id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_wfsfvrsu4jdelkuuhd77tnedju Leanna Archambault K–12 Distance Educators at Work 2009 29 .pdf application/pdf 11470 881 60 Through this study, we are able to gain a better understanding of the educators themselves, including specific advantages and challenges of teaching in an online environment. (Keywords: Distance education, online education, virtual schooling, teacher preparation, K–12) online distance education courses, 68% of students attended high schools, 29% online teachers employed at virtual schools from across the nation using Dillman's (2007) Tailored Design survey methodology. Of the K–12 online teachers who responded to the survey, 380 (62%) indicated that they had earned a master's degree, and 7 (2%) reported they were currently working toward their master's degrees. majority of online teachers surveyed reported teaching at the high school level Experience specific to the current school, representing online teaching, K–12 online teachers responding to the survey reported teaching an average of 97 students. This could also account for the additional years of overall teaching experience for K–12 online teachers responding to the current study. ./cache/work_wfsfvrsu4jdelkuuhd77tnedju.pdf ./txt/work_wfsfvrsu4jdelkuuhd77tnedju.txt