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What Can Online Learning do for you and your students?
1. 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.
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Presentation Input
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Today’s Meet:
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ning
One question you have about online
learning
All information also found on my wiki:
http://robdarrow.wikispaces.com
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Decision Chart for Online Learning
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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?)
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Facilitator
Question 1
What do you mean by
“effective” online learning?
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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.
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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.
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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
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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?
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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
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From Textbook to Online Teaching
Online
Teaching
Textbook
Enhanced
Teaching
Technology
Enhanced
Teaching
Web / Online
Enhanced
Teaching
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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
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Is online learning for everyone?
Is face-to-face instruction for
everyone?
Does our current system of K-12
education work for everyone?
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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)
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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.
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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.
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Facilitator
Question 2
Is there any research
regarding online learning –
how do we know it results in
student achievement?
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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
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Side trip: 26 Years Ago – 1990
What were you doing and
what was happening then?
Post in Today’s Meet:
https://todaysmeet.com/EIAOnlineLearning
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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
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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.)
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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
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Research Teaches Us:
If you do the same thing in the same
way, you get the same results
Same lessons = same result
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Implementing online learning
(or any innovation)
takes time
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Rogers: Adopter Categories
Innovators – Early Adopters – Early Majority – Late Majority - Laggards
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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
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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
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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
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Facilitator
Question 3
What are the important things
to think about when
implementing online
learning?
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Successful Online Learning
involves Six Elements
Leadership
Professional Learning /
Professional Development
Teaching/Instructional Practice
Operations / Admin Systems/Policy
Content
Technology / Infrastructure
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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?)
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Facilitator
Question 4
What are the political and
technical challenges in
implementing online learning?
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What political or technical
challenges do you have?
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.”
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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.
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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
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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!
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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
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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/
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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/
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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
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Whip Around:
One thought, comment, key point shared by
everyone in the room.
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Contact Information
Rob@onlinelearningvisions.com
www.onlinelearningvisions.com
Rob’s Wiki: http://robdarrow.wikispaces.com