- 1. What School Boards Should Know About Online Learning
- Joint Annual Conference of IASB/IASA/IASBO November 19,
2011
- Today's presentation file
2. Joint Annual Conference of IASB/IASA/IASBO Presenters: Cindy
Hamblin Illinois Virtual School Jeffrey Hunt DuPage Regional Office
of Education Philip Lacey Niles Township High School District 219
Kathy Tracey-Olesen Center for the Application of Information
Technologies 3. WHY DO WE CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS?
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- Co-curricular for complete experience at school.
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- Address specific learning issues
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- Prepare student for the future
4. Creating Urgency
- After today's session we hope that the larger issues with
digital learning will create a higher level of urgency for this
matter in your school district.
5. Participant Question
- What is your interest in online learning?
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- I am curious; I am here to find out more.
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- We are dicussing online learning in our district.
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- We are actively planning an online program.
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- We have an online program.
6. Essential Question
- Howare you preparing yourgraduates to learn in the post
secondary digital environment?
7. Essential Question
- How can you address students' needs and interestsin low
enrollment courses/subjects?
8. Essential Question
- How do you get your Board policies ready for digital
learning?
9. Essential Question
- How do you prepare your teachers to teach with digital learning
resources?
10. Essential Question
- How do you ensure that your students receive quality digital
courses?
11. FIVE TRENDS IN K12 EDUCATION Cloud Computing Personal
Devices Open Source Increasing Bandwidth Digital Content
12. Definitions
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- iNACOL International Association for K-12 Online Learning
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- OER Open Educational Resources (Free or inexpensive course
content.)
13. Definitions http://www.sloanconsortium.org/ 14. Blended
Learning
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- Mixture of face-to-face and computer-based instruction.
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- (Also known as hybrid courses.)
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- Sometimes computer-based at school, sometimes out of
school.
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- Teachers work with student individually during computer-based
instruction times.
Carpe Diem H.S., Yuma, AZ 15. Online Learning
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- Students work at the time of their choice.
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- May work at home or at school
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- Have contact electronically with teacher and other
students.
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- May have pacing charts to evenly divide work.
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- May have weekly deadlines.
16. ONLINE LANDSCAPE K12 Leaders Content Providers Education
Reformers("Free Marketeers") 17. 18. Trends National and Illinois
Perspective 19. Numbers: Online Enrollments
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- 2009, 2 million (est.) online class enrollments in K-12.
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- Nearly 1/3of all students in higher education took courses in
fall 2010.
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- 2011 - online and blended learning opportunities exist for at
least some students in all 50 states plus DC.
http://www.inacol.org 20. ESTIMATE OF ADOPTION
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- If rate of adoption follows the classic disruptive innovation
model, by 2018, 50% of all high school courses will be online.
- -- Clayton M. Christensen
21. 22. 23. 24. 25. ILLINOIS 26.
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- Enhancing Educational Opportunities for Students through Online
Courses. IVS Courses are Offered in Partnership with the Local
School.
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- Delivering Online Professional Development Opportunities to
Illinois Educators.
ISBE's Virtual School Program for Illinois 27.
- IVS Partners with Public & Private Schools
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- Online, instructor-facilitated courses
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- 100+ courses including AP, electives and Middle School
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- Experienced, IL Certified, Highly Qualified Instructors
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- Flexible Enrollment Dates
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- Courses are approved by NCAA and College Board
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- IVS provides Completion Certificate
IVS (5-12) Program 28. 29. Policy 30. REMOTE EDUCATIONAL
PROGRAMS
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- Public Act 96-0684(HB 2448, 8/25/09) and modifiedPA 97-0339(HB
3223, 8/12/11):Authorizes school districts to create and offer
remote educational programs tailored to individual student needs
and claim GSA for those programs.105 ILCS 10-29.
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- Prior law : GSA could only be claimed for virtual programs
offered in a classroom or other traditional school setting.
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- Broad district discretion, provided the program and plan meet
legislative criteria.
31. Two Key Elements for Establishing REP
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- Adopted School Board Policy:
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- Criteria for participation
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- Limits on numbers of students or grade levels
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- Approval process for participation
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- Process to develop student plans
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- System for calculating clock hours of attendance
- 2.Student Remote EducationalPlan:
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- Specific achievement goals
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- Teacher/student interaction
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- Designation of supervising adult
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- Other family responsibilities
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- Participating in district programs
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- Responsible district administrator
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- Specific location or locations for delivery
32. REP: Other Requirements
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- Students remain enrolled in a school district attendance
center, and are tested and included for all State/federal
accountability determinations.
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- Certified/Highly Qualified Teachers responsible for critical
instructional activities.
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- GSA claimable for any days up to limit of students GSA.
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- ISBE rules require documentation of active participation to
claim GSA.
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- District policy and data must be submitted to ISBE.
33. DIGITAL LEARNING COUNCIL 1. Student Eligibility:All students
are digital learners. 2. Student Access:All students have access to
high quality digital content and online courses. 3. Personalized
Learning:All students can customize theireducation using digital
content through an approved provider. 4. Advancement:Students
progress based on demonstrated competency. 5. Content:Digital
content, instructional materials, and online and blended learning
courses are high quality. 6. Instruction:Digital instruction and
teachers are high quality. 7. Providers:All students have access to
multiple high quality providers. 8. Assessment and
Accountability:Student learning is the metric forevaluating the
quality of content and instruction. 9. Funding:Funding creates
incentives for performance, options and innovation. 10.
Delivery:Infrastructure supports digital learning. Each element
includes recommended actions for lawmakers and policymakers!
http://digitallearningnow.com/ 34. DIGITAL LEARNING COUNCIL
- The recommended legislative actions were used in building
- the data collection instrument for the
- Report Card on Digital Learning.
