1. How Can K20 Collaborations
Improve E-learning?
Stephanie Couch – California STEM Learning
Network
Gary Langer – Minnesota Learning Commons
Virginia Padilla Vigil – IDEAL-New Mexico

2. Fostering Success In STEM
Education…
WCET Conference November 2010-La Jolla, CA
Presenter: Stephanie Couch, Executive Director-
CSLNet

3. What is CSLNet?
A new, non profit entity supported by the Bill
and Melinda Gates Foundation, the S.D.
Bechtel, Jr. Foundation, Battelle Memorial
Institute, and many others to confront and
resolve California’s STEM challenge…

4. 5 regional hubs
10 STEM schools
26 K-8 STEM programs
12 Universities
300 partners
NGA
STATES
GATES
STATES
NETWORKED
STATES
Colorado
Hawaii
Minnesota
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Virginia
California
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Texas
Washington
Arizona
New Mexico
Tennessee
National STEM Network Landscape

5. National Network Map

6. Who are the Participants in CSLNet?
 Educators-Schools, Colleges & Universities
 Informal Educators-Science Museums,
Libraries, Media, etc.)
 Business & Industry
 Policy Makers
 Philanthropic Communities
 Students

7. CSLNet Goals
 Increase interest & competencies among K-12
California students in STEM disciplines
 Ensure all California students are college & career
ready upon graduation from high school without
the need for remediation, with a greater number
of students pursuing STEM-related degrees &
careers
 Build a network that connects existing assets &
develops new capacity to innovate, scale & sustain
effective teaching & learning

8. Design
Principle #1:
Building the
Network
Design
Principle #2:
Scaling &
Sustaining
What Works
Design
Principle #3:
Improving
College &
Career
Readiness
Design Principle #4: Equity & Access
We are building a network
(#1) to enable the scaling
and sustaining of innovative,
evidence based models of
STEM teaching and learning
(#2) in order to improve
college and career
readiness for all students in
California (#3).
Equity and access (#4) are the
fundamental underpinnings of
the work of CSLN.
CSLNet Design Principles
CSLNet Design Principles

9. CSLNet Structure
The network operates at the state, regional and
local levels to ensure all California students
have access to world-class STEM learning
opportunities that will enable their college and
career readiness and success.

10. CSLNet Network Model
Example Regional Alliance
Regional
Alliance
Lead
Organiz.
Formal
Educ.
Partner
In-formal
Educ.
Partner
Corp
Partner Philan.
Partner
Civic
Partner
CSLN Core
Ops Team
Other
Regional
Alliance Lead
Orgs
Other
Partners

11. CSLNet Network Model
Example Statewide Initiative
CSLNet Network Model – Example Statewide Initiative
CSLN Core
Ops Team
Regional
Alliance Lead
Organization
Regional SI
Partners
Statewide
Initiative
Lead
Statewide
SI
Partners
Statewide
Initiative
Regional
Lead

12. CSLNet Network Model
Example Statewide Initiative
CSLNet Network Model – Example Statewide Initiative
CSLN Core
Ops Team
Regional
Alliance Lead
Organization
Regional SI
Partners
Statewide
Initiative
Lead
Statewide
SI
Partners
Statewide
Initiative
Regional
Lead

13. CSLN
Core Ops
Team
Regional
Alliance
#3 Lead
Org
Regional
Alliance
#1 Lead
Org
Regional
Alliance
#2 Lead
Org
Statewide
Initiative
#2
Regional
Lead
Statewide
Initiative
#2
Regional
Lead
Corp
Partner
Civic
Partner
Local SI
Partner
Local SI
Partner
Local SI
Partner
Statewide
Initiative
#1
Regional
Lead
Statewide
Initiative
#1 Lead
Statewide
Initiative
#2 Lead
Formal
Ed
Partner
In-
formal
Ed
Partner
Corp
partner
Philan-
thropic
Partner
Civic
partner
State-
wide SI
Partner
Statewide
Initiative
#1
Regional
Lead
Formal
Ed
Partner
In-
formal
Ed
Partner
Civic
Partner
Formal
Ed
Partner
In-
formal
Ed
Partner
CSLNet Example Network Model

14. Thank You!
Stephanie Couch
Executive Director-CSLNet
scouch@cenic.org

15. www.ideal-nm.org 151515
New Mexico’s Statewide eLearning Service Center
Serving P20+ (PK-12, higher education and state agencies)
Virginia Padilla Vigil
Executive Director

