Michael Kristopher Barbour

Biographic Data

ID2821469
NAMEMichael Kristopher Barbour
GIVEN NAMESMichael Kristopher
FAMILY NAMEBarbour
SIGNATUREBARBOUR M K
AFFILIATIONSTouro University California
ORCID0000-0001-9037-3350
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS13
TOTAL CITATIONS4
WORKS AS AUTHOR13
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1961
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • History Repeats, We Forget

    Open AccessMichael Kristopher Barbour, Charles B HodgesARTICLEEducation Sciences2025

    In this article, the authors examine the history, development, and current state of K-12 online learning, challenging the assertions that COVID-19-era distance education was unprecedented. Drawing on historical examples, the authors demonstrate how educational systems have repeatedly leveraged various technologies for remote instruction during disruptions, from correspondence courses to radio broadcasts to modern digital platforms. The analysis r…

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

    Open AccessMichael Kristopher BarbourARTICLETechTrends2022

  • Looking Back to See Ahead

    Open AccessMichael Kristopher BarbourARTICLEJournal of Digital Social Research2022References: 1

    While the use of distance and online learning had been used for over a century in the K-12 setting (including in isolated ways during previous pandemics and natural disasters), the complete worldwide closure of schools focused attention on the use of distance and online tools and content to provide continuity of learning in a remote context. The way in which both practitioners and scholars make sense of what has occurred over the past 18 months, …

  • Is it Any Wonder, I Reject You First

    Open AccessJason Paul Siko, Michael Kristopher BarbourARTICLETechTrends2022Cited by: 1References: 1

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

    Open AccessMichael Kristopher BarbourARTICLETechTrends2022

  • The Shift to Distance Learning

    Open AccessMichael Kristopher BarbourARTICLETechTrends2021

  • Building a Better Mousetrap

    Open AccessJason Paul Siko, Michael Kristopher BarbourARTICLETechTrends2016References: 3

  • Pictures from an Exhibition … of Online Learning

    Open AccessMichael Kristopher Barbour, Michael Barbour et al.ARTICLEQualitative Report2015

    K - 12 online learning at the K - 12 level has been around for approximately two decades and is continuing to grow. While researchers have researched a variety of issues related to K - 12 online learning, there has been little published on the student experience in web - based learning environments. In this article, two doctoral students were tasked with analyzing existing data, then representing and situating their findings in a format other tha…

  • Narratives from the Online Frontier

    Open AccessMichael Kristopher Barbour, Michael Barbour et al.ARTICLEQualitative Report2015Cited by: 2References: 1

    Despite a large increase in the number of students enrolled in online courses, published research on student experiences in these environments is minimal. This article reports the narrative analysis of a series of interviews conducted with a female student at a brick-and-mortar school enrolled in a single virtual school course. Her narratives describe a student who often struggled with the content in her online course and was reluctant to interac…

  • Homemade PowerPoint Games

    Open AccessMichael Kristopher Barbour, Lloyd P Rieber et al.ARTICLETechTrends2009References: 3

  • Social Networking in Cyberschooling

    Open AccessMichael Kristopher Barbour, Cory PloughARTICLETechTrends2009Cited by: 1References: 3

  • The Supply of Books and Articles About African Countries

    Michael Kristopher Barbour, Michael BarbourARTICLEAfrican Affairs1984

    Journal Article THE SUPPLY OF BOOKS AND ARTICLES ABOUT AFRICAN COUNTRIES Get access MICHAEL BARBOUR MICHAEL BARBOUR Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 83, Issue 330, January 1984, Pages 95–112, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a097602 Published: 01 January 1984

  • The Jebel Marra, Darfur, and Its Region

    Michael Kristopher Barbour, Michael Barbour et al.ARTICLEGeographical Journal1961