Title
Examining the Validity of the iNACOL Standards: Improving K-12 Online Course Design
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
3-2018
Programs
Graduate School of Education
Abstract
The research presented created a revised K-12 online course design rubric based off the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) National Standards for Quality Online Courses The redesign was completed in three distinct phases, beginning with a literature review of the iNACOL standards that compared current K-12, higher education, and other related literature to each element found in the standards to test for content validity Phase two consisted of an expert panel review of the standards, along with phase one suggestions, over three rounds Viewing the standards through the specific lens of K-12 online course design, the experts combined, revised, deleted, or kept individual elements Finally, a revised rubric was field tested against current K-12 online courses in phase three
Recommended Citation
Adelstein, D. & Barbour, M. K. (2018). Examining the Validity of the iNACOL Standards: Improving K-12 Online Course Design. In E. Langran & J. Borup (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 641-657). Washington, D.C., United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
Publisher's Statement
The original material can be found here: https://www.learntechlib.org/p/182961/
