Online Learning:The Future of Education

Technology and Distance Learning SymposiumHacienda La Puente Adult EducationFebruary 25, 2011

John FleischmanMarian ThacherOutreach and Technical Assistance NetworkSacramento County Office of Education

Electronic media and communication tools are

a ubiquitous part of everyday life

New Frontier Reality 1

Home Media Ecology - 1975

Product Route to home Display Local storage

TV station phone TV cassette broadcast TV radio broadcast radio stereo vinyl album

news mail

advertising newspaper delivery phone paper

radio station non-electronic

Home Media Ecology - Today

Product Route to home Display Local storage

broadcast TV cable TV VCRcable TV telephone radio DVDsatellite TV wi-fi PC PC hard driveradio station wireless WAN iPod Flash mediasatellite radio broadcast radio cell phone CD ROMwebsite satellite pager MP3blog iPod smart phone game consolewiki newspapers game console Web storageadvertising digital camera digital camerastreaming video portable game digital video

ebook DVR

New Frontier Reality 2

The Internet and WWW is at the center of the

revolution

As of August, 2010, 66% of Americans have broadband, up from 55% in May, 2008

78% of Adults in the U.S. access the Internet

Broadband Adoption

New Wi-Fi Approved by FCC

Wi-Max – Long Range Wi-Fi

Recently installed at Kings County Office of Ed

12 mile range for wireless broadband

E-Rate Program Modernized

School Spots: Net access to local communities

Learning On-the-Go: Pilot program for mobile device connectivity

New Frontier Reality 3

Mobile devices allow us to enjoy media and carry

on communication anywhere

82% of American adults own a cell phone or smart phone

Mobile Devices

Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project 9/2/10

Mobile Cell Phones and More…

Cell Phone Karma.mov

More than 15 million iPads sold in 9 months

New generation of Android tablets now being released

Mobile Internet Devices

India previews $35 Linux tablet for education

Mobile Internet Devices

Mobile Internet Devices

Two Long Beach schools teaching algebra with iPads

Fuse: Algebra 1

New Frontier Reality 4

Everyone can now be a publisher, movie maker, artist, song creator, or

story teller

19% of Internet users say they user Twitter or another service to share updates about themselves

Social Networking

33% of Internet users say they read blogs on a typical day

12% of Internet users say they create or work on their own online journal or blog

Social Networking

40% of American adult Internet users have a profile on an online social network site

Social Networking

We’re Living in a Web 2.0 World

Source: Newsweek, 7/26/10

The clueless, teacher-dependent pupil

The Industrial Age Education Model

The net-savvy, well-connected, teacher-independent end-user

The Information Age Education Model

“Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st Century” S.J. Perelman

Information Age Education Model

So where are we now, and where are we heading with distance learning?

Over 5.6 million (1 in 4) higher ed students taking at least one online course in fall 2010

21% growth rate

Distance Learning Higher Education

Source: Sloan Survey of Online Learning, 2010

Students enrolled in online course in 2007-08 is 1,030,000, a 47% increase from 2005-06

National leaders: Florida, Washington, Texas

Distance Learning in K-12

Source: Sloan Consortium, 2009

Primarily provided by charter schools and via independent study

Effort underway to establish criteria for reviewing online courses

Legislative reform – AB 802

Distance Learning in CA K-12

Distance Learning in Adult Education

Project IDEAL

Over four years of experimentation with distance education for GED students, Ohio has tripled enrollments, increased achievement, and reduced the cost of delivery from $738 to $293 per ABE/GED student.

DL Effectiveness - Ohio

Source: Project IDEAL, www.projectideal.org/distance_in_action/action_1.html

In the beginning….

Distance Learning in CA Adult Ed

1993, CA Legislature passed EC 52522 Authorizes the SPI to approve adult school plans

to approve up to 5 percent of their block entitlement on innovative and alternative instructional delivery

The program effectively started in 1995

CA Education Code 52522

In June 2001, LAUSD requests a waiver of the 5% cap. SBE grants a waiver for LA for up to 7%

July 1, 2008, OTAN assumes Leadership Project responsibility for distance learning

On September 30, 2008 Governor Schwarzenegger signs AB 1163 authorizing up to 15%

The Program Expands….

Where are we now?

2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-090

10,000

20,000

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40,000

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Program Years

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Growing… or Shrinking?

Data as of 2/21/11

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60 6372 72

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Innovation Programs Applications

Data from CA Tech Plans

ESL Beg Lit-eracy

ESL Beg ESL Int Low ESL Int High ESL Adv Low ESL Adv High0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

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60%

70%

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31%

47% 50%

61% 65%

76%

33%

66%75%

80%86% 85%

Internet Access at Home - ESL StudentsN=3,648

2006-07

2009-10

Comparing ESL average reading gains for regular, distance, and blended learners

DL Effectiveness - California

Source: CASAS 2009

ESL distance learners completion rates contrasted with ESL regular learners

DL Effectiveness - California

Source: CASAS 2009

Distance Learning 2010

CASAS WIA II Program Survey, 2010: DRAFT- For Discussion Only

19. Does your agency use distance learning options?

2008-09N=260

2009-10N=251

YES 45.4% 42.9%

NO 54.6% 57.1%

20. If you are NOT using Distance Learning, indicate barriers that your agency faces to implementing DL (Same as in 2008-09)

1. Availability of technology to student at home

2. Staffing

3. Cost

Program 2009-10N=181

Stand-Alone Supplemental Both % Supplemental

or both

ABE 3.4% 7.7% 7.7% 15.4%

ASE 7.6% 10.3% 15.8% 26.1%

ESL 9.0% 10.5% 27.0% 37.5%

EL Civics 1.6% 3.8% 8.8% 12.6%

26. For each of the WIA II programs for which you offer distance learning, indicate if it is a stand alone alternative, a supplement to the classroom, or both.

