Presentation from the Techcon 2010 conference

1. @IPSD What Schools should know about online learning Curriculum, Technology, Administration Jeffrey L. Hunt, Ed.D. Director, E-Learning Indian Prairie School District 204 jeff_hunt@ipsd.org Online wiki: ilearnonline.wikispaces.com Today’s presentation: www.slideshare.net/jeff_hunt IPSD’s Online Program www.tinyurl.com/ipsd-online

2. Online Types @IPSD Blended (Hybrid) – mix of traditional and online. Fully online – all interaction is through the Internet.

3. Why? @IPSD Creating opportunities for small and rural school districts that cannot offer courses. Allowing student to blend high school and post-secondary learning options. Helping students recover credits in an alternative learning environment. Providing individualized instruction and unique learning options.

4. Why do we create opportunities for students? Legal Co-curricular for complete experience at school. Prepare student for the future AP Courses School to Work STEM Career Learn online @IPSD

5. Trends on on-line Learning @IPSD Michigan requires one on-line class for graduation. Beginning 2010 in Alabama, one on-line class required for graduation.

6. Trends in on-line learning @IPSD 2009, 2 million (est.) on-line class enrollments in K-12. K-12 on-line growing at 30% per year http://www.nacol.org

7. State Virtual Schools 08-09 @IPSD Source: http://vss2009.wikispaces.com/welcome

8. Trends in On-Line Learning @IPSD In Higher Education In 2008, 4.6 million students enrolled on-line, 17% Increase over previous year, yet overall enrollment increased by 1.2% http://www.sloanconsortium.org/node/907

9. Trends in On-line Learning @IPSD In Higher Education Over 25% of all students in higher education taking courses in fall 2008. http://www.sloanconsortium.org/node/907

10. Estimate of Adoption @IPSD If rate of adoption follows the classic disruptive innovation model, by 2018, 50% of all high school courses will be online. --Clayton M. Christensen

11. S Curve of Disruption @IPSD % New

12. Is Online Disruptive? @IPSD Diagram © Clayton Christensen

14. Curriculum/Course Design

15. Instruction

16. Assessment

17. Faculty Support

18. Student Support

19. Evaluation

21. Course Quality Requiring students have interactivity with the teacher and other students. Requiring weekly, purposeful communication between the teacher and individual students. Adding oral exams at milestone points in the course to check for understanding. Challenging problems for accelerated (gifted) students. @IPSD

22. Open Educational Resources OER Commons NROC – National Repository of Online Courses Civil War @IPSD

24. Responsible Parent

25. Program Administrator

26. Term of Participation

27. Location of Participation

28. CertificationGoals Assessments Progress Reports Expectations, processes, and schedules Family Responsibilities IEP Requirements

29. Remote Education Plan Rules For the purposes of determining average daily attendance for General State Aid under Section 10-29 of the School Code [105 ILCS 5/10-29], a school district operating a remote educational program shall document, and make available to the State Superintendent of Education or his designee upon request, a written or online record of instructional time for each student enrolled in the program that provides sufficient evidence of the student’s active participation in the program (e.g., log in and log off process, electronic monitoring, adult supervision, two-way interaction between teacher and student, video cam). @IPSD

30. NCAA Approval Core courses For Division I and Division II athletic prospects Make sure course provider has NCAA approval. Develop district to align with approved NCAA course. Give course its own course number. Apply for approval. August 1, 2010 new rules for non-traditional courses @IPSD

31. New NCAA Rules The instructor and the student have ongoing access to one another and regular interaction with one another for purposes of teaching, evaluating and providing assistance to the student throughout the duration of the course; The student's work (for example, exams, papers, assignments) is available for review and validation; and A defined time for completion of the course is identified by the high school or secondary school program @IPSD

32. Content Licensing Copyright Public Performance Change of format Budget for licensing. Supersize Me @IPSD

33. Learning Management System @IPSD Centralize and automate administration Use self-service and self-guided services. Assemble and deliver learning content rapidly. Consolidate training initiatives on a scalable web-based platform. Support portability and standards. Personalize content and enable knowledge reuse.

34. Teacher Technology @IPSD

35. Research & Evaluation @IPSD What are we learning about our students? What are they telling us?

36. Who can be successful? @IPSD Achievement and Self-Esteem Beliefs – Students require a high degree of self-motivation, and [they] must perceive that their success depends on their own contributions, rather than those of the course or teacher. Responsibility/Risk Taking – Students have to take the initiative [to] complete tasks, even when all the information may not be given and the correct way to proceed may not be clear. Technology Skills and Access – Students in on-line courses not only must be skilled at using on-line resources but also should have better-than-average access to them. Organization and Self-Regulation – Even more than other academic activities, on-line environments seem to require students to have excellent organization and study skills. Roblyerand Marshall (2002). Prediction success of virtual high school students: Preliminary results from an educational success prediction instrument.

37. IPSD Demographics @IPSD

38. IPSD Demographics @IPSD

39. IPSD Demographics @IPSD

40. IPSD Demographics @IPSD

41. Survey Questions – Spring 2010 @IPSD

42. Survey questions – Spring 2010 @IPSD

43. Survey Questions – Spring 2010 @IPSD

44. Survey Questions – Spring 2010 @IPSD

45. Survey Questions – Fall 2010 @IPSD

46. Student Advice @IPSD Only take this course if you are self-motivated enough to do it. It’s not bad at all if you manage your time wisely and set goals for yourself to finish it on time. I wrote down all of the due dates in my assignment notebook so I could see when they were coming up to remind myself or else I knew that I would probably forget.

47. Applying Online Learning to your world @IPSD This will be part of our students’ futures in higher education, business, or military. Let’s prepare for our students their future opportunities.

48. Summary @IPSD Online education will be in students’ futures. Set your direction Review your program frequently. Enjoy the opportunity.