Research & Thought Leadership

Once is happenstance.
Always is a pioneer.

So much has changed since The VHS Collaborative first brought online learning into secondary education in 1996. But one thing remains the same: The VHS Collaborative is still the innovation pioneer in online learning, still contributing to important research, still helping set education standards, still shaping the policy and direction for a future generation of students and educators.

Publications about VHS or with contributions by VHS staff include: 

Guide to Teaching Online Courses
National Education Association, Virtual High School, Inc., International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), National Education Association, North American Council for Online Learning, National Commission for Teaching and America’s Future, Pub Date: 2006

Virtual Schooling: Issues in the Development of E-Learning Policy
Edited by Donovan R. Walling, "Life in the Cyber Trenches of the Virtual High School", Liz Pape, ISBN: 0-87367-847-8

Virtual Schools: Planning for Success
Liz Pape, Ruth Adams and Carol Ribeiro. "The Virtual High School: Collaboration and Online Professional Development." , Editors: Zane L. Berge and Tom Clark,. New York: Teachers College Press, 2005.

High School on the Web: What you need to know about offering online courses
Publication: American School Board Journal, Liz Pape, Pub date: July, 2005

The Virtual High School: Teaching Generation V
Andrew Zucker, Robert Kozma, Louise Yarnall and Camille Marder, Foreword by Chris Dede, Contributor: Liz Pape
Teachers College Press, Pub Date: January 2003, Paperback ISBN: 0807742864, ISBN: 0807742872

Virtual Realities: A School Leader’s Guide to Online Education
An ITTE Technology Leadership Network Special Report, Ismat Adbal-Haqq, Editor
Chapter 2: "Teaching Methods and Staff Development for Online Classes", Liz Pape and Ruth Adams,
National School Boards Association, Pub Date: 2002, ISBN: 0883642573

Guide to Online High School Courses
National Education Association, Virtual High School, Inc., AASA, CNA Corporation, IBM Corporation, NASBE, NSBA, Verizon Communications, Kathleen Fulton, Editor / Consultant, Pub Date: 2002, PDF file available online: http://www.nea.org/technology/onlinecourseguide.html