- October 2011: The Report Card on Digital Learning was released
detailing
- state-by-state progress on the recommended legislative
actions.
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- Utah- SB 65 established the Statewide Online Education Program
making digital learning available to all grade 9-12 Utah
students.
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- Idaho- Education officicals passed on November 3, 2011, a plan
that requires allhigh school students to take at least two credits
online to graduate.
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- Alabama- students entering the ninth gradeare required to
complete one online/technology enhanced course or experience prior
to graduation.
- BE PROACTIVE - NOT REACTIVE
35. RecentPolicy Example
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- Contains 10 elements of Digital Learning Council
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- Funding based on successful completion
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- Parents and students choose provider and class.
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- 2011-12 -- students can take 2 classes.
36. 37. Curriculum 38. DEVELOPMENT ISSUES
39. COURSE DEVELOPMENT PHILOSOPHY
40. CONTENT
image source 41. CONTENT
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- http://www.montereyinstitute.org/nroc/
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- http://beta.hippocampus.org/
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- http://www.ck12.org/flexbook/
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- http://www.gavirtuallearning.org/Resources.aspx
image source 42. http://www.ILvirtual.org TOUR OF AN IVS COURSE
43. 44. Professional Development
- Establishing an Effective Professional
image source 45. PRO F ESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- Common Myths / Misconceptions
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- Virtual schools and regular school counselors can handle the
few participating studentswithout leadership support.
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- Any regular classroom teacher is already qualified to teach
online.
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- Any highly qualified face-to-face classroom teacher is ready to
teach a quality online course that has previously been prepared or
purchased. Some say those who teach a section that is already
online dont really teach at all!
http://www.inacol.org/research/docs/NACOL_PDforVSandOlnLrng.pdf
46. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
http://www.inacol.org/research/docs/NACOL_PDforVSandOlnLrng.pdf
- Common Myths / Misconceptions
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- Virtual schooling will fit with regular school routines and
practices. The technology coordinator and counselor will provide
any professional development necessary.
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- Newly qualified teachers who learn about virtual schooling in
their preservice programs will be ready to teach online when they
graduate.
47. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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- Effectively convey / defend concept
image source 48. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- District 219 has instituted Board Goal #3: Anywhere, Anytime
Learning. As students receive devices and participate in a
re-written curriculum (BOE Goal 2 E nsuring a guaranteed and
rigorous curriculum and common final exam ) teachers need to be
able to effectively leverage the educational potential these
devices offer students. Tech 1 exposes teachers to a wide variety
of common resources (web 2.0, collaborative, FOSS) which will help
them effectively select and develop educational experiences for
their students.
49. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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- 30 hours of PD for e-learning/online classroom
instruction.
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- Course content based on the iNACOL National Standards for
Quality Online Teaching
- http://dpi.wi.gov/imt/onlinevir.html
image source 50. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- Considerations Prior to Development
- Need Cabinet/BOE level support
- Required or optional training
- Credit / remuneration options
image source:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/64/191668056_20bbc7e89e_o.jpg 51.
Professional Development
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- What is the purpose / reason for your PD program?
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- Do current offerings support your online learning
initiative?
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- In what setting will participants receive instruction?
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- Where will your curriculum come from?
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- How will you define success from your PD program?
52. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- iNACOL: National Standards for Quality Online Courses
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- http://www.inacol.org/research/nationalstandards/
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- http://www.iste.org/standards.aspx
- iNACOL: PD for Virtual Schooling and Online Learning
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- http://www.inacol.org/docs/NACOL_PDforVSandOlnLrng.pdf
53. 54. Quality Assurance 55. Quality Assurance image source
This is not course rigor! 56. Quality Assurance
57. Quality Assurance
- Effective program evaluation
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- Comparison to traditional courses/subjects
58. PROMISING PRACTICES
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- Delivering an Engaging and Challenging Course.
Image Credit 59. PROMISING PRACTICES
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- Using the same course outlines, major assessments and courses
examinations as face-to-face courses.
Image Credit 60. PROMISING PRACTICES
- Provide studentsmultiple pathways to learn:
61. PROMISING PRACTICES
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- Proctoring major assessments and final exams.
Image Credit 62. PROMISING PRACTICES
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- Using live virtual sessions with software likeBlackboard
CollaborateorAbobe Connect .
Image Credit 63. PROMISING PRACTICES
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- Requiring students have interactivity with the teacher and
other students.
Image Credit 64. PROMISING PRACTICES
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- Requiring weekly, purposeful communication between the teacher
and individual students.
Image Credit 65. PROMISING PRACTICES
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- Adding oral exams at milestone points in the course to check
for understanding.
Image Credit 66. PROMISING PRACTICES
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- Challenging problems for accelerated (gifted) students.
Image Credit 67. PROMISING PRACTICES
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- Regular formative assessments, followed by periodic formal
evaluations by outside reviewers.
68. INTERACTION TRIANGLE Student Teacher Student Content
69. WHO CAN BE SUCCESSFUL?
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- Achievement and Self-Esteem
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- BeliefsResponsibility/Risk Taking
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- Technology Skills and Access
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- Organization and Self-Regulation
- Roblyer, M.D. and Marshall, J. (2002).Prediction success of
virtual high school students: Preliminary results from an
educational success prediction instrument.
70. COURSE TARGET AUDIENCES Excellent Students, A, B Average
Students, C Struggling Students Credit Recovery 71. INACOL
DEMOGRAPHICS STUDY www.glickconsulting.com 72. INACOL DEMOGRAPHICS
STUDY www.glickconsulting.com 73. Where do I start?
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- Administrator Academy Course in development.
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- Regional effort to help schools with digital learning
opportunities.
74. Today's Handouts