In the article by Barbour, it appears that the research is minimal for K-12 online learning when comparing to traditional learning. This applies worldwide as well and not just in the United States. The amount of research has been increasing over the last few years however. There are many specific areas that have been targeted in the research such as benefit, educational choice, access issues, and challenge among others according to Barbour. There have also been several problems along the way with the research such as the sample size. Quite a bit is unknown about K-12 online learning and its impact on students without the vast amount of research We are awaiting more research in the near future on the effectiveness of K-12 online learning to show its worthiness.
Barbour, M. (2012). Concluding the introduction to K-12 online learning research MOOC.
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