ONLINE LEARNING AS AN EDUCATIONAL LEADER

ONLINE LEARNING IN TODAY’S SCHOOLS

• POSITIVE IMPACT ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND GROWTH

• THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF ONLINE LEARNING

• HAVE POTENTIAL DRAWBACKS

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STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND GROWTH

• IN ONLINE COURSES IT GIVE THE TEACHER AND THE STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR ONE-ON-ONE COMMUNICATION AND ALLOWS FOR A MORE “MENTOR-MENTEE RELATIONSHIP” TO FOSTER (THOMSON, 2010). 

• SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES ALLOW STUDENTS TO GATHER A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND SHARE THEIR IDEAS WITH LOTS OF PEOPLE AT ONE TIME (DAINE, 2010).

TYPES OF ONLINE LEARNING

• WEB 2.0

• YOUTUBE:

• BRAIN POP JR.

• WEBSITE DESIGNED TO HELP KIDS LEARN

IN FUN AND INTERESTING NEW WAYS.

VIDEO-BASED LEARNING

• VIDEO-BASED LEARNING CAN HELP STUDENTS CONNECT WITH MATERIAL THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO OTHERWISE (GIANNAKOS, 2014).

SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES

• SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR TEACHERS TO USE TO HELP REACH  DEEPER AND MORE ENRICHED LEARNING THROUGH SHARING IDEAS AND BEING ABLE TO FEEL LIKE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION (DAINE, 2010).

POTENTIAL DRAWBACKS

• MATERIAL MAY NOT BE AT THE LEVEL OF THE LEARNER, EITHER TOO HIGH OR LOW FOR ANY TYPE OF BENEFIT TO BE SEEN (THOMSON, 2010).

• CAN LEAD TO THE STUDENT BEING BORED OR ANGRY

• ALSO COMMUNICATION CAN BE MISUNDERSTOOD IN THE ONLINE WORLD, EMOTION AND INTENT CANNOT BE SENT THROUGH TEXT (2010).

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DRAWBACKS

• MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSES ALSO CANNOT REPLACE THE FACE TO FACE TEACHING OF A TEACHER (BAGGALEY, 2014)

TODAY’S LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

• SUPPLEMENTING ONLINE LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM CAN HAVE A POSITIVE EFFECT ON THE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND GROWTH.

• THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF ONLINE LEARNING THAT A TEACHER CAN USE AND IMPLEMENT IN THEIR DAILY ROUTINE.

• IN TODAY’S CLASSROOM EDUCATORS NEED TO BEWARE OF THE POTENTIAL DRAWBACKS OF ONLINE AND BE READY TO HANDLE THE PROBLEMS AS THEY OCCUR.

REFERENCES

• BAGGALEY, J. (2014). ONLINE LEARNING: A NEW TESTAMENT. DISTANCE EDUCATION, 35(1), 133-140.

• DAINE, J. K. (2010). THE FUTURE OF SOCIAL NETWORKS AS VIRTUAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES: ADOPTING A "CULTURAL WEALTH CURRICULUM" FOR COLLABORATIVE LEARNING ONLINE. JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY & HISTORY OF EDUCATION, 60 175-177.

• GIANNAKOS, M. N., CHORIANOPOULOS, K., RONCHETTI, M., SZEGEDI, P., & TEASLEY, S. D. (2014). VIDEO-BASED LEARNING AND OPEN ONLINE COURSES. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN LEARNING, 9(1), 4-7, DOI:10.3991/IJET.V9I1.3354

• IVOCLAR VIVADENTUNITED STATES AND CANADA. (N.D.). RETRIEVED FEBRUARY 25, 2015, FROM HTTP://WWW.IVOCLARVIVADENT.US/EN-US/IVOCLAR-VIVADENT-ONLINE-LEARNING-CENTER/

• KURTZ, G. G., & SPONDER, B. S. (2010). SOTL IN ONLINE EDUCATION: STRATEGIES AND PRACTICES FOR USING NEW MEDIA FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING ONLINE. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP OF TEACHING & LEARNING, 4(1), 1-6.

• THOMSON, D. L. (2010). BEYOND THE CLASSROOM WALLS: TEACHERS’ AND STUDENTS’ PERSPECTIVES ON HOW ONLINE LEARNING CAN MEET NEEDS OF GIFTED STUDENTS. JOURNAL OF ADVANCED ACADEMICS, 21(4), 662-712.