Welcome to NDLW Webinars
Pre K-12: Integration of Virtual Education
Webinars & Audio Conference
Sponsored by:

Introduction-USDLA
Dr. John G. Flores
Chief Executive Officer
United States Distance Learning Association
Agenda
1. About USDLA Ms. Marci Powell
President, USDLA
2. Markets Info
Global Director for Higher Education, Polycom,
3. Polycom
Inc.
4. FLVS
5. Tandberg
Dr. Kenneth E. Hartman
6. VHS 2007 NDLW National Committee Chairman
7. Thank You Academic Director, Drexel University Online
Mr. Eric Nicklas
K-12 Program Manager
MOREnet
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Mission & Purpose
• Mission:
To support the development and application of distance
learning, education and training (DLE&T) by uniting learners
around the world.
• Purpose:
In 1987, the USDLA was founded on the premise of
creating a powerful alliance to meet the burgeoning
education and training needs of learning communities
globally.
• Learning, education and training communities include:
• Corporate Training - Pre K-12 - Higher Education
• Home Schooling - Continuing Education
• Military & Government Education & Training
• Telehealth – Multinationals
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How Big Is It?
• The global education and training market is
currently estimated at $2 trillion, out of which the
U.S.A has a share of $740 billion.
• Schools expect the number of online students to
grow to over 2.6 million.
• e-Learning is now estimated to represent about
10% of the overall training and educational market.
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Marci Powell
Polycom Global Director- Higher Education
USDLA President
marci.powell@polycom.com & mpowell@usdla.org

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Across the Nation
Connectivity and Courses
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Enhancing Curriculum
• Content Providers:
– Museums, science centers
• NCLB- Meet the objectives
– Colleges and universities
• Vanderbilt
• College 101
– Subject Matter Experts
– Special Events: Dr. Ben Carson, Jim Stovall
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Content Providers
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Global Economy
431 Human Resources Officials
– Basics PLUS Applied Skills
• Communication
• Problem Solving
• Team Work/Collaboration
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Kim Rugh
Instructional Leader
Florida Virtual School (FLVS)
1-407-644-9535 -- krugh@flvs.net
www.flvs.net

Introduction
There’s a wider, more level field for
teachers and students.
Three billion people who
have never been allowed
to compete and
collaborate before find
themselves suddenly
“liberated to plug and
play with everybody
else.”
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Markets & Size
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Trends & Issues
21st Century Skills
Curriculum
Assessment & Evaluation
FLVS
FLVS
Professional Development
Performance Management
Graphic courtesy of Ken Kay, Partnership for 21st Century Skills, www.21stcenturyskills.org
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Future
Future: Students prepared to live
and work in the 21st century
The flat world is driven by those who,
“adapt themselves quickly to its
processes and technologies, and start
to march forward—without any
treaties or advice.”
Thomas Friedman
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Jan Zanetis
Market Development Manager-Education and
Training,
TANDBERG, L.L.C.
1.615.822.3678 - jan.zanetis@tandberg.com
www.tandberg.com

Markets & Size
•Higher Education
•Corporate Training
•K-12
•Public/Private
•Non-traditional settings
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Trends & Issues
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Trends & Issues
•Connectivity and Bandwidth
•Equity
•Funding
•Professional Development
•Convergence
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Future
•Students as Content Creators and
Global Collaborators
•Desktop Applications
•3G…Mobile solutions
•Convergence…Synchronous with
Asynchronous
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Liz R. Pape
Chief Executive Officer
Virtual High School (VHS)
1.978.450.0411-- LPape@goVHS.org
www.goVHS.org

Introduction: About VHS
• A non profit global
consortium of over 400
high schools offering
innovative online
courses
• Currently in 12th year
of online course
delivery
• Originally funded by
the Federal DOE
through a 7.8M tech.
grant – five years of
research &
development
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National Markets & Size
• 63.1% of public school districts had students enrolled
in a fully online or blended course
• 57.9% of public school districts had students enrolled
in a fully online course
From: K-12 Online Learning, A Survey of U.S. School Administrators; Anthony G. Picciano, Hunter
College and Graduate Center of the City University of New York; Jeff Seaman, The Sloan
Consortium, Olin and Babson Colleges
• Growth of K-12 online course enrollments:
• 40-50K in 2000/2001 (Clark 2001)
• 180K in 2001/2002 (Peak Group, 2002)
• 300K in 2002/2003 (Newman, Stein and Trask, 2003)
• 700k in 2005/2006 (Piccciano, Seaman 2006)
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Markets & Size
• Growth
– 11,000 students
– Over 400 schools
– 312 courses and teachers
– 30 states and 23 countries
• Quality
– Courses
– Professional development
– Program and Services
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Course Quality Measures
• AP pass rates: 66%
• AP exam take rates:73%
• Course completion rates: 79%
• Credit recovery rate (summer):63%
• Satisfaction with VHS course quality:
– 92% superintendents
– 100% principals
– 98% Site Coordinators
• Course features, teacher satisfaction:
– 92%: engagement in course work
– 78%: collaborative learning
– 97%: 21st century skills development
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Professional Development Measures
• Professional development grad rate: 91%
• 1st-semester teacher success rate: 87%
• % of all teachers remaining with mentor: 5%
• Satisfied with VHS professional development
– 99% principals
• Applying VHS pedagogy to f2f teaching
– 79% teachers
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Program and Services
• Membership retention rates: 84%(07/08) 88%(3-yr
cumulative)
• Course seat utilization: 85%
• Satisfaction with electronic communications: email
– Teachers: 99%, SCs: 96%
• Website
– Teachers: 97%, SCs: 98%
• Newsletter/Annual Report
– Superintendents: 86%/68%
– Principals: 78%/79%
– Teachers: 79%/54%
– SCs: 84%/54%
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Trends & Issues
 Research on types of online experiences and preparation
of online teachers: Dr. Susan Lowes, Teachers College,
Columbia University
 Virtual courses
 Main interactions are one-on-one: teacher-student,
student-content
 Generally self-paced
 Virtual classrooms
 Main interactions are whole class: teacher-class,
student-student (usually in discussion forums), as
well as student-content
 All follow same weekly schedule
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Research Findings
 “Trans-classroom” teachers: teachers who move
back and forth between online and f2f classrooms,
much as trans-national migrants move between
countries
 Eliminated lessons that now seemed poorly designed
 Designed or redesigned lessons using backward
design principles
 Provided more detailed instructions
 Greater emphasis on class participation
 Greater emphasis on independent learning
 Changes in questioning techniques
 Greater emphasis on metacognition/reflection
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Future
• Growth
– 20-30 percent annual growth
• Quality
– Accreditation Improvement Plan:
• Increase course completion rates and student
achievement rates
• Increase feedback response rates
• Pilot Projects
– International Baccalaureate courses
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Thank You
 International Forum for Women in e-Learning (IFWE) III,
November 28-30, 2007 in Santa Fe, New Mexico,
Eldorado Hotel & Spa
http://www.usdla.org/html/events/ifwe/
 2008 USDLA Annual National Conference, April 20-23,
2007 in St. Louis, MO & Call for Proposals (Due
December 1, 2007):
http://www.txdla.org/usdlaCFP2008.asp
Website:
http://www.usdla.org/2008anc/USDLA2008_Home.htm
 2008 USDLA International Distance Learning Awards
(Due January 14, 2008)
http://www.usdla.org/html/events/dlAwards.htm
 Distance Learning Today (Quarterly Publication):
ADVERTISING CLOSE DATE: December 14, 2007
http://www.dltoday.net/
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