CASAS WIA II Program Survey, 2010: DRAFT- For Discussion Only

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Distance Learning 2010

F2F vs. Blended vs. Distance

% Online Definition Description

0% Traditional No online content

1 – 29% Web Facilitated F2F course with some Web content or activities

30 – 79% Blended Substantial portion of instruction is online

80% + Online Most or all content is delivered onlineSource: Allen and Seaman

F2F vs. Blended vs. Distance

NRS Definition – 50% of learning at a distance Classroom questionnaire from CASAS

Is course blended? What percent is at a distance, as defined by

the program Hope to collect data on different models

Planning to make recommendations on how to track

Leila Rosemberg piloting Algebra I online

Hippocampus pilot program Blended model –

classroom/lab/independent 25 students participating Math Web sites, tomorrow at

10:45

Culver City, ASE

http://www.hippocampus.org/Algebra%20IA

The distance learning experience has been very beneficial for my students in both ways, the math learning process, and the technology independence it gave them.

Online tutorials for ABE Online content for all courses,

including auto body Creating 21st Century Hybrid Courses

- 3pm in Rm 13◦ Breaking philosophical barriers◦ Getting staff buy-in◦ Technology options◦ Online pedagogy

Sacramento – ABE and CTE

Major effort to move courses online◦ Medical Keyboarding◦ Medical Admin Assistant◦ Medical Transcription◦ Medical Coding◦ Medical Terminology

Using many features of Moodle – quizzes, file uploads, forums, chat, etc.

So far, 15 units of ADA! Also working on a blended ABE course

this Spring

Vista – CTE/Medical

Have their own Moodle server Most active courses are Medical

Terminology and Office Assistant Moving towards managed

enrollment, and then will be using more with basic skills and ESL

Steven Ewert using Facebook for GED students

Moodle.fas.edu

Fresno - CTE, GED

Torrance - ESL

Ryan de la Vega – piloting USA Learns second course Moodle

Video Checkout is handled as blended learning for ESL students

Using FB to communicate with students and community

Blended Advanced ESL Class Some students need more

challenges than classroom can provide

Students have continued on the site from other states and countries

Many lessons learned about what works

Vallejo, ESL

Moved ESL to online instruction last summer

Prepared students in the spring

Online courses over the summer Some challenges

No students willing to try it at first The following year, many more students were interested Worked with F2F classes until students were comfortable Required a minimum of computer

experience Next year…??

Salinas, ESL

Into the Future – An Online World

The National Commission on Adult Literacy calls on Congress to transform adult education to serve 20 million adults annually by the year 2020. To accomplish the goal, nine Action Steps are recommended.

Reach Higher, AMERICA

www.nationalcommissiononadultliteracy.org/report.html

Reach Higher, AMERICA

Action Step 4

4. Increasing the Use of Instructional Technologies

“Strong national leadership must be provided to develop and deploy technology-assisted learning, including the creation of a national Web portal for adult learners.”

www.nationalcommissiononadultliteracy.org/report.html

Language and Literacy SkillsRequired for Independent Online Learning

Executive Summary

“Learners at even the lowest levels of literacy and language proficiency can engage with online learning content. Moreover, all reports indicate that they are eager to do so an that they benefit in important ways, such as self-confidence, self-directedness, and independence.”

Source: National Institute for Literacy – Fall, 2008

“As a top priority, the federal government should establish a national web portal… in order to significantly expand access to learning.”

The Power of Technology to Transform Adult Learning

www.caalusa.org/POWER_OF_TECH.pdf

Adult EducationNational Leadership Activities “…$6 million for the

development of a comprehensive tech infrastructure for adult education”

FY 2012 Budget RequestCareer, Technical & Adult Ed

www2.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/budget12/.../edlite-section2c.html

Interactive Learning Resources - 1997

English For All - 1999

Adult Learning Activities - 2003

English For All - 2005

U.S.A. Learns - 2008

Over 300 courses 10% are active and

have students enrolled Course site available to

any adult ed teacher, with orientatin

CALPRO and CASAS doing professional development w/Moodle

OTAN Moodle Site - 2011

Professional development• Online Teaching Academy• Webinars• Technology and DL Symposium

Online course development• Sharable courses• Support for course creation• Online course repository

Evaluation

OTAN Distance Learning Initiatives

OTAN Spring Webinar Schedule

So You Want to Teach Online – March 7 DL Open Forum – March 10 Digital Technologies & Adult Literacy: What do we know,

what are we learning? – March 16 Orienting Students to Online Learning – March 17 Creating a High Quality Online Course – March 21 Using Quizzes in Moodle – March 24 Using Moodle to Create a Course – April 5

Register at www.CAAdultEdTraining.org

“Managing uncertainty, adaptation, innovation and influence are the defining elements of a 21st century education.”

Arne DuncanU.S. Secretary of Education

At the 2010 Foothill College Commencement