dupage online meeting

DuPage Regional Office of Education

October 18, 2011

Administrator Academy about online learning taught online.

Regional initiative to assist school districts with online learning.

Determine action for online learning in the region. Share Resources Special Interest

Group Other

Review background data about online learning.

Formulate action plan, if appropriate.

Have discussion. Answer questions.

Cloud ComputingPersonal Devices

Open SourceIncreasingBandwidth Digital Content

•OER

•Online Courses

•Web 2.0

•Social Networking

FIVE TRENDS IN K12 EDUCATION

iNACOL – International Association for K-12 Online Learning

OER – Open Educational Resources (Free or inexpensive course content.)

Vail School District (AZ) reduced textbook costs from $53 per student to $9 per student with free digital resources.

http://www.sloanconsortium.org/

Legal Co-curricular for complete experience at

school. Address specific learning issues Prepare student for the future

AP Courses School to Work STEM Career 21st Century Learn online

In 2009, 5.6 million students enrolled

online, 21% Increase over previous year, yet

overall enrollment increased by 2%

In Higher Education

http://www.sloanconsortium.org/

Nearly 30% of all students in higher education taking

courses in fall 2009.

In Higher Education

http://www.sloanconsortium.org

• 2009, 2 million (est.) online class enrollments in K-12.

• Nearly 30% of all students in higher education took courses in fall 2009.

http://www.inacol.org

Source: http://www.kpk12.com

Source: http://www.kpk12.com

If rate of adoption follows the classic disruptive innovation model, by 2018, 50% of all high school courses will be online.

--Clayton M. Christensen

Students who need or want supplemental online courses have access to them without barriers of cost, scheduling, transferability of credit, etc.

Students who need or want a full-time online program have access to one or more without restrictions based on prior school setting, district permissions, caps, etc.

ONLINE LANDSCAPE

K12 Leaders

Content Providers

“Education Reformers”

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 their education 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 for evaluating the quality of content and instruction.9. Funding: Funding creates incentives for performance, options and innovation.10. Delivery: Infrastructure supports digital learning.

How does the opportunity fit with your thinking?

Public Act 96-0684 (HB 2448, 8/25/09) and modified PA 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

Prior law: GSA could only be claimed for virtual programs offered in a classroom or other traditional school setting.

Broad district discretion, provided the program and plan meet legislative criteria.

Adopted School Board Policy: Criteria for participation Limits on numbers of

students or grade levels Approval process for

participation Process to develop

student plans System for calculating

clock hours of attendance

Process for renewal

Student Remote Educational Plan: Specific achievement goals Assessments Progress reports Teacher/student interaction Designation of supervising adult Other family responsibilities Consistency with IEP Participating in district

programs Responsible district

administrator Term Specific location or locations for

delivery

Students remain enrolled in a school district attendance center, and are tested and included for all State/federal accountability determinations

Certified/Highly Qualified Teachers responsible for critical instructional activities

GSA claimable for any days up to limit of student’s GSA.

ISBE rules require documentation of active participation to claim GSA.

District policy and data must be submitted to ISBE.

Does your school district’s policy support online learning?If a system of shared resources is developed, what policy is needed to accept course completion?

Borrow (steal) it Buy it Build it yourself

Common Core NCAA approval Technical know

how

Delivering an Engaging and Challenging Course.

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Using the same course outlines, major assessments and courses examinations as face-to-face courses.

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Proctoring major assessments and final exams.

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Using live virtual sessions with software like Blackboard Collaborate or Abobe Connect.

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Requiring students have interactivity with the teacher and other students.

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Requiring weekly, purposeful communication between the teacher and individual students.

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Adding oral exams at milestone points in the course to check for understanding.

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Challenging problems for accelerated (gifted) students.

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Regular formative assessments, followed by periodic formal evaluations by outside reviewers.

INTERACTION TRIANGLE

Student

Teacher

StudentContent

•Essential Understandings•Course Goals•Student insights

Health

AstronomyConsumer Economics

Unit Cover Page

Internal Navigation

GraphicsVideo PodcastPreview UnitGoals

Consumer Economics Astronomy

Unit ToC ChecklistStudy GuideRecorded

SessionContentAssessment

sFor Further

Understanding

Colorful Text in Large Font

Attractive Graphics

Appropriate Citations

Audio & VideoContent

Consistent with Traditional Curriculum

How do these practices and views affect your view of online courses?

Achievement and Self-Esteem Beliefs – Students require a high degree of self-motivation, and [they] must perceive that their success depends on their own contributions, rather than those of the course or teacher.

Responsibility/Risk Taking – Students have to take the initiative [to] complete tasks, even when all the information may not be given and the correct way to proceed may not be clear.

Technology Skills and Access – Students in on-line courses not only must be skilled at using on-line resources but also should have better-than-average access to them.

Organization and Self-Regulation – Even more than other academic activities, on-line environments seem to require students to have excellent organization and study skills.

Roblyer, M.D. and Marshall, J. (2002). Prediction success of virtual high school students: Preliminary results from an educational success prediction instrument.

COURSE TARGET AUDIENCES

Excellent Students, “A”, “B”

Average Students, “C”

Struggling StudentsCredit Recovery

50 Students 6 weeks Median 97 National Percentile Rank in Math

Content selected that was aligned with district’scourse.Office Hours

in Wimba Classroom

No statistical significance in performance difference.

Statistical significance in performance difference at 0.05 level.

Statistical significance in performance difference at 0.05 level.

No statistical significance in performance difference.

Astronomy Consumer Economics English IV: 20th Century Literature English IV: AP Health U.S. History

DistrictWhite – 61%Black – 9%Hispanic – 7%Asian – 19%Multiracial – 4%

OnlineWhite – 77%Black -- 4%Hispanic – 8%Asian – 9%Multiracial – 3%

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Only take this course if you are self-motivated enough to do it. It’s not bad at all if you manage your time wisely and set goals for yourself to finish it on time. I wrote down all of the due dates in my assignment notebook so I could see when they were coming up to remind myself or else I knew that I would probably forget.

What do the results presented here tell you about how students can be successful online?

How can we work together to accelerate our learning and possible implementation of online learning in your district?

ELL Students High School

graduation gateway courses

Senior year courses (Blended models)

Where do you want to go from here?