About CTYOnline

 

CTYOnline

Each year, thousands of students in Pre-K to 12, from more than 60 countries, enroll in CTYOnline, CTY’s unique distance learning program that offers challenging courses throughout the year.

CTY faculty lead every course, providing guidance, encouragement and evaluations through email, phone, and virtual online classrooms. Online courses are varied, demanding, and very appropriate for gifted students. Course materials may include online courseware, CD-ROMs, texts, workbooks, and even chemistry kits for doing hands-on experiments. Students can work from home or school at times convenient for them, and many earn credit or placement for their CTYOnline courses.

CTYOnline connects gifted students to challenging courses, engaging faculty, and other gifted students around the world. Through CTYOnline, students join a lively online learning community that supports and encourages them throughout the year. To learn more about CTYOnline, please explore the links below.

Learn about CTYOnline

• About CTYOnline
• How the CTYOnline Program Works (Choosing a course, Once registration is complete, Important Role of Parents and Guardians)
• Is Online Learning Right for You? Take this short survey to see what you’ll need to succeed.
• Course List
• Tuition and Financial Aid
• Eligibility
• Get Started! (Selecting your CTYOnline course, Apply for your CTYOnline course)

Since 1979, CTY has served the needs of academically gifted students worldwide by providing challenging programs matched to their abilities. CTYOnline distance courses offer eligible students opportunities to accelerate and enrich their learning at home or at school. Students can take advanced math, for example, without having to take a bus to a high school or college and without having to miss other classes at their local school. CTYOnline offers gifted students in grades pre K-12 challenging academic course work throughout the year. We bring together the best resources for each course, which may include multimedia resources, interactive virtual classrooms, texts, student guides, and CD-ROMs. Each student works with a qualified CTY faculty member who provides guidance, feedback, encouragement, and evaluation. CTYOnline courses are available year-round.

Students Use CTYOnline Courses Many Ways

• Some students use the courses to enrich and supplement the curriculum during the school year or to advance academic goals during the summer.
• CTYOnline distance education courses are important components of the curriculum for many home schoolers.
• Many students arrange to take CTYOnline distance courses for credit as replacements for classes at school. For information, visit Earning Credit and Placement and Partnerships with Schools.
• Many take courses for the love of learning or to build confidence in the subject matter.

Distance Education is Effective

• A New York Times article by Steve Lohr discusses a U.S. Department of Education report "Evaluation of evidence-based practices in online learning: A meta-analysis and review of online learning studies" that concludes: “On average, students in online learning conditions performed better than those receiving face-to-face instruction.” Lohr, S. (2009, August 19). Study finds that online education beats the classroom [Review of U.S. Department of Education report retrieved from http://www.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/tech/evidence-based-practices/finalreport.pdf]. New York Times. Retrieved from http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/study-finds-that-online-education-beats-the-classroom/?ref=education
• A U.S. Department of Education report profiles CTY. U.S. Department of Education. (2007, December).Innovations in Education: Connecting Students to Advanced Courses Online. Retrieved from http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/academic/advanced/index.html
• Miller, K.A., Adams, C., & Olszewski-Kubilius, P. (2006). Distance learning and gifted students. In J.L. Van Tassel-Baska (Ed.), Serving gifted learners beyond the traditional classroom (pp.168-188). Waco, TX: Prufrock Press.
• Olszewski-Kubilius, P., & Lee, S.Y. (2004). Gifted adolescents' talent development through distance learning. Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 28, 7-35.
• Wallace, P. (2005). Distance education for gifted students: Leveraging technology to expand academic options. High Ability Studies, 16(1), 77-86.
• Wallace, P. (2009). Distance learning for gifted students: Outcomes for elementary, middle, and high school aged students. Journal For The Education Of The Gifted, 32(3), 295-320.

CTYOnline News and Deadlines

• Students may enroll ANYTIME for individually paced math, computer science and technology, and most science courses, and start in approximately two weeks.

• Honors Physics is now available!
• Computer Security Fundamentals is currently closed to new enrollments. Contact ctyonline@jhu.edu if you wish to be notified when the course becomes available.

New Courses

• Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
• English as a Second Language for STEM

• Introduction to Chess

• AP Computer Science A
• AP Spanish Language and Culture

• Spanish Literature Intersession Courses: Level I, II, and III

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