Ohio DL Schools

	Connections Academy	ECOT	Ohio Virtual Academy	Virtual Community School of Ohio	Virtual Schoolhouse
Clarity and understandability of information	Yes, but font is too small for majority of text throughout the webpage.	Yes	Yes	Limited, poor font choice and size	Yes
Look and feel of the DL environment	Appealing, use of photographs	Includes photographs and testimonials	Appealing, lots of information in drop-down buttons.	Not a clean look to the site. Homepage needs to be more captivating.	Very appealing to the eye with wide screen video on home page. Use of buttons and drop down menus.
Presence of a FAQ page	Yes	Yes	Yes, specifically broken down into separate pages	Under the “How It Works” tab, there are FAQ’s for grade levels, special educ. and part-time classes	No

In this post, I reviewed five distance learning choices for families desiring to school through an online school.

Below are the top five distance learning options I would want to find in a school for my children: 

1. Child can learn at their own pace.

2. Choice for which field trips we are required to attend.

3. Lowest possible time spent on computer

4. Provides computer to use and connectivity expenses

5. High teacher support

The five distance learning options I would not pick: 

1. Standardized testing 

2. Brick and mortar school (Ex. VSH)

3. Excessive computer screen time

4. Workbook based learning

5. Doesn't offer year round schooling