Personal Resilience in Project Management 2 - TV Edit 1a.pdf
Online Learning with the Montana Digital Academy @ Blackfoot ETC 2011
1. Montana Digital
Academy
Online Learning with Montana Digital Academy
Jason Neiffer, Curriculum Director
http://montanadigitalacademy.org
http://www.neiffer.com http://www.techsavvyteacher.com
Twitter: MontDigAcad Twitter: TechSavvyTeach
3. Today’s Session
• My agenda:
– Sorry… a lot of me talkin’
– MTDA 2010-2011
– MTDA 2011-2012
– MTDA Innovations
– MTDA Test Kitchens
– “Ideal” Online Student
4. Briefing
Statewide
Virtual School
Moodle and Exists/Serves
Other Learning Through Local
Environments Schools
Montana
Digital
State Standards
Academy “Original Credit”
and “Credit
Based
Recovery”
Certified
Teachers with
Association with
Montana Public
School District
5. Program Timeline
2009 2010 2011
• HB459 passed and funded • Additional hires: Curriculum • February: MTDA Connect
• Initial board named, chair Director, 76 teachers, credit recovery rolls out
and vice chair elected Instructional Manager • Summer: Full, two tiered
• Director hired • Initial Summer pilot program summer program
• Fall 2010: Full program • Fall: Expanded program
begins begins
6. Who are the partners?
Montana
School Boards
Association
Montana High School
School Administrators
Association of Montana
Board of
Public MEA-MFT
Education
Office of Montana Rural
Public Education
Instruction Association
Montana
University
System
11. MTDA 2010-11
Enrollment
Fall Spring Summer Total
Students Number 2751
of
unique
students
Enrollment 1951 2109 1470 5530
Teachers 67 76 28 76
Schools 137 165 122 165
12. Successes 2009-2011
• Successful recruitment of administrative and
program staff
• Rollout of two distinct programs: Original Credit
and Connect Credit Recovery
• Adoption of cutting edge tools to enhance online
learning
• Passage rates on par with other statewide
virtual schools
• Developed working relationships with 160
schools across the state of Montana
• Offered dual credit/dual enrollment courses
from three units of the MUS
14. Internal Improvement
Efforts
• Teacher training and professional development
• Partnerships and alliances in and out of Montana
• NCAA Non-Traditional Provider Eligibility
• Accreditation
• Quality control – teacher performance, course
quality
• Research and professional development by MTDA
leadership on evolving issues in online pedagogy:
– Open education resources
– Credit recovery
– Flexible time courses
– New technologies
– Mobile learning
17. MLS: Middle School
Multi-Language Sampler
Programs in Innovative,
Aimed at the
Seven-Week French, Spanish, Game-Based
Middle School
Program Latin, German PowerSpeak
Learner
and Mandarin Curriculum