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Educating the Student Body
Online physical education provides another option for helping stu-
dents meet the standards for physical education if they lack room in their 
schedule for face-to-face classes, need to make up credit, or are just look-
ing for an alternative to the traditional physical education class. On the 
other hand, online courses may not be a successful mode of instruction 
for students with poor time management or technology skills. According 
to Daum and Buschner (2012), online learning is changing the education 
landscape despite the limited empirical research and conflicting results on 
its effectiveness in producing student learning. Through a survey involving 
45 online high school physical education teachers, the authors found that 
almost three-fourths of the courses they taught failed to meet the national 
guideline for secondary schools of 225 minutes of physical education per 
week. Most of the courses required physical activity 3 days per week, while 
six courses required no physical activity. The teachers expressed support, 
hesitation, and even opposition toward online physical education.