What Can Online Learning do for you and your students?

What can Online Learning
do for you and your
students?
Rob Darrow, Ed.D.
President, Online Learning Visions;
Lifelong Educator
October 10, 2016
Today’s Presentation:
CHIEF INNOVATION
OFFICERS
MUST LEAD AND
DRIVE INNOVATION
WHILE MANAGING
COMPLEX CHANGE.
CHIEF INNOVATION
OFFICERS MUST
CONNECT TEACHING
& LEARNING WITH
TECHNOLOGY.

Online Learning Overview. Rob Darrow. Oct. 2016.
- Nelson Mandela

Technology positively impacts relationships

Technology positively
impacts relationships

Presentation Input
 Via WebEx Polling:
 Can you hear audio?
 Can you see the screen?
 Via WebEx Chat. (Test it: What city are
you in?)
 Today’s Meet:
https://todaysmeet.com/EIAOnlineLear
ning
 One question you have about online
learning
 All information also found on my wiki:
http://robdarrow.wikispaces.com

Download Now
 Decision Chart for Online Learning
 Word:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B13i47xb
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 Google Doc:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1m1e
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Introductions - Canvas
 Discussion Board responses:
What are some reasons you
would like to implement online
learning in your school or
district? (If you are already
implementing online learning,
describe what you are doing and
tell us how it going?)

Facilitator
Question 1
What do you mean by
“effective” online learning?

Some Background

B.C. Cartoon: Define “Learn”

Doing things right or
doing the right thing?
“If we teach today’s students as
we taught yesterday’s we rob
them of tomorrow.”
 John Dewey. ”Schools of Tomorrow”,
1915.

Or....
“If we teach the way we were
taught or the way colleges
taught us to teach, we are
robbing ourselves of the
opportunities to teach with
the tools of
the present and future.”
 Rob Darrow. Paraphrase of John Dewey.

Student Digital Devices (Pew Internet Surveys)
Millennials
(18-34)
Gen X
(35-46)
Younger
Boomers
(47-56)
Older
Boomers
(57-65)
Silent
Generation
(66-74)
G.I.
Generation
(75+)
All online
adults
(18+)
Cell phone 96% 94% 87% 84% 77% 52% 88%
Desktop
computer 55% 67% 62% 61% 48% 29% 57%
Laptop
computer 70% 63% 58% 49% 32% 14% 56%
iPod or MP3
player 69% 57% 36% 24% 10% 5% 44%
Game
console 63% 63% 38% 19% 8% 3% 42%
e-Book
reader 19% 25% 18% 12% 9% 5% 19%
Tablet, like
iPad 23% 23% 16% 14% 8% 3% 19%

Tipping Points
 K-12 Online Learning
 Every school (K – College) utilizing
technology and digital resources for
teaching and learning
(Common Core Assessments facilitating this)
 Ultimate goal: College and career ready
students and 100% graduation rate

Remember: Teaching and Learning
 What is the student
doing and where is the
student?
 What is the teacher
doing and where is
the teacher?
 What and where is the
content?

Rotation Flex Self-Blend Enriched Virtual
• Station rotation
• Lab rotation
• Flipped Classroom
• Individual rotation
Online platform with
F2F support and fluid
schedules
Students attend
physical school &
take 1 or more
courses online
Students learn
sometimes at a
physical school,
other times remotely
Traditional to Blended to Online Learning
More Traditional --------------- Blended Learning ---------------– More Online
Horn & Staker, 2012

From Textbook to Online Teaching
Online
Teaching
Textbook
Enhanced
Teaching
Technology
Enhanced
Teaching
Web / Online
Enhanced
Teaching

We are pretty clear
Face-to-Face Teaching
 Students in classroom
 Teacher in classroom
 Interaction face-to-face,
mostly verbal, some
visual
 Fixed schedule of
classes to attend
 Prescribed curriculum
based on standards /
use of textbooks
 Curriculum in print
Online Teaching
 Students online
 Teacher online (minimal
face-to-face interaction)
 Interaction online video
conferencing, email –
more visual, less verbal
 Flexible schedule for
work completion
 Prescribed curriculum
based on standards /
text
 Curriculum online

Is online learning for everyone?
Is face-to-face instruction for
everyone?
Does our current system of K-12
education work for everyone?

