Cyber-school

Post 4, 10/25/09

Two articles that I found both agree that hybrid, and fully online courses are a new age way of learning. “High School Is Virtual, but the Caps and Gowns Are Real,” and “Today's Classrooms Are Going Hybrid: Six Ways You Can Benefit” are the two articles that I found. I think that they might help me develop the pro and con sides to my argument about whether or not cyber-school is more beneficial to students.

The first article, “High School is Virtual…” the argument is made from both sides saying that there are benefits such as success from students that don’t fit in as well as states that there isn’t any supervision to ensure that the work is getting done. Also, there are a lot of statistics of success rate and the growth of cyber schools over the years which would be good evidence to include in a factual argument.

The second article, “Today’s Classrooms…” It only talks about all of the benefits of the new online and hybrid classes. It lists six points from exposure to technology to flexibility.

These articles at some points agree entirely and at others couldn’t be more different. Exploiting these discrepancies will be key in writing a full exploratory research paper.

-http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/14/education/14GRAD.html?scp=6&sq=cyber%20school&st=cse

- http://www.distance-education.org/Articles/Today-s-Classrooms-Are-Going-Hybrid--Six-Ways-You-Can-Benefit-31.html