Providing Quality eLearning Services to New Mexico Our mission is to reduce geographic and capacity barriers to educational opportunity while increasing the digital literacy skills students and adult learners need to participate in a global economy.

Who we serve• P-12 Schools/Districts and regional

education cooperatives• Higher Education Institutions• State Agencies

GoalsMajor strides have been taken to address the following program goals:

• Expand education opportunities, close achievement gaps, support college and career goals and prepare students for global competition

• Reduce the cost of technology access to P-12 schools, higher education institutions, and state agencies

• Reduce the travel and personnel costs of state agency trainings and P-12 teacher professional development via online courses

• Increase technology application skills of New Mexico youth and adult learners.

• Facilitate more cooperation between P-12 schools, higher education institutions and state agencies playing an integral support role to educators and learners throughout New Mexico.

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To accomplish these objectives, IDEAL-NM provides eLearning services for P-20+ learners in the following ways:

• IDEAL-NM is NM’s eLearning Service Center• Statewide Virtual School (Cyber Academy)• Statewide Learning Management System

(Infrastructure)• Repository of online courses (grades 6-12) and

other instructional resources• Web Conferencing System (P-12 and state

agencies)• Higher Education Clearinghouse

New Mexico’s eLearning Service Center:

IDEAL-NM provides – training, technical assistance and help desk support to P-

12 schools and other P-12 entities, higher education institutions, and state government agencies in the deployment and management of their portals.

– IDEAL-NM provides the following trainings:• portal administration• course design• online teacher training

Statewide Virtual School/Cyber Academy

• Virtual School– >3,500 course

completions to date– 89% Pass Rate– Highly qualified teachers– Quality online courses

aligned with NM content standards and benchmarks/performance standards and national standards for quality online courses

– High quality support services for students, parents and site coordinators/learning coaches

• THE SCHOOL:– Enrolls students ($200* per

enrollment)– Designates site

coordinator/learning coach– Provides space and technology for

online students– Supports and monitors students– Transcripts final grade

• IDEAL-NM– Provides a highly qualified teacher

and course content– Provides support to school site

coordinators/learning coaches– Academic watch to ensure student

success– Submits final grades to site

coordinators• Participation:

– 72 districts, 2 BIE, 26 charters, 5 private and 2 JJS

Statewide Learning Management System

– IDEAL-NM provides a single, statewide eLearning Management System that is available for use by all colleges, universities, school districts, charter schools and state agencies.

Participation:• 12 IHEs• 62 K-12• 42 State Agencies

Higher EducationTo Date User Base:

IHE UsersNMJC 6236WNMU 16205ENMU 10421ENMUR 10799ENMUU 3389NMMI 2381NMHU 15698NMT 4638NNMC 768CCC 6732LCC 2124Total 79391

Spring Snapshot User Base:

USER COUNT FOR SPRING 2011 (Unique User Log-ins after 1/23/11)IHE Course Sections Unique User Log-ins*NMJC 397 1890ENMU 3068 7757NMHU 709 2857LCC 67 589NMMI 171 637NMT 28 228WNMU 2423 2314CCC 175 1731NNMC 116 768IAIA 177 444Dine 43 1787SIPI Just beginning to use their portalTotals 7374 21002

*Total unique user log-ins (active only). Those users that have not logged in yet or course has not yet started are not reflected in these counts.

State AgenciesEntity Users Courses

Adult Basic Education 217 26Aging and Long Term Services 256 1Board of Nursing 27 3Center for Development and Disability 301 7Center for the Education and Study of Diverse Populations 56 11CYFD 2109 17Department of Game and Fish 5 0DOH 43 9DOH Education and Training 1096 7Dyslexia 221 1Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Dept. 10 3Enlace 26 1ENV 6 3Human Services Department 1954 24Institute of Professional Development Online 4 5K3 Plus 390 0Motor Vehicle Department 352 3New Mexico College Access Network 4 1New Mexico Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing 5 1New Mexico Department of Transportation 70 4New Mexico Leadership Institute 2 0

