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  1. Online Learner Engagement and Academic Support in the Age of Generative AI

    Article • Computers & Education, October 2026, Elsevier

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  2. An Action Research Approach to Addressing the Online Teaching Gap: HyFlex Principles as a Framework for Teacher Education Reform

    Article • American Journal of Distance Education, January 2026, Taylor & Francis

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  3. Why Teacher Training is Failing the Digital Classroom

    Article • Journal of Online Learning Research, January 2026, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education

    Professor of Instructional Technology Charles B. Hodges, Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  4. Assessing and improving digital learning readiness: A review and roadmap for future research

    Article • Journal of Online Learning Research, January 2026, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  5. Mind the (Digital) Gap: Building a Practitioner-Centered Research Agenda for K-12 Online and Blended Learning

    Article • Journal of Online Learning Research, January 2026, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  6. Revisiting Readiness for K–12 Online Teaching: What Teachers Reveal About Students, Preparation, and Policy Through a Graduate Online Learning Curriculum

    Article • Open Praxis, January 2026, International Council for Open and Distance Education

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  7. Reimagining Learning for Aotearoa New Zealand's Future Education Ecosystem

    Article • Journal of Open Flexible and Distance Learning, July 2025, Flexible Learning Association of New Zealand

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  8. Virtual Learning in New Zealand Schools

    Article • Journal of Open Flexible and Distance Learning, June 2025, Flexible Learning Association of New Zealand

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  9. Challenges and Lessons from K-12 Online Learning: A Historical Perspective

    Article • Education Sciences, April 2025, MDPI AG

    Professor of Instructional Technology Charles B. Hodges, Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  10. Parent Choice in K–12 Online Schooling: Australian and U.S. Perspectives

    Article • Journal of School Choice, March 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  11. Comparing CANeLearn Design Principles for K-12 Online Learning with Researched Models and Standards

    Article • The Open/Technology in Education Society and Scholarship Association Conference, February 2025, University of Victoria Libraries

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  12. On the Importance of Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) in an Evolving Field

    Article • Journal of Online Learning Research, January 2025, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  13. 2025 Reviewer List

    Article • Journal of Online Learning Research, January 2025, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  14. The Complexities of Biopsychosocial Needs in Online Learning

    Article • Journal of Online Learning Research, January 2025, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  15. Moving Beyond Media Comparison: Methodological Considerations in K-12 Online Learning Research

    Article • Journal of Online Learning Research, January 2025, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  16. Rethinking Teacher Education

    Article • International Journal of E-Learning & Distance Education / Revue internationale du e-learning et la formation à distance, December 2024, Athabasca University Press

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  17. Virtual Learning for Māori Students

    Article • Journal of Open Flexible and Distance Learning, October 2024, Flexible Learning Association of New Zealand

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  18. Six Steps Pre-Service Teacher Education Can Take To Prepare For K-12 Online Learning

    Article • September 2024, De Gruyter

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  19. If You Choose Not to Decide: A Survey of Online Field Experiences for Canadian Teacher Preparation Programs

    Article • Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, August 2024, University of Alberta Libraries

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  20. Tracing More Than A Century of Distance Learning in New Zealand Schools

    Article • Journal of Open Flexible and Distance Learning, August 2024, Flexible Learning Association of New Zealand

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  21. How to Prepare Teachers to Teach Online: Making Education Work in Times of Crisis

    Article • Open Praxis, January 2024, International Council for Open and Distance Education

    Professor of Instructional Technology Charles B. Hodges, Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  22. Online, Blended, and Distance Education in Schools

    Article • June 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  23. Online or Remote Learning and Mental Health

    Article • The Open/Technology in Education Society and Scholarship Association Conference, January 2023, University of Victoria Libraries

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  24. Looking Back to See Ahead: An Analysis of K-12 Distance, Online, and Remote Learning During the Pandemic

    Article • Journal of Digital Social Research, May 2022, DIGSUM

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  25. Introducing a Special Collection of Papers on k-12 online learning and Continuity of Instruction after Emergency Remote Teaching

    Article • TechTrends, February 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  26. Where Do They Go? An Investigation of K-12 Online Learners Process for Obtaining Support

    Article • TechTrends, January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  27. Webinars for English Language Teachers During the Pandemic: Global Perspectives on Transitioning to Remote Online Teaching

    Article • AERA Open, January 2022, SAGE Publications

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  28. In-Service Teachers' Perceptions of K-12 Online Learning Curriculum in a Graduate Course

    Article • International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course Design, October 2021, IGI Global

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  29. The Shift to Distance Learning: Tracing the Roots of 100+ Years of Practice and Opportunity

    Article • TechTrends, October 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  30. Misbehaving Toddler or Moody Teenager: Examining the Maturity of the Field of K-12 Online Learning