Effective Online Learning is
NOT:
 A “correspondence course” on a
computer with no interaction with a
teacher
 Where all instruction and assessment
is done via computer (programmed
instruction, e.g. Khan Academy)

Effective Online Learning is:
 A teacher teaching each course (the Florida
Virtual School model, not the independent
study school model)
 Interactive and dynamic interactions and
discussions online
 Utilizing the best online tools for delivering
instruction
 Personalizing learning for students
 A teacher is involved weekly interacting with
students.

Effective Online Learning is:
 The teacher and student primarily interact online
 Students can be at home, at school or any place with an
Internet connection
 Instruction takes place primarily online with online
tools.
 The content or curriculum along with online grading,
discussion boards and other tools are usually housed
in a course management system (e.g. Canvas,
Blackboard, Moodle, etc.) that is password protected.
 The teacher and the student meet together periodically
online through tools such as WebEx or may meet in
person. High tech and high touch.
 In K-12 schools, one class online or all classes online.

Facilitator
Question 2
Is there any research
regarding online learning –
how do we know it results in
student achievement?

What about the research?

Research Perspective:
Can’t study it if it doesn’t exist
 1990 – World Wide Web is born
 1994 – First K-12 online schools (Florida
Virtual School, The Virtual High School)
 2001 – First K-12 online schools report
 2004 – First report about “blended learning” –
college
 K-12 Online Learning: About 20 years old
 K-12 Blended Learning: About 15 years old

Side trip: 26 Years Ago – 1990
What were you doing and
what was happening then?
Post in Today’s Meet:
https://todaysmeet.com/EIAOnlineLearning

26 Years Ago – 1990
What was I doing?
 Teaching 5th Grade
 Apple 2e with floppy disks
 No Common Core Standards
 No California standards
 No Internet
 No cell phones or handheld devices
 High tech was an overhead, a movie
projector and a phone in my classroom

In 1990
Personal computers:
15 years old
Tim Berners-Lee invents
World Wide Web
First graphical web interface, Mosaic, was
invented (now we have Chrome, Safari,
Firefox, Internet Explorer, etc.)

What does the research say?
“on average, students in online
learning conditions performed
modestly better than those
receiving face-to-face
instruction…”
Means et al. 2010. Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online
Learning: A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies.
https://www2.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/tech/evidence-based-
practices/finalreport.pdf

Research Teaches Us:
 If you do the same thing in the same
way, you get the same results
 Same lessons = same result

Implementing online learning
(or any innovation)
takes time

Rogers: Adopter Categories
Innovators – Early Adopters – Early Majority – Late Majority - Laggards

In every study…
(Rogers, 2003)
 Role of “change agent” or champion
 Common adoption characteristics from
innovator to laggard
 Common way innovation reaches
“critical mass” or “tipping point”
 Common communication methods that
influence earlier adoption
 Gradual adoption over time

Quick Poll
 What is Online Learning?
 A. An online programmed learning system
where students learn on their own
 B. Online tools used in face-to-face
classrooms
 C. Online courses facilitated by teachers to
better personalize learning for students
 D. Putting lesson plans and recorded videos
on the web
 E. All of the above

Facilitator
Question 3
What are the important things
to think about when
implementing online
learning?

Successful Online Learning
involves Six Elements
 Leadership
 Professional Learning /
Professional Development
 Teaching/Instructional Practice
 Operations / Admin Systems/Policy
 Content
 Technology / Infrastructure

Online Learning Program
Planning Chart
 Fill it out for your district or school now
 Especially the “leadership” sections (If
you already have an online learning
program in place, how is it going? How
did you address these issues?)

Facilitator
Question 4
What are the political and
technical challenges in
implementing online learning?

What political or technical
challenges do you have?

