Presentation at CUE 2011 Teachers in our large rural division have created two Moodle sites that have increased student engagement. Teachers collaborate and students have access to high quality on-line courses on their Moodle site (24/7) in addition to classroom instruction.

1. “Clicks & Mortar” Schools Teachers use Moodle to Integrate On-line Courses

3. Your educational role

4. What brought you to this session

7. I see and I remember.

8. I do and I understand." (Confucius)We are asking the question: Does integration of on-line courses support student engagement?

9. Learning Theory

10. Our collaboration using Moodle is a two part story… Part A: The Teachers collaborate…

12. Teachers want to collaborate with other teachers in their discipline to bring better learning opportunities to students.

14. Gathered research on teaching strategies for improving student performance

15. Decided on a collaborative approach with all participating schools

17. Aligned Improvement The team of teachers, administrators, IT and central office working together… gives a much higher chance of success Lisa Miller Aligned Acts of Improvement Goals Student Achievement System Performance

19. Respectis needed for time and contributions of each and every member

20. Teachers need to have ownership of the activities of the community

21. An atmosphere of openness and acceptanceis necessary for all members

25. Use differentiated instruction to engage students in self-directed learning

26. Assessment for learning empowers students to be responsible for their learning

28. The Magic of Collaboration Our serendipitous process emerged: 1. We began with the general collaboration site where we posted tests and worked on common PD and teaching strategies. 2. Teachers built the ‘Master’ courses collaboratively on the Moodle site for student access. Common lessons, self checks, tests, and projects developed to to address assessment for learning. 3. Teachers developed individual course Moodle sites that link to the ‘Master’ course to “personalize” their courses.

29. Let’s take a look at the student site This is where our students access on-line materials, self checks and work collaboratively http://ecommunity.pwsd76.ab.ca/

31. Student Achievement

32. "All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem." (Martin Luther King Jr., 1926–1968.) PWSD staff and students talk about the blend of online and traditional approaches in the classroom. http://collaboration.pwsd76.ab.ca/mod/book/view.php?id=2778&chapterid=351

33. What do you think? Thanks for participatingtoday

34. Credits: Slide 1, 9, 18 http://www.clipartof.com/gallery/clipart/orange_man.html Slide 3 http://www.etsy.com/listing/19456793/curious-yellow-stained-glass-question Slide 4 http://www.spaceandmotion.com Slide 5 http://stephenslighthouse.com/2010/02/26/the-learning-pyramid Slide 6, 13 The Rose – Joan Coy joancoy@pwsd76.ab.ca Slide 10 adapted from http://www.metrotech.org/quality/overview.html Slides 7,12, 21 PWSD students & teachers FOIP clear Slide 9 Created by Joan Coy joancoy@pwsd76.ab.ca Slide 20 Photo by Joan Coy Slide 19 Adapted from PWSD student results