Adoption Success Stories:How to Grow the Use of Technology in Your School Board

Kenneth Chapman, Jim Reschke, Rob Dunlop

Session Overview• Scope of the Account

• The 5 Pillars of Adoption

• Provincial Successes

• DSBN Success Stories and Lessons Learned

• Questions

Session Objectives

• Describe the relationship between the province and D2L

• Discuss the five pillars of adoption and demonstrate their effectiveness with school board examples

• Apply our understanding of adoption strategies to one specific school board: District School Board of Niagara

TELO AATO

12 School Boards:

100,000 learners

60 School Boards: 1.9

Million Learners

TELO: Snapshot

Goals:

• to provide equity of access to Ontario’s 2.1 million learners

• provide a scalable and integrated learning platform

• further develop best in class pedagogy and curriculum

The Ministry Contract

Learning Environment ePortfolio LOR

• 24x7x365 support• SIS integration• GAFE integration, O365 integration• Custom widgets (My Courses In Other

Boards widget)• Custom Login Logic (permits

elementary students to land in a 'homeroom' instead of an org home page)

A Phased Roll OutYear(s) Priority Highlights2006-2010 eLearning Shared course model for equity

of access for learners across the province

2011+ Blended Learning High School Elementary

2013+ Digital Portfolios (ePortfolio)

K-67-12*eP mobile app

2015+ Professional Learning -PD training for all School Board stakeholders

5 Pillars of Adoption

A goal and the plan to get you

there

An integrated learning solution

The right team and leadership Innovation

Professional learning

Planning for Success

Provincial Successes An integrated learning solution:Many school boards used their Brightspace LE to create a centralized “hub” of learning, which helps to drive traffic while keeping things simple.

Provincial Successes Professional learning

• School boards have developed scalable training models, that involve training mentor teachers at each school who then train their staffs.

• Schools have also moved their Professional Development training into the vLE.

Provincial Successes

Innovation

The Creating Pathways to Success policy requires students in K-6 to document their learning in a portfolio. Many school boards have decided to use ePortfolio, which is already provided and connects with the vLE.

District School Board of Niagara

DSBN Overview• 2700 Teachers• 38000 Students • Around 115 schools

• Mainly used for blended (more secondary, but elementary is catching up!)

• 23 eLearning sections per year

• Integrations and aligning the vLE tools with curriculum initiatives (Health and Safety, Science and Tech Courses) has increased adoption