About the Authors

Erik W. Black

Contributed equally to this work with: Erik W. Black, Richard E. Ferdig, April Fleetwood, Lindsay A. Thompson

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

ewblack@ufl.edu

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, School of Teaching and Learning, College of Education, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Richard E. Ferdig

Contributed equally to this work with: Erik W. Black, Richard E. Ferdig, April Fleetwood, Lindsay A. Thompson

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies, College of Education, Health, Human Services, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, United States of America, Research Center for Educational Technology, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, United States of America

April Fleetwood

Contributed equally to this work with: Erik W. Black, Richard E. Ferdig, April Fleetwood, Lindsay A. Thompson

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Office of Analysis, Assessment, and Accountability, Florida Virtual School, Orlando, Florida, United States of America

Lindsay A. Thompson

Contributed equally to this work with: Erik W. Black, Richard E. Ferdig, April Fleetwood, Lindsay A. Thompson

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

April Fleetwood is employed by Florida Virtual School. No other Florida Virtual School employee played no role in study design, data analysis, or preparation of the manuscript. Florida Virtual School aided in the collection of data and received a draft of the manuscript for review prior to submission. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.