Search the ONE Web site for K-12 courses. COOLSchool Our goal is to assist districts in providing schools with affordable, quality educational choices for students. COOLSchool (Cyber Oregon Online School) is a NASCU accredited public school operated by Linn Benton Lincoln ESD. It emerged from the wealth of experience gained at Eugene School District 4J's award-winning CyberSchool. COOLSchool now offers complete services for schools and districts with the desire to benefit from online education. We provide districts with professional development in online content development, mentoring, and online teaching. We also provide solutions to school districts by offering practical, accredited, and cost-efficient online courses. Talented and experienced COOLSchool staff will customize training programs and Web resources to assure your district has the best possible solution. Contact the principal Dennis Schultz at dennis@coolschool.k12.or.us for additional information. Corvallis Online, in collaboration with COOLSchool and OSU K-12 Online, seeks to provide students with online learning opportunities, as an alternative to the traditional school program, to earn Corvallis School District credit. The goal is to allow students flexibility in their learning environment and to provide the option of extending their school day beyond regular school hours and the classroom setting. Courses are taught by certified teachers and built around state content standards. Each course is designed to engage students in their learning through meaningful and relevant curriculum. Teachers provide students with instructional support and feedback to meet their individual needs through the use of e-mail, telephone, or face-to-face conferencing if necessary. Contact us at online@corvallis.k12.or.us or (541) 757-4371. Oregon Online (O2) Oregon Online (O2) is a newly formed cooperative organization founded by High Desert, Southern Oregon, and Umatilla Morrow ESDs to support the access to and development of online learning opportunities for students and education professionals, specifically to: coordinate efforts among co-op members to provide online access to courses for Oregon students create and provide access to online professional development opportunities for educators support existing and future co-op members by providing a single point of access to information, registration, coursework, documents and materials, research, consulting, teacher and staff training, and school support help develop state and local policies, promote legislative awareness, pursue funding, and otherwise advocate for online education. Contact Marty Karlin at marty_karlin@soesd.k12.or.us for additional information. Oregon Access Network Its purpose is to test the viability of two-way voice/video systems, both in K-12 classrooms and in educational professional development programs. OAN brings together the resources of Qwest, the Oregon Public Education Network, Oregon Department of Education, Oregon's Education Service Districts, local school districts, and other government agencies to help meet the distance education needs of the state. To date, well over 800 videoconferencing sessions have been held on the system. Contact Camille Cole Camille.Cole@state.or.us for additional information. Portland State University Independent Study Program is the longest standing alternative, distance education opportunity for Oregon high school students. The program has approximately 40 fully accredited high school correspondence courses, each worth 1/2 unit (one 1/2-year semester). Courses are taught by certified Oregon high school teachers. Students may study at their own pace and take up to 18 months to complete a course. Course materials are delivered by regular mail. Assignments may be mailed, or in many cases, e-mailed to instructors. PSU also offers approximately 60 college-level independent study courses, some of which are Web-based. PSU is in the process of converting all of its independent study courses to the Web. Contact us at http://www.istudy.pdx.edu/iscontact.htm for additional information. OSU K-12 Online delivers quality curriculum from Oregon State University, a top-ranked research university recognized nationally for its award-winning distance education courses and programs offered through its Extended Campus. High school classes are available in subject areas such as English, math, science, social science, arts, foreign language, health, family and consumer science, technology, and career learning. Developed by certified teachers in conjunction with our experienced online course development team, OSU K-12 Online is a solution for multiple audiences, including students, parents, schools, and home school families. Contact us at http://k12online.oregonstate.edu/k12forms/contactus.aspx for additional information. SK Online An Internet curriculum-delivery program, SK Online is an alternative program of the Salem-Keizer School District 24-J for centrally delivering Web-based curriculum to students living in and around the Salem-Keizer Public School District. The program is targeted to any school-aged student who has a need for acceleration or remediation, is credit deficient, has scheduling conflicts in a traditional school setting, has limited English proficiency, or is home schooled. In addition, the online learning model accommodates students who are medically fragile, pregnant and parenting, expelled, or in diversion. Courses are geared to young people whose learning style is better matched to the individual, self-paced nature of online learning. Contact Laura Bowman bowman_laura@salkeiz.k12.or.us for additional information.   Higher Education Resources See a listing of distance learning resources from Oregon's community colleges and state university system.