learning Definitions Project

October 2011

iNACOL

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started

Report

State of the Nation: K-12 Online Learning in Canada (2008)

October 2008

Michael K. Barbour, Robin Stewart

Issue(s): State Policy, Issues in Practice

Issue Brief

K-12 Online Learning: A Smart Investment NOW More than Ever

June 2011

iNACOL

Issue(s): State Policy, Fund Innovation

Book

Lessons Learned in Teacher Mentoring: Supporting Educators in K-12 Online Learning Environments

October 2012

Kathryn Kennedy, Leanna Archambault

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Learn Lessons from the Field

Report

Understanding the Implications of Online Learning for Educational Productivity

January 2012

Austin Lasseter, Linda Shear, Marianne Bakia, Yukie Toyama

Issue(s): State Policy, Develop Educator Capacity, Issues in Practice

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Over the last two decades, the Aurora Institute has driven the transformation toward student-centered, next-generation learning for K-12 education. During that time, the Aurora Institute published more than 200 reports and webinars in support of these efforts.