What It Is
Digital learning, sometimes also called online or virtual learning, includes a variety of different approaches to providing learning experiences to students via a computer and the Internet. According to the Digital Learning Council, “[d]igital learning meets individual student needs and interests with appropriate access to learning technology. Digital learning includes online learning and blends of online and onsite learning as well as a teacher using technology to tailor lessons to the interests of individual students.” Find out more on blended learning here.
This Digital Learning Toolkit arms online learning supporters with facts about digital learning, fights common myths about online learning, and gives suggestions for informing your community and the media.
This Digital Learning Toolkit arms online learning supporters with facts about digital learning, fights common myths about online learning, and gives suggestions for informing your community and the media.
Latest Updates
February 6th marks the 2nd annual Digital Learning Day, a national campaign that celebrates teachers and shines a spotlight on successful instructional practice and effective use of technology in classrooms across the country.
Predictions for how blended learning programs will evolve in 2013, with an important new years wish that technology integration take place in a way that's meaningful for students.
Six themes rang loud and clear throughout the sessions at the 2012 iNACOL Virtual Schools Symposium
It’s that time of year again for one of the premier online and blended learning conferences, the iNACOL Virtual School Symposium.
Too often people claim that there is no conclusive evidence that digital learning is working. This by-no-means-exhaustive list of evidence proves otherwise.
More students than ever are taking advantage of digital learning programs. Ohio, Florida, and Wisconsin, all states that fall high on CER's Parent Power Index, are just a few states that have gotten attention recently for tremendous growth.
What We Believe
We believe that the world can be a classroom to our nation’s youth, and being exposed to knowledge of people and things outside the brick and mortar that often confine students' learning is essential to our nation’s progress. Thus programs that truly provide online learning opportunities beyond the typical classroom must be a part of the portfolio we pursue under the heading of education reform. We support utilizing all the tools the 21st century has provided us, and thus applaud the growth that virtual schooling that connects students from home, including proven programs via the internet, blended models of learning that meld such experience with the classroom, and many options beyond and in between.