learning commons presentation memo

Building a Statewide Commons

Minnesota Learning Commons

Strategic Partnerships & Leveraging Resources

October 2009

Introduction

Mary Mehsikomer

Network Coordinator

NW-LINKS/Region 1

(218) 284-3117

mary@region1.k12.mn.us

http://www.region1.k12.mn.us/NWLINKS

Minnesota Learning Commons

Commons: a tract of land in a centrally located spot, belonging to or used by a community as a whole.

http://www.mnlearningcommons.org

For 21St Century Learning …..

Collaboration of …

Strategic Partnerships

Digital CampusMinnesotaOnline

Online Learning AllianceISEEKCollege ReadinessInternet 2

MindquestLearning Network of MNGetSTEMMnMN-STEM

Collaborations

MnLC

The need results from…

Growth in online learning K12 and post-secondary

Value of education technology investments Limited state investments with budget crunch Competition among states and among nations

History 1996 Idea began 1997 Legislation creating Mn Virtual University - MnVU 1999 MnVU launched 2000 ISEEK/MnVU Joint Powers ISEEK and MnVU merge operations 2002-3 State Digital Learning Plan Study 2003 1st eLearning Summit 2004 MN Digital Learning Plan Report 2004 Learning Innovations Council created by ISEEK 2006-8 K-12 Online Learning Advisory Council 2008 K-12 Online Learning Advisory Report 2009 Mn Learning Commons (MnLC) created 2009 MnLC Business Plan

Source: Partnering in the Learning Marketplace by Duin, Baer and Starke-Meyering, 2001

MnLC Mission

The mission of the Minnesota Learning Commons is to provide access to effective and efficient online learning provided by

Minnesota public education partners.

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MnLC Purpose

P-16 Gateway to provide … Access to online courses & programs Digital resources and tools Teacher & staff training Online support for Students, Educators,

Parents and Citizens of Minnesota Joint development and sharing Best practices Group licensing

What will it do?

Promote and advocate Share and educate Develop and fund

Originally sponsored by the Learning Innovations Council that has funded unique projects like … Technology Literacy, Online College in the High School, Rural Health Care Module, Alcohol & Campus Life Course, Chinese ITV/Online, etc.

Developed by Jon Voss

Plan Goal One

Goal One: Enhancing relationships among the MnLC partners.

Outcomes: Increase coordination and communication of

online learning initiatives across the Minnesota P-16 community

Share a statewide digital repository Augment online support across systems for

information advising and communications Advance recognition of credit for prior learning

Plan Goal Two

Goal Two: Delivering expanded access to online programs and services which support the needs of the Minnesota learner.

Outcomes: Increase the number of courses, programs and

services available online Increase the number of open source digital

objects available to educators at no cost Increase public education enrollments, retention

and graduation Increase access to education for under-served

populations

Plan Goal ThreeGoal Three: Establishing a sustainable

organization that increases access to public Minnesota P-16 education.

Outcomes: Provide increased awareness of online learning Create policies and practices that facilitate seamless

online learning programs and services Support development of formal and informal

professional development and technical support opportunities for educators

Conduct ongoing dialogue with users through studies and analyze information and make recommendations for quality improvement

Facilitate a shared services approach to providing instructional technologies in a cost-savings manner

MINNESOTA LEARNING COMMONS

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ADVISORS

EDUCATORS

PARENTS

MnLC

ONLINE PROGRAMS & COURSES

TOOLS & RESOURCES

DIGITAL REPOSITOR

YSTUDENTS

UNIVERSITY OF

MINNESOTA

MINNESOTA STATE

COLLEGES AND

UNIVERSITIES

MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT

OF EDUCATION

PUBLIC EMPLOYEE

Training

Project LegacyProject Legacy

MNLC NING Site http://www.mnlearningcommons.ning.com

Access through the Digital Pipelines of the Digital Campus

iTunes U YouTube Research Channel Internet 2 Learning Platform Big 10 Network RSS feeds

The U of M & iTunes U

Resources

eFolioMinnesota Pachyderm LOREC – Learning Object Repository Education Consortium

Equella Hippocampus/NROC Transfer

u.Select Course Equivalency Builder

Libraries Online Support Center

Leverage Resources: eFolioMN

…each electronic portfolio (site) displays selected items & reflections based on the owner’s choices.

Items that you might select (often called artifacts or evidence of learning) can be…

Electronic Portfolio Contentwhat you post is what will others will see

Pachyderm Teacher Training Pilot Project

Pachyderm is an open source application that allows for the creation of web-based and multimedia learning experiences by educators with limited technical skills. Learning materials created with Pachyderm are optimized for web, CD-ROM or desktop delivery.

This project used resources from the Minnesota Digital Library's Minnesota Reflections database of more than 30,000 copies of the state's historical resources.

Resources

eFolioMinnesota Pachyderm LOREC – Learning Object Repository Education Consortium

Equella Hippocampus/NROC Transfer

u.Select Course Equivalency Builder

Libraries Online Support Center

FACULTY

FACULTY

USER GROUPS

Online Digital Exchange

Learning Content Creation

USER GROUPS

Decide To Share

USER GROUPS

New Course

Creation

Class Usage

USER GROUPS

What does a LOR do?

Class

• Stores Digital Learning Content• Indexes and Organizes Content for Searching• Shares Content with other Authorized Users• Standards Compliant to ensure objects can be

exported to other Repositories and Learning Systems.

USER GROUPS

Create For Class

USER GROUPS

Create To Share

USER GROUPS

Learning Mgmt System

Learning Object Repository (LOR)

Equella

EQUELLA provides a variety of search and discovery options:

• Basic keyword searching• Content type searching• Metadata field searching• Institution defined hierarchical browsing• Federated searching across external repositories, the

internet and libraries

Leverage Resources: Equella

HippoCampus for NROC Network Members

http://www.hippocampus.org/myHippo/?user=myMNLC

Interactive ExerciseDocuments

NewsreelDocumentary Video

Text

Graphics

www.hippocampus.org - History - WWII - Japanese

Contextualized Learning Objects

Leverage Resources: NROC & lodeStar

eLearning authoring tool – a wizard that allows instructors to quickly add• presentations • timelines • puzzles• games• webquests• slideshows• animations• other interactive content to learning systems.

Resources

eFolioMinnesota Pachyderm LOREC – Learning Object Repository Education Consortium

Equella Hippocampus/NROC Transfer

u.Select Course Equivalency Builder

Libraries Online Support Center

Leverage Resources:u.select (CAS)

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Resources

eFolioMinnesota Pachyderm LOREC – Learning Object Repository Education Consortium

Equella Hippocampus/NROC Transfer

u.Select Course Equivalency Builder

Libraries Online Support Center

MINNESOTADIGITAL LIBRARY

Leverage Resources: Online Library Services

Resources

eFolioMinnesota Pachyderm LOREC – Learning Object Repository Education Consortium

Equella Hippocampus/NROC Transfer

u.Select Course Equivalency Builder

Libraries Online Support Center

Leverage ResourcesOnline Support Center Services

Quality Emphasis Integration of quality

concepts are key to online courses and program development

Questions?

Karen Johnson kmjohnson@projectsocrates.orgMary Mehsikomer mary@region1.k12.mn.usGary Langer gary.langer@so.mnscu.edu Billie Wahlstrom billie@umn.edu