The December DLC Conversations in Digital Learning podcast focuses on the National Standards for Quality Online Learning and features Chris Voelker, the K-12 Program Director at Quality Matters, and Cindy Hamblin, the Director of the Virtual Learning Leadership Alliance, as they talk about their organizations' collaboration on revising the National Standards for Quality Online Courses, Online Teaching, and Online Programs, building upon the work started by the Aurora Institute, formerly known as the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL). Listen to the podcast here.

VirtualSC, South Carolina's state-sponsored virtual school, already provides South Carolina with important levers for its statewide personalized learning initiative.

Early winter storms have hit multiple states already this year resulting in a wave of headlines reporting on school closings and a shift to online instruction until schools reopen.

All across the country, schools are innovating to better serve students—but from outside of schools’ four walls, it can be hard to gain visibility into where and how new approaches to student-centered teaching and learning are evolving.

In this podcast, Dr. Nicol Howard of University of Redlands and Shomari Jones of Bellevue School District discuss access and equity in digital learning. Listen to the podcast here.

I often get asked about the effectiveness of blended learning.

“We make sure we know who our students are.”

The idea of ‘mainstream’ is a very interesting concept to wrap one’s mind around.