16. IDEAL-NM
Innovative Digital Education and Learning in New Mexico
“I truly believe that we are at
a point where we must take
advantage of technology that
is currently available to our
schools.”
Governor’s Press Release
October 27, 2006

17. Cyber Academy Act
High School Redesign Act
High School Reform Bill
Technology for Education Act
Department of Information Technology Act
Distance Learning Rule
Dual Credit Rule
Charter & Home school Rules
We are the first state in the nation to
create a statewide eLearning system
that provides online learning from
Pre-K through college and into the
workforce for continuing education
and professional development.
Initiative was announced by Governor
Bill Richardson on October 27, 2006
and supported through legislation
State Policies Related to
IDEAL-NM

18. Mission
IDEAL-NM provides eLearning services to NM
PK-12 schools, colleges and universities, and
state agencies. We reduce geographic and
capacity barriers to educational opportunity
while increasing the digital literacy skills
students need to participate in a global
economy.
www.ideal-nm.org 18

19. IDEAL Components. . . .
• Statewide Virtual
School
• District/School LMS &
Shared Resources
• Professional
Development
PK-12
• Learning
Management System
• Help Desk Support
• eLearning
Clearinghouse
Higher
Education
• Agency online training
& professional
development
• Professional learning
communities
• Statewide
collaborative activities
Government
Agencies
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20. IDEAL-NM Is Designed To:
• Expand education opportunities, close achievement gaps, support college
and career goals, increase educational attainment and prepare students for
college, workforce and global competition.
• Reduce the cost of technology access to P-12 schools, colleges and
universities, and state agencies.
• Increase technology skills of youth and adult learners.
• Reduce the travel and personnel costs of state agency trainings and P-12
teacher professional development via online courses.
• Facilitate more cooperation between P-12 schools, higher education
institutions and state agencies.
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21. Small School Opportunity Gap
According to a Fall 2007 survey, some
small high schools can only afford to offer
less than 50 courses whereas large schools
can offer more than 200 courses. This
means that students from small schools
often do not have access to the courses
that enable their large-school peers to gain
the academic background needed to
perform favorably on college entrance and
other measures.
This “opportunity gap” is due to the
geographic isolation and lack of economies
of scale in New Mexico’s small schools.
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22. Accomplishments
• Ranked 3rd (Center for Digital Education)in the
nation for online learning policy and practice)
• Virtual School Pass Rate: 91% avg.
• 140+ eTeachers trained statewide
• 59 courses developed
• Dual credit pilot with Dona Ana Community
College (health & personal wellness)
• Over 400 seniors passed IDEAL-NM courses they
needed to graduate (Summer 09-Spring 10)
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23. Participation
• PK-12 Participation:
– Virtual School (over 4,000 enrollments): 71
districts, 22 charters, 2 BIE, 5 private, 3 JJS
– 40 district and 12 charter web portals
• Agency Participation: 17 web portals
• Higher Education: 9 institutions on board;
77,986 users; 25,850 courses
• Web Conferencing: 1,023 rooms, 2,006 users,
and 19,704 user sessions
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24. Options for PK-12
• Portal Development
– Learning management,
community, and content
systems.
– Full access to IDEAL-NM’s
growing catalog of courses.
– Full access to a multitude
of resources and tools
(software, web
conferencing, wikis, blogs)
– Training and technical
support (portal
development and course
design)
• Virtual School
– Highly qualified teachers
– Quality online courses
aligned with NM content
standards and
benchmarks/performance
standards and national
standards for quality online
courses
– High quality support
services for students,
parents and site
coordinators/learning
coaches
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25. Graduate New Mexico (GNM)
It’s everybody’s business!
• Expansion of IDEAL-NM
• Task force for schools
most in need of
improvement
• Office of Hispanic
education
• Achievement Gap
Summits
• Online cultural
competence training for
educators
• Annual report card
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“To sustain New Mexico’s growing
economy and workforce, all New Mexicans
must at the very least graduate from high
school. We must accept that in the 21st
Century, to secure a job that will support a
family and provide a decent quality of life,
a high school diploma is a must.”
—Governor Bill Richardson, August 5, 2009
IDEAL-NM will make online
courses available for up to
10,000 students that need to
make up credits to graduate.
Students can take courses
anywhere that there is Internet
access. Students register
through their local high school.
IDEAL-NM is partnering with
RECs, districts/schools,
community organizations and
other GNM partners to ensure
the success of GNM students.