New Mexico Mounted Patrol 0 0New Mexico State Library 24 0NM Association of School Business Officials 4 2NM Coalition of School Administrators 2 0NM Dep't of Corrections 0 0NM Fire Training Academy 4 2NM Museum of Natural History and Science 1 0NMDWS 59 10NMHED 20 6NMRETA 106 18OFBCI 34 7Playas Training and Research Facility 91 0Public Education Department 527 11Regulation and Licensing Department 23 20Risk Management Division 6 6Rural Education Bureau 2 1SRCA 114 5State Personnel Office 60 1State Purchasing 24 26Taxation and Revenue Department 1093 5TeachNM 52 0

Totals 9400 247

P-12Entity users courses

Alamogordo Public Schools 5 2Animas Municipal Schools 94 27Aztec Municipal Schools 2 0Capitan Public Schools 466 81Carrizozo Public Schools 71 170Central Consolidated Schools 22 129Chama Valley Schools 5 0Cimarron Municipal Schools 431 103Clayton Municipal Schools 169 19Cloudcroft Public Schools 80 29Corona Public Schools 51 15Deming Municipal Schools 14 17Des Moines 7 3Dexter Consolidated Schools 14 7Espanola Public Schools 7 1Gadsden City Schools 8 3Grants Cibola County Schools 15 2Hagerman School District 5 0Hatch Municipal Schools 262 8Hobbs Municipal Schools 1 0Hondo Valley Public Schools 10 6Jemez Mountain Schools 2 0Jemez Valley Public Schools 132 2

Las Cruces Public Schools 25,318 65Las Vegas School District 0 0Lordsburg Municipal Schools 150 9Los Lunas Public Schools 0 0Loving Municipal Schools 197 16Lovington Public Schools 1 0Maxwell Public Schools 205 94Mosquero Municipal Schools 30 13Pecos Independent Schools 4 3Portales High School 390 26Quemado Independent Schools 2 7Raton Public Schools 85 6Reserve Municipal Schools 2 1Roy Municipal Schools 39 31Ruidoso Public Schools 600 47San Jon 4 1

Socorro Municipal Schools 5 0Springer Municipal Schools 12 6T or C Municipal Schools 563 23Taos Municipal Schools 0 15Tularosa Public Schools 566 16Vaughn Municipal Schools 0 0Zuni Public Schools 16 2REC 10 27 4REC 3 195 12REC 4 3 3REC 9 134 15NM School for the Blind and Visually Impaired 1 0Ace Leadership High School 100 8Alma d'Arte Charter High School 2 0Amy Biehl Charter High School 3 0Bataan Military Academy 29 7CEPI Charter School 108 10Cottonwood Classical Prep Charter School 121 9Gordon Bernell Charter High School 2 12Master's Program 150 68Media Arts Consolidated Charter School 326 87NMMESA 4 0Nuestro Valores Charter School 8 0Robert F. Kennedy Charter High School 205 24Sena Charter High School 318 180Taos Academy Charter School 1 9

31799 1453

Repository of online coursesIDEAL-NM has developed 59 quality, online, and standards-based courses for grades 6-12 and other educational resources. The repository is continually expanding by IDEAL-NM and partners contributing to the repository.

Science Math Social StudiesAstronomy Math Refresher Economics*Biology Pre-Algebra New Mexico History*Chemistry Algebra 1 U.S. Government*Earth Science (6th grade) Algebra 2 U. S. History & GeographyEnvironmental Science Geometry World History & GeographyGeology Pre-Calculus Introduction to Cell Biology Fractal Math*Life Science (7th grade) Consumer MathNanoscience* Trigonometry*Physical Science Physics Physics (Honors)

Fine Arts & Electives Language Arts LanguagesACT/SAT Preparation* English 1 (Freshman) French 1Art Appreciation English 2 (Sophomore) French 2Career Exploration* Honors English 2 (Sophomore) Spanish 1Computer Fundamentals English 3 (Junior) Spanish 2Creative Art English 4 (Senior) Spanish 3Digital Photography Creative Writing*Entrepreneurship* Grammar & Composition* Financial Literacy* Language Arts (8th grade)Fitness Fundamentals* Language Arts (7th grade) Advanced PlacementGeneral Business* AP Environmental ScienceHealth & Personal Wellness* AP CalculusMedia Literacy* AP US History & GeographyPsychology AP US Government & PoliticsDriver Education* AP Biology

