5. Today’s Entrees
¡ Who is eLearning & what models are they
using?
¡ What’s the difference between a quality
online course and online roadkill?
¡ How are schools blending instruction and
which models are being implemented?
6. Dessert Possibilities
¡ What processes and tools can I use to
evaluate courses in alignment with our
district goals?
¡ How do I take an online course for a
test drive and extract meaningful
feedback?
7. Required reading for
the revolution
¡ Disrupting Class
¡ Clayton Christensen & Michael Horn
¡ Classifying K-12 Blended Learning
¡ Heather Staker & Michael Horn
¡ California eLearning Framework
¡ CCSESA
8. California Learning
Resource Network
Your one-stop source for
Common Core or CA standards-
aligned electronic learning
resources
11. Free
Web Information
Links
• Reviews of 5,900 free and
commercial-free web sites
• Aligned to CCSS
• Free software and web tools
• iOS & Android Apps
• Primary, secondary, & reference
materials
16. Blended learning, V2
Blended learning is a formal education program in
which a student learns at least in part through
online delivery of content and instruction with
some element of student control over time, place,
path, and/or pace
and
at least in part at a supervised brick-and-mortar
location away from home.
17. Blended Learning
¡ Only 10% of students will join virtual
schools.
¡ Blended learning (blended/hybrid) will
dominate
¡ Four probable models
19. Rotation
¡ Students rotate on a fixed schedule
between learning online in a one-to-one,
self-paced environment and sitting in a
classroom with a traditional face-to-face
teacher.
21. Flex Model
¡ Students take all or a majority of their
courses online (at school) and on-site
teachers or paraprofessionals provide
support.
22. Self-blend
¡ Students chose to take one or more
courses entirely online (at home or at
school) to supplement their traditional
schedule.
23. Enriched Virtual
¡ Students divide their time between
attending a brick-and-mortar campus and
learning remotely using online delivery of
content and instruction
24. California eLearning
Census: Trending
Past the Tipping
Point
http://www.clrn.org/census/
Brian Bridges
Director, California Learning Resource Network
25. Census Motivation
¡ Collect accurate virtual and blended
learning populations
¡ Understand the blended models in use
¡ Discover the publishers in play
27. Question Set
¡ Do your students participate in online
learning?
¡ If not, are you discussing or planning to implement
online learning?
¡ Does your school operate an on-
campus virtual school?
28. Question Set
¡ What blended learning models are
being utilized?
¡ How many schools are participating?
¡ Students from which grade levels are
participating?
29. Census Questions
¡ How many students participating in
full-time virtual learning?
¡ How many students are participating
in blended learning?
¡ How many students learned online
during summer, 2011?
30. Census Questions
¡ From which companies are you
purchasing content?
¡ Which supplemental software, Internet
resources or open education resources
are involved?
32. Who is eLearning?
¡ California eLearning Census
¡ March 1, 2012 – May 1, 2012
¡ 1634 K-12 districts & direct-funded
charters
¡ Current results from 485 districts (30%)
38. Online and Blended Population
Actual Count Projected Count
¡ Virtual: 19,820 ¡ 210,000
¡ Blended: 86,257 ¡ 3.4% of the student
population
¡ Total: 106,077
42. Blended Model
Breakdown
Self-Blend 60%
Hybrid-Virtual 36%
31% of districts & charters
Rotation use more than one model
29%
Flex 17%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
45. Planning for eLearning
¡ Initial Research
¡ Using iNACOL’s tool
¡ Research or discussion stage
¡ Models Planned to Pilot or Implement
¡ Blended learning program
¡ Independent study
¡ Court Community Schools
47. The 90/10 Prediction
¡ Only 10% of students will learn full-time
at a virtual school
¡ Remaining 90% will learning online AT
school
¡ CA eLearning Census confirms their
prediction
54. How Administrators think online
learning addresses district
challenges.
Benefits 2007 2011
Eliminate costs associated with 14% 38%
textbooks
Keep kids engaged in school 34% 47%
Provide classes in “hard to staff” areas 18% 26%
Provide personalized instruction to 17% 27%
students
Offer academic remediation to students 23% 46%
55. Online Course Non-Consumers
¡ Orphan Courses ¡ College Credit
¡ AP anything
¡ World languages ¡ Summer School
¡ Independent ¡ Home School
Study
¡ Credit Recovery
56. Why do schools eLearn
and under which
conditions do things go
badly?
57. Keeping Pace Planning
What is the educational goal?
Who are the intended student groups?
What are the capabilities and desires of
your district?
60. Collect Data
Ñ Assess your technology
infrastructure
Ñ Determine your students’ and
teachers’ technology skills
Ñ Research the availability of quality,
standards-‐‑aligned resources
Ñ Determine teacher professional
development needed
61. Course Development
Ñ Course development PD
Ñ Research standards-‐‑based content
Ñ Designing infrastructure
Ñ Budgeting
62. Piloting
Ñ Piloting select content
Ñ Community outreach
Ñ Course quality check
Ñ Program evaluation
68. Online Courses
¡ 75 reviewed
¡ Accelerate, Aventa, Class.com (Cambium), Compass
Learning, e2020, K12.com, Odysseyware, Pearson, Plato,
Thesys
¡ In the Queue
¡ Advanced Academics, Apex, National University Virtual
High School
69. Analysis of the 1st 72
¡ 19 courses (26%) certified
¡ 11 courses (20%) only missing D10
¡ Most common problem
¡ Content standards alignment
¡ 20 courses (36%)< 80% content standards
¡ Range from 34% met to 78% met
73. Common Core State
Standards
or state content standards
Demonstrate, Practice, & Assess
Quantity, Depth and Degree
74. Not everything you read on
the Internet is true.
