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The goal for this research was to map Finnish general education teachers´ skills and development needs in using information and communication technology within education. The main focus was on distance education. A survey was sent in November 2011 by email to all primary and secondary school principals. They were asked to forward the survey to their school’s teachers. All together 2493 teachers from all over Finland replied.

Sara Bernard, writing in MindShift recently, investigates the requirements for virtual school teachers.In her article Sara interviews Maureen Cottrell, a science teacher at iHigh Virtual Academy, a fully-accredited virtual public high school in San Diego, California. Maureen describes her experience and the advantages and drawbacks of online learning.