History

The mid 1990s[3] saw the advent of virtual schools. Plenty of of today's virtual schools are descendants of correspondence schools. It's been suggested that virtual schooling is largely a phenomenon that occurs within North The united states.[3] However, other countries have been seen to operate some kind of online or web-based learning content.[3] While it's been suggested that the individuals who can benefit from virtual classes are individuals who tend to lack such opportunities, research suggests that virtual schooling tends to reflect a higher percentage of student failure & dropout.[4]Sometimes known as "distance learning," correspondence schools offered students an alternative to the traditional brick & mortar meetings within a schoolhouse. These schools utilized the postal service for student-teacher interaction, or used two-way radio transmissions, sometimes with pre-recorded tv broadcasts. Students were expected to study their learning material independently &, in some cases, meet with a proctor to be tested. Modern virtual schools provide similar options to students with a more ubiquitous &, often, interactive approach.Virtual schools now exist all around the globe. Over the past decade, K-12 online instruction has dramatically increased in both Canada & the United States. Some of these virtual schools have been integrated in to public schools ( in the United States), where students sit in computer labs & do their work online. In other situations, students can be home-schooled, or they can take any combination of public/private/home-schooling & online classes.