Political and Technical
Challenges
 Financing and sustainability
 Online learning is NOT going to make money
for your school district
 Teaching online is NOT the same as
teaching face-to-face
 Build your own content or pay a vendor?
 Marketing online courses to students,
teachers, counselors and parents
 Pay attention to technology network /
infrastructure

Pitfalls – Planning
 Not having a 3-5 year implementation
plan
 Not including all staff (especially
teachers and counselors) in creating the
implementation plan
 Not identifying success measures as
part of the implementation plan
 Not having an ongoing implementation
advisory committee

Pitfalls –
Teachers
Not paying attention to teachers,
teaching, and pedagogy (and only
focusing on content selection)
Not identifying ongoing
professional learning and support
for administrators and teachers

Pitfalls –
Students
Not having support structures in
place for students
 F2F at the beginning
 How to work online
 Ongoing “triggers” if students are
not being successful

Dan Pink.
A Whole New
Mind
“change is inevitable, and
when it happens, the
wisest response is not to
wail or whine but to suck it
up and deal with it.”

You are the Innovators!
So, No Excuses!

At-Risk Kids / Graduation Rates
 70% of students graduate from high
school throughout the U.S.
 80% of students graduate from high
school in California
 If you’re African-American or Latino
male, 50% graduation rate
If we are ok with that,
then don’t do anything.

No Excuses !
 To not have adequate bandwidth or
access to Internet for students in your
schools
 Need policies and money
 If you don’t like the policies, change them
 If you don’t have the money, write a grant or
find the money
 Empower a network of believers

No Excuses !
 For teachers to not use
technology and the Internet to
teach with
 Create Professional Learning
opportunities in your schools
and districts; Empower
people
 Bottom up … and top down
 You have the power!

No Excuses !
 To not learn on your own – as
administrators or instructors
 Free professional learning all over the
place!
 Share what you are doing…
 Via blog
 Via wiki
 Via Twitter
 Via Facebook
 Via YouTube

Free Professional Learning
 Weekly Tweet chats (Twitter)
 Free webinars
 Free MOOCs and Online Conferences
 ASCD: http://www.ascd.org/professional-
development/webinars.aspx
 iNACOL:
http://www.inacol.org/events/webinars/
 EdCamps / MeetUps / Hackathons
 Future of Education Interviews -
http://www.futureofeducation.com/

Free Professional Learning
 Blogs / online journals
 http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/09/how-to-
fuel-the-innovation-engine-in-learning/
 Edutopia: http://www.edutopia.org/
 Faculty Focus, Higher Ed Teaching
Strategies: http://www.facultyfocus.com/
 Via Email: ASCD Smart Brief, EdTech:
 http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/fHmbBYpbkskkoIjwfDc
XdUfCigOl
 iNACOL’s Plugged In:
 http://www.inacol.org/news/plugged-in/

Free Professional Learning!
 Connected Educator Month – October!
- http://www.connectededucators.org/
 4TVirtual Conference (Free from U of Michigan
School of Ed – or do one of your own!)
 http://www.4tvirtualcon.com/
 K-12 Online Conference – Call for Proposals
open.
 http://k12onlineconference.org/
 Future Ready Schools -
http://futureready.org/summits/

Online Learning Resources
 CUE Organization: www.cue.org
 iNACOL - www.inacol.org
 Pew Internet Research -
http://www.pewinternet.org/topics/teens-and-
technology/
 Project Tomorrow: Student Speak Up -
http://www.tomorrow.org/SpeakUp/
 Horizon Report
http://www.nmc.org/horizon-project/horizon-
reports/horizon-report-k-12-edition
 World Future Society - http://www.wfs.org/

As we consider providing more engaged
learning for our students via online and blended
learning …remember that…
“The only thing harder than
starting something new –
is stopping something old”
- Russell Ackoff - Redesigning Society

Whip Around:
One thought, comment, key point shared by
everyone in the room.

Contact Information
Rob@onlinelearningvisions.com
www.onlinelearningvisions.com
Rob’s Wiki: http://robdarrow.wikispaces.com

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