Or why all educational resources should
be vetted.
75. Virginia Textbook Scandal
¡ Our Virginia: Past and Present
¡ 4th grade history text
¡ Black soldiers fought for the South
¡ 6K died at the Battle of Bull Run
¡ Actually, 22K
¡ Hundreds of factual errors
¡ Virginiaʼ’s review committee did not include any
trained historians
88. Content
¡ Content depth and breadth
¡ Information literacy skills
¡ Learning resources and materials
¡ Communication process between teachers,
parents, and students
¡ Content accuracy and bias
89. Instructional Design
¡ Course design and organization
¡ Meaningful and authentic learning experiences
¡ Multiple learning paths for students to master the
content
¡ Higher-order thinking skills
¡ Instructor-student and student-student interactions;
and supplemental tools and resources.
90. Student Assessment
¡ Alignment between the course goals and
activities and its assessment strategies
¡ Insure that there are adequate and
appropriate methods to assess students
¡ Assure that students are constantly aware of
their progress.
97. Online Vs. f2f
¡ The Chronicle of Higher Education
¡ 51K students from 2004-2009
¡ 8% gap in completion (f2f/virtual)
¡ Online students more likely to drop-out
98. Structure & isolation
¡ Navigating online interfaces (students &
staff)
¡ Time management issues (students)
¡ Technical support needed
¡ Extensive training in online-teaching
methods (teachers)
99. Instructor Preparation
¡ E5: Professional development about the
online course delivery system is offered
by the provider to assure effective use of
the courseware and various
instructional media available.
100. Instructor Preparation
¡ E7: Teachers have been provided
professional development in the
behavioral, social, and when necessary,
emotional, aspects of the learning
environment.
101. Instructor Preparation
¡ E8: Instructor professional development
includes the support and use of a variety
of communication modes to stimulate
student engagement online.
102. Instructor Support
¡ E9: The provider assures that instructors
are provided support, as needed, to
ensure their effectiveness and success in
meeting the needs of online students.
105. Leading Edge
Certification
¡ CUE & Partners
¡ 45 hour course
¡ Based on iNACOLʼ’s Standards for
Quality Online Teachers
¡ Three units available
106. LEC Modules
¡ Online Learning: History & Concepts
¡ Pedagogy
¡ Building Community
¡ Online Accessibility
¡ Assessment and Evaluation
¡ Policies and Preparation
109. Feedback Questions:
Educator
¡ Would you recommend this course to others?
¡ To what extent does this online course meet your
overall expectations?
¡ To what extent does this course engage and
maintain student interest?
¡ To what extent did the online course generally
enable students to meet course objectives?
110. Feedback Questions:
Educator
¡ To what extent does the online course need to be
supplemented with face-to-face instruction and
student support?
¡ To what extent was ongoing and periodic student
performance assessment accessible online for you?
¡ Please list the major strengths or specific
improvements needed.
113. Feedback: Students
¡ Course procedures were clearly posted.
¡ Necessary information and materials received on time.
¡ Instructions were clear for all materials & activities.
¡ Assignment and test grades were provided in a timely
manner.
¡ Instructor feedback was timely and frequent.
¡ Students are offered an orientation
114. Feedback: Students
¡ Course was well organized.
¡ Activities supported course goals.
¡ Course provided opportunities for students to
learn from each other.
¡ There were frequent tests and quizzes that
reflected course content.
¡ Discussion groups were generally well organized.
¡ Course is appropriate for an online environment.
120. The Need for Multiple Filters
• CLRN
• Self-review of content and course standards
• Customer feedback
121. Have you taken the course
for a test drive?
¡ Would you buy a car sight unseen?
¡ Would you sit in the passenger seat?
¡ Then why rely solely on a provider demonstration?
123. Play as a student
¡ Participate in several units, spread
across the course
¡ Be a great student
¡ Be a struggling student
124. Be a teacher
¡ Access the LMS
¡ Can you add content / projects?
¡ Check for student progress
¡ Formative & summative assessments
125. Course Test Drive
¡ Is the course engaging?
¡ Does teach beyond Knowledge and
Comprehensive
¡ Text based vs. multi-media
126. Laying the foundation
for future high-quality
courses
You don’t enter the online revolution with
the courses you want.
You enter it with the courses you have.
128. What is not a great
online course
¡ Class 1: Read, self-assess, self-grade, take
multiple choice test, repeat
¡ Class 2: Watch lecture, complete
worksheets, take a multiple choice test,
repeat
¡ Moving a textbook online is not a
foundation for a great course.
131. High-quality course
¡ Stimulating lectures
¡ Writing
¡ Just-in-time reading
¡ Students create,
evaluate, and analyze.
¡ Active learning
¡ Variety of assessment
¡ Engaging activities that
types
go beyond knowledge
and comprehension
132. Make use of the
medium
¡ Rich media
¡ Lecture clips, video demonstrations and clips,
variety of multi-media, simulations,
¡ Ease of use
¡ LMS helps inform instruction. Students/teachers
always know where they are.
133. Make use of the
medium
¡ Multiple learning paths
¡ Teacher is informed of problems. Students are
provided alternative lessons.
¡ Engaging
¡ Active learning, online discussions, writing &
analyzing, authentic activities
135. CLRN OCR Expansion
¡ 2012-13
¡ World languages
¡ CCSS high school math course standards
¡ Next Generation science standards
¡ Planning for grades 6-8