Vln Elearning

“ Don’t limit a child to your own learning, for she was born in a different time”

Industrial to Informational “ In the industrial age we went to school… in the information age school comes to us”

What is the VLN? www.virtuallearning.school.nz

What is an online Learning Community? Why might schools form one?

Connecting Learners through Video Conferencing Student-Teacher face-to-face contact enables the distance to dissolve

Adobe Connect

NZ VC in Education – Key Stages
Early 1990s The Correspondence School begins trialling telecommunications technology
1994 – Cantatech – audiographics classes
2000 - KAWM
2001 – OtagoNet
2002 – initiation of Project Probe
2002 – establishment of VLN (within TCS)
2002 - MOE funding for VC bridge
2003 – eLearning schools clusters mushroom nationally
2004 – TCS drops VLN – picked up by MOE
2006 – expansion of VLN
2007 – further budget allocation for Cluster Leadership funding (VLN)

Common Characteristics of eLearning VC Clusters
Ad Hoc nature of development (grass roots)
Funding has come from sources that are not sustainable
Community Trusts
ICTPD
Collaborative Innovations Funding
EHSAS (Extending High Standards Across Schools)
Learning/Teaching model similar
Staffing – most follow contributed staffing model
Similar goals & issues
National support from the VLN

Common Goals & Outcomes
More choice & opportunity for senior students in subject selection
Student retention
Higher level of support than is possible through the Correspondence School
Teachers – able to teach in their areas of speciality
Increase confidence & capability in elearning
Increased collaboration between schools

Common Issues
Logistics of a shared timetable
Technical barriers (particularly in the earlier years)
High workload for eTeachers
Staffing
Need for onsite student support
Opportunities for face to face
Sustainability

Success Factors
Leadership
Vision
Cluster culture
Staffing
Support VEN Report on ELearning Communities

eLCLF
eLearning Cluster Leadership Funding
Birth of the ePrincipal!!!???
Mahi Tahi

What is, and who are, the ePrincipals?

Cluster Websites
Southern Regional Health School
OtagoNet
WELCom
Cantatech
Volcanics
TaraNet
CoroNet
AorakiNet
Cantatech
Baylink

Online Learning Environments Formal and informal discussion areas Spaces catering for different interests Tools for managing participation

Online Learning Environments Spaces catering for different interests Tools for managing participation http://moodle.minedu.govt.nz/taranet/

Digital Conversations

Teacher PD Opportunities

Common Issues
Logistics of a shared timetable
Technical barriers (particularly in the earlier years)
High workload for eTeachers
Staffing
Need for onsite student support
Opportunities for face to face
Sustainability

Looking to the Future
Opportunities provided by implementation of the New Curriculum
ICT strategic framework
Convergence
What will the VLN look like? – Self sustaining in terms of governance and finance?
Development of a National Education Network
National plan for specialist music tuition.
How will School + impact the education landscape?
Adult and Community Education opportunities
Satellite schooling provision [proposal in development for WestNet - in practice through Westmount]

Conclusion
Paradigm Shift – is this achievable for education?
Challenges
Infrastructural constraints.
Financial constraints
Time constraints
Competitive model promoted over collaborative model.
Teacher training

Acknowledgements
Thanks to the following people whose input and prior work formed part of this presentation:
Conor Bolton
Rachel Roberts
Derek Wenmoth
Eddie Reisch
Chris Allott McPhee
Learning Communities Online: A support handbook for cluster schools. Guidelines for schools developing or joining online learning communities. Provides a summary of the changing face of online learning for schools & overview of an elearning environment “The Barrel”. This is a draft document under consultation through the VLN website.
www.virtuallearning.school.nz

ICT Strategic Framework for Education - MOE Focus Work underway Connectivity: Improving access
Providing access to online resources across agencies (Education Sector Authentication and Authorisation (ESAA))
Scoping what would be needed for a National Education Network to support regional initiatives
Content: Sharing Resources
Making media-rich learning resources available online:
The Hive project
Learning Federation objects
Education Sector Federated Search
Developing a digital archive of resources for teaching, learning, research and administration (National Digital Heritage Archive).
Confidence & Capability: Increasing information literacy skills and competencies
ICT Professional Development Clusters
The Digital Technologies Framework (Year 11-13)
Multi Literacies and key competencies working group

Trends – Convergence (Derek Wenmoth)

Vln Elearning

by Rachel Roberts on May 24, 2009

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