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Michigan Virtual University
First Online Teacher of the Year Selected
December 21st, 2008
This fall Lorri MacDonald has 40 high school students in her two Introduction to Forensic Science classes. She teaches another 17 in Advanced Forensic Science. Both are popular courses, think CSI with homework. But there is something else unique about MacDonald's classes and, specifically, her classroom. MacDonald is an online instructor teaching in a virtual classroom. Her students are from schools all across Michigan, from tiny Detour Village in the Upper Peninsula to Grand Rapids to Ferndale just outside Detroit. The course content and instruction all happen over the Internet, with students logging in to follow lessons and complete assignments, and MacDonald...
Source: Pharma Investments, Ventures & Law Weekly (2008-12-21)
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