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Colorado Cyber
Colorado Cyber (eDCSD: Colorado Cyber School, eDCSD, CO Cyber) is a free public school located in Douglas County School District, one of the highest-achieving school districts the US state of Colorado. Founded in 2007, it is a statewide cyber (virtual) school offering education at the K-12 level (kindergarten through high school) to students across the state of Colorado. Students receive a laptop computer, curriculum and related materials, and an internet reimbursement. Students follow the Douglas County academic calendar earn its high school diploma.
In 2010-2011 there were 235 full-time and 75 part-time students enrolled.
CO Cyber offers three learning environments: mentored, independent, and self-paced. Middle school students will spend approximately 50% of their school work day online, and high school students could spend up to 80% of their school day online.
Colorado Cyber also offers students a hybrid learning option. Students can be dually enrolled in Colorado Cyber and any other Douglas County school. The school in which the student is in attendance the majority of the time will be his or her primary enrollment.
Colorado Cyber uses the private Lincoln Interactive online curriculum
The Colorado Cyber web site is at http://edcsd.org/
More Details
Student assignments are supported by iTexts, web investigations, PowerPoint presentations, videos and podcasts. Daily lessons are guided by instructors. Each course is taught by a certified classroom teacher, and class sizes are the same as brick-and-mortar classrooms, averaging 30 students to 1 teacher.
Students attend field trips and other Colorado Cyber events.
References
- "A National Primer on K-12 Online Learning", iNACOL, October 2010, http://www.inacol.org/research/docs/national_report.pdf
- Colorado Cyber web site, http://edcsd.org/
- "Keeping Pace With Online Learning: An Annual Review of Policy and Practice", Evergreen Education Group, 2010, http://kpk12.com/reports/
- "Summary Report of the Operations And Activities of Online Programs in Colorado", 1 June 2011, http://www.cde.state.co.us/onlinelearning/download/1011/2011_AnnualReport_OnlinePrograms.pdf