[Amelia]

Do you think this would work best for visual learners, or do you think it would work just as well for children with other learning styles?

[SoftballMominVA]

It's not just visual vs. auditory. On line students must be HIGHLY motivated and of sterling character. The chances of mischief increase by a dozen-fold. The trust factor is larger than I can even describe. The school system had to take off many of the blockers for the computers that the kids use at the high school for Virtual Virginia and the school can only loosely monitor their use

In addition, assignments, reading, postings, etc are done on a fairly strict guideline and even being a week behind can cause a massive pile up. Some kids couldn't handle it and dropped out. If a student is not disciplined, then on-line classes will be a disaster.

To be honest, if a parent has to be on hand and at the kids elbow to get the work done, or to monitor what is going on, the parent has done a very poor job and the on-line is inappropriate. On the other hand, it's a great way to be portable with education - kids can use their laptops and just pretty much learn anywhere