Books and Book Chapters

Ferdig, R.E. & Cavanaugh, C. (Eds.) (in final submission).   Effective practice in virtual schools.  To be published by the North American Council for Online Learning (NACOL; Vienna, VA ) in 2008.

Dana, T. & Ferdig, R.E. (2008). The virtual science classroom. In R. Bell, J. Gess-Newsome, & J. Luft (Eds.), Technology in the Secondary Science Classroom (pp. 83-90). Arlington, VA: National Science Teachers Association Press.

Articles in Peer Reviewed Journals

Black, E.W., DiPietro, M., Ferdig, R.E. & Poling, N. (2009). Developing a survey to measure best practices of K-12 online instructors. Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 12(1).

DiPietro, M., Ferdig, R. E., Black, E.W. & Preston, M. (2008). Best practices in teaching K-12 online: Lessons learned from Michigan Virtual School teachers. Journal of Interactive Online Learning, 7(1), 10-35.

Black, E.W., Ferdig, R.E., DiPietro, M. (2008). An overview of evaluative instrumentation for virtual high schools. American Journal of Distance Education, 22, 24-45.

Davis, N.E., Roblyer, M.D., Charania, A., Ferdig, R.E., Harms, C., Compton, L., & Cho, M. (2007).  Illustrating the “virtual” in Virtual Schooling: Challenges and strategies for creating real tools to prepare virtual teachers.  The Internet and Higher Education, 10(1), 27-39.

Presentations

Kennedy, K. & Cavanaugh, C. (March, 2009). Modeling gone virtual: What teachers ‘see’ is what teachers get. Paper presented at Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education Conference International Conference, Charleston, South Carolina.

Cavanaugh, T., Cavanaugh, C., & Swapna, K. (March, 2009). Class map for community in online education course. Paper presented at Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education Conference International Conference, Charleston, South Carolina.

Ferdig, R.E. (December, 2008). Challenges, implications, and next steps. Panel presented at the Michigan Virtual School Symposium, East Lansing, Michigan.

Ferdig, R.E. & Black, E.W. (December, 2008). Surprises in online learning: What the data show. Paper presented at the Michigan Virtual School Symposium, East Lansing, Michigan.

Mulkey, K., Poling, N., Ferdig, R.E., & Black, E.W. (October 2008). Improving virtual schools: A collaborative research partnership. Symposium presented at the 2008 Virtual School Symposium. Phoenix, AZ.

Black, E.W. (June 2008). A discussion of familial involvement's influence on academic achievement in K-12 virtual schooling. Paper presented at the 4th Annual SAGE Symposium, Gainesville, FL.

Ferdig, R.E. (March, 2008).  Presenter in N.Davis (Chair), Virtual schooling and K-12 online learning goes into preservice teacher education, part 2.  Symposium presented at Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education Conference International Conference, Las Vegas, NV.

Ferdig, R.E. (March, 2008).  Presenter in N.Davis (Chair), Virtual schooling and K-12 online learning goes into preservice teacher education, part 1.  Symposium presented at the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education Conference International Conference, Las Vegas, NV.

Mulkey, K., Black, E.W., DiPietro, M., Boyer, J., & Ferdig, R.E. (November, 2007). Improving virtual schools: A collaborative research partnership. Symposium presented at 2007 Virtual School Symposium, Louisville, KY.

DiPietro, M. & Black, E.W. (November, 2007). Paper presented in S. Lowes (Chair), Recent research on online teaching and learning: Implications for practice. Symposium presented at 2007 Virtual School Symposium, Louisville, KY.

DiPietro, M., Black, E.W., Boyer, J., Mulkey, K., & Ferdig, R.E. (November, 2007). Instructional perspectives of best practices: Successful strategies in virtual school courses. Symposium presented at 2007 Virtual School Symposium, Louisville, KY.

Ferdig, R.E. & DiPietro, M. (April, 2007).  Research on education in collaborative virtual schools.  Paper presented in T.A. Clark (Chair), Online teaching and learning: Findings from applied educational research.  Symposium presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL .

Ferdig, R.E., DiPietro, M. & Black, E.W. (November, 2006). Facilitators in R. Blomeyer & M.D. Roblyer (Chair), Research on virtual schools: What we know now and what we need to know going forward. Symposium presented at the 2006 Virtual School Symposium, Plano, TX .

Ferdig, R.E., DiPietro, M., Black, E.W. & Mulkey, K. (November, 2006). A collaborative partnership aimed at improving virtual schooling. Symposium presented at the 2006 Virtual School Symposium, Plano, TX .