26. Regionalizing IDEAL-NM
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27. Thank you!
Virginia Padilla Vigil
Executive Director
(505) 383-2405
virginias.padilla1@state.nm.us
www.ideal-nm.org
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28. How Can K20 Collaborations
Improve E-learning?
Stephanie Couch – California K-20 Education
Technology Collaborative
Gary Langer – Minnesota Learning Commons
Virginia Padilla Vigil – IDEAL-New Mexico

29. Building a Statewide
Commons
Minnesota Learning Commons
Strategic Partnerships &
Leveraging Resources
Gary Langer Executive Director

30. Minnesota Learning Commons
Commons: a tract of
land in a centrally
located spot,
belonging to or
used by a
community
as a whole.
For 21St Century Learning …..
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31. MnLC Mission
The mission of the Minnesota Learning
Commons is to provide access to effective
and efficient online learning provided by
Minnesota public education partners.
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32. MnLC Purpose
MnLC is a statewide organization of public
education systems established to
 expand online course offerings and services, and
 help students, teachers, education
administrators, college and school advisors,
parents and lifelong learners share and access
quality public education online programs, courses,
tools and resources anytime, anywhere.
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MnLC represents a framework for systems change
to accommodate Minnesota's increasing lifelong
learning and workforce development demands,
now and into the future.

33. Collaboration of …
Strategic Partnerships
Digital Campus
MinnesotaOnline
Online Learning Alliance
ISEEK
CareerOneStop
College Readiness
Mindquest
Learning Network of MN
GetSTEMMn
MN-STEM
Collaborations
MnLC
Internet 2

34. Drivers for Collaboration in the
Commons
 Soaring growth in online
learning
 Limited Resources
 Quality and ROI
 Competition
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35. Data
K12
Districts 339
Schools 2,303
Enrollment 835,934
Educators 50,000+
Approved Online Programs 24
Online Enrollment–
Comprehensive
7,726
Online Enrollment-
Supplemental
884
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Minnesota State Colleges and
Universities
Colleges and Universities 32
Enrollment – Credit & Non-Credit 390,000
Faculty 6,700+
Online Programs 352
Certificate 148
Associate Degree 112
Diploma 36
Baccalaureate Degree 16
Graduate Degree 36
Doctorate 4
Online Course Sections 8,448
Online Courses 4,500+
Online Enrollment Headcount 78,634
Online Enrollment FYE 15,640
University of Minnesota
Campuses 5
Enrollment – Credit 66,099
Faculty 4,088
Online Programs 16
Certificate 6
Baccalaureate Degree 7
Graduate Degree 4
Doctorate 5
Online Course Sections 1,200
Online Courses 743
Online Enrollment 19,543

36. MnLC Overall Goals
Goal One: Enhancing relationships among the
MnLC partners.
Goal Two: Delivering expanded access to online
programs and services which support the needs
of the Minnesota learner.
Goal Three: Establishing a sustainable
organization that increases access to public
Minnesota P-16 education.
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38. 5 major efforts for FY11
1. Deployment of MnCommons,
EQUELLA digital repository
2. Market NROC HippoCampus &
MERLOT statewide licenses
3. Continue Quality Matters training
4. Implement Year 1 of Blandin Grant
Knowledge Worker course
5. Institute GradUate MN – baccalaureate
degree completion campaign

39. Shared Resources
 eFolioMinnesota
 Libraries
 Pachyderm and Lodestar Authoring Software
 Statewide Memberships/Subscriptions
 NROC Network Membership
 MERLOT
 iTunes U
 Quality Matters
TM
 MnCommons/Equella
 Transfer
 u.Select
 Course Equivalency Builder
 GPS Lifeplan
 Online Support Center
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40. Researched Based Standards
for Quality
 Integration of quality
concepts are key to
online courses and
program development
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41. MnLC Success Pillars
 Practices for the 21st
Century Learner
 Knowledgeable and
Skilled Educators
 Effective Business,
Administrative and
Student Services
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42. Thanks!
Gary Langer
Executive Director
Minnesota Learning Commons
gary.langer@so.mnscu.edu

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