    Article • Revista de Educación a Distancia (RED), September 2020, Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Murcia

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  31. Irrelevant, overlooked, or lost? Trends in 20 years of uncited and low cited K-12 online learning articles

    Article • Online Learning, June 2020, The Online Learning Consortium

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  32. Collaboration and Virtual Learning in New Zealand Rural Primary Schools: A Review of the Literature

    Article • Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, April 2020, Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  33. K-12 online learning journal articles: trends from two decades of scholarship

    Article • Distance Education, December 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Karen Arnesen, Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  34. The Landscape of K-12 Online Learning

    Article • December 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  35. Review of: Veletsianos, G. (Ed.) (2016). Emergence and Innovation in Digital Learning: Foundations and Applications. Edmonton, AB: AU Press, Athabasca University

    Article • TechTrends, February 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  36. Improving the K-12 Online Course Design Review Process: Experts Weigh in on iNACOL National Standards for Quality Online Courses

    Article • The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, May 2017, Athabasca University Press

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  37. Building a Better Mousetrap: How Design-Based Research was Used to Improve Homemade PowerPoint Games

    Article • TechTrends, June 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  38. Introduction

    Article • Online Learning, November 2015, The Online Learning Consortium

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  39. The Sum Is Greater Than the Parts: Deconstructing Homemade PowerPoint Games

    Article • Computers in the Schools, October 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  40. Real-Time Virtual Teaching: Lessons Learned From a Case Study in a Rural School

    Article • Online Learning, September 2015, The Online Learning Consortium

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  41. Any Time, Any Place, Any Pace-Really?
Examining Mobile Learning In A Virtual School Environment

    Article • Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, March 2014, Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  42. Academic performance, course completion rates, and student perception of the quality and frequency of interaction in a virtual high school

    Article • Distance Education, May 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  43. “Opening” a new kind of school: The story of the Open High School of Utah

    Article • The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, January 2013, Athabasca University Press

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  44. K–12 Online Distance Education: Issues and Frameworks

    Article • American Journal of Distance Education, January 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  45. Measuring Success: Examining Achievement and Perceptions of Online Advanced Placement Students

    Article • American Journal of Distance Education, January 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  46. Virtually Unprepared

    Article • January 2013, IGI Global

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  47. Homemade PowerPoint Games: Game Design Pedagogy Aligned to the TPACK Framework

    Article • Computers in the Schools, October 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  48. “Everybody is their own island”: Teacher disconnection in a virtual school

    Article • The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, April 2012, Athabasca University Press

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  49. Odyssey of the mind: Social networking in a cyberschool

    Article • The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, March 2012, Athabasca University Press

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  50. Student Perceptions and Preferences for Tertiary Online Courses: Does Prior High School Distance Learning Make a Difference?

    Article • American Journal of Distance Education, January 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  51. Asynchronous and synchronous online teaching: Perspectives of Canadian high school distance education teachers

    Article • British Journal of Educational Technology, June 2011, Wiley

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  52. Strategies for Instructors on How to Improve Online Groupwork

    Article • Journal of Educational Computing Research, August 2010, SAGE Publications

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  53. Researching K-12 Online Learning

    Article • Distance Learning, June 2010, Emerald

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  54. U.S. Virtual School Trial Period and Course Completion Policy Study

    Article • American Journal of Distance Education, March 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  55. Homemade PowerPoint Games: A Constructionist Alternative to WebQuests

    Article • TechTrends, August 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  56. Social Networking in Cyberschooling: Helping to Make Online Learning Less Isolating

    Article • TechTrends, July 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  57. Research and Practice in K-12 Online Learning: A Review of Open Access Literature

    Article • The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, February 2009, Athabasca University Press

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  58. The reality of virtual schools: A review of the literature

    Article • Computers & Education, February 2009, Elsevier

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  59. Learning by Designing Homemade PowerPoint Games

    Article • October 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  60. Realizing Leadership through Service Learning

    Article • TechTrends, April 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  61. Following Through: Representing the Voice of Graduate Students

    Article • TechTrends, October 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  62. Who’s Researching Virtual Schools

    Article • Distance Learning, February 2007, Emerald

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  63. Convention Reports: AECT 2006 Leadership & Technology Convention Dallas, Texas

    Article • TechTrends, January 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  64. Virtual schools: planning for success

    Article • Choice Reviews Online, December 2005, American Library Association

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  65. From telematics to web‐based: the progression of distance education in Newfoundland and Labrador

    Article • British Journal of Educational Technology, October 2005, Wiley

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  66. Mobile Teaching and Learning in the Classroom and Online

    Article • Taylor & Francis

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR

  67. The Landscape of K–12 Online Learning

    Article • Taylor & Francis

    Dr MICHAEL K BARBOUR