Web Conferencing System (P-12 and state agencies)

2008 2009% increase

Spring 2010

% increase

Fall 2010

% increase

Spring 2011

% increase

Users 90 481 434% 2006 317% 2309 15% 2,524 9.31%

Rooms 1023 1147 12% 1,213 5.75%

Sessions 950 3,911 312% 19704 404% 29,141 48% 34,377 17.97%

Higher Education Clearinghouse

Higher Education Online Learning Clearinghouse

• Collaboration of NM’s colleges and universities that provides:– The ability to search a catalog of online courses – A schedule of online courses– Links to colleges and universities providing these online

courses– Information for college students about getting started in

eLearning, answers to FAQs, and a list of programs offered online

• Updates are made to the clearinghouse by the colleges and universities

Issues IDEAL-NM faces• Insufficient funding to

support LMS Contract• Questionable program

sustainability• Reliance on temporary

funding models• Need for partnerships• Increasing demand P-

20

Wimba meetings are on the rise

Increasing Cyber Academy enrollments

Increased interest for professional development

Decreased budget and personnel reductions

Lack of funding to support LMS

Staffing

Pre-ARRA ARRA (start of year) ARRA (end of year) Post-ArraExecutive Director Executive Director Executive Director Executive DirectorChief Academic Officer Chief Academic Officer Vacant Chief Academic Officer Student Services Coordinator Student Services Coordinator (3) Student Services Coordinator (1) Administrative Assistant Administrative Assistant (2) Administrative Assistant 1) Business Manager Business Manager Vacant Business Manager Technology Specialist (3) Technology Specialist (6) Technology Specialist (3) Technology Director Technology Director Technology Director Project Manager Project Manager Project Manager (Position Elimated) Curriculum & Instruction Director Curriculum & Instruction Director Course Development Director Course Development Director (vacant)

eTeachers (4) eTeachers (3) Total 10 FTE Total 18 FTE Total 11FTE Total 1 FTE

FY08

PED HED Totals

$670,000 $6,900,000 $7,570,000

FY 09

PED HED Totals

$1,620,000 $1,500,000 $3,120,000

FY 10

PED HED Totals

$994,400 $930,300 $1,924,700

FY 11

PED HED ARRA Totals

$685,100 $689,800 $3,069,999 $4,444,899

Budget FY 08-11

Project Close Out Disposition

Special Appropriations•$6.7 Million spent

Blackboard Contract•Expires on 5/15/11•$970k annually

•853,900 (hosting)•100,000 (ICM)•15,000 (Training)

•Up for negotiation or cancellation

Blackboard Invoices•FY11 Hosting ($853k)

partially unpaid•FY11 ICM ($100k)

unpaid•FY11 Course Material

license ($7k) unpaid

Statewide vs. Individual

School Individual contracts with Blackboard

Cost Sharing (Statewide contract)

Difference

Clovis Community College $ 227,900 $ 130,000 $ 97,900 Dine $ 165,400 $ 130,000 $ 35,400 Eastern New Mexico University (all campuses) $ 227,900 $ 130,000 $ 97,900 IAIA $ 165,400 $ 130,000 $ 35,400 Luna Community College $ 176,700 $ 130,000 $ 46,700 New Mexico Highlands University $ 227,900 $ 130,000 $ 97,900 New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology $ 176,700 $ 130,000 $ 46,700 New Mexico Junior College $ 190,800 $ 130,000 $ 60,800 New Mexico Military Institute $ 165,400 $ 130,000 $ 35,400 Northern New Mexico College $ 227,900 $ 130,000 $ 97,900 Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute $ 176,700 $ 130,000 $ 46,700 Western New Mexico University $ 190,800 $ 130,000 $ 60,800 IDEAL-NM $ 385,000* $ 130,000 $ 255,000

TOTALS $ 2,415,500 $ 1,690,000 $ 725,500

Statewide Contract vs. Individual Contracts with BlackboardThe following table is a comparison of the statewide contract for the fourth year ($1.6M) with the cost sharing (each of the 11 institutions and IDEAL-NM paying an equal percentage of the contract) vs. the cost for each institution and collectively if the contract were broken up into independent contracts.