Sponsors:

2. Sponsors:

3. Agenda: • National landscape of K12 online learning • Key trends and implications • Key issues to consider when starting an online program • Questions and discussion Please ask questions or comment at any time using Q & A.

8. Numbers: full-time online schools • Available in 27 states and Washington DC • Estimated 200,000 full-time online students • 15 - 20% annual increase

11. Numbers: state virtual schools • 450,000 course enrollments in state virtual schools • 40% annual increase • But two schools account for nearly all the increase

12. District online programs • Number unknown • About 50% of districts with some type of online program

13. School district online learning Level of activity not well known but varies by state Often involves: Creating online options for the first time Moving from one student segment to broader student populations Blended or hybrid instead of fully online Credit recovery appears to be a leading driver

15. District online learning progression

17. Key trends Small % of districts offering comprehensive online options—likely no more than 10%—but number is increasing fast Decision-makers are sometimes school-based but moving towards district-wide decisions Key factors are cost, competition, and addressing gaps in opportunities

18. Key emerging issues • Blended learning • Competency-based learning • Policy: alternatives to seat-time funding • Mobile learning

19. Key emerging issues • Blended learning • Competency-based learning • Mobile learning

21. Blended Learning: The Convergence of Online and Face-to-Face…the “Best of Both Worlds” • “Blended learning should be approached as not only a temporal construct, but rather as a fundamental redesign of the instructional model with the following characteristics: • -A shift from lecture- to student-centered instruction where students become interactive learners (this shift should apply to entire course, including face-to-face sessions); • -Increases in interaction between student-instructor, student-student, student-content, and student-outside resources; and • -Integrated formative and summative assessment mechanisms for student and instructor.” - Educause, Blended Learning (2004)

22. Blended/Hybrid Learning • “Combining face-to-face with fully online components optimizes both environments in ways impossible in other formats” -Educause Research Bulletin, 2004 • Digital content/curriculum, LMS, online assessments, data system, AI, simulations • Shift in instructional model and PD/training Self-direction, high engagement, (Less direct student support needed) Struggling student, low-engagement, (More direct student support needed)

23. Trends in K-12 Education: Next Generation Models ofOnline and BlendedLearning • Buffet: F2F & Online Courses • Emporium: F2F place with blended/hybrid approaches to learning Hybrid/ Blended Programs • Online course and/or • Online content • Online instruction • LMS/Technology Blended Courses

24. Online and Blended Course DefinitionsAllen & Seaman, 2007

25. How Students Learn

28. Source: Project Tomorrow

29. Key ongoing issues • Funding • Quality • Access

30. Starting or Growing Your Online Program Goals and Design Teachers and Instruction Students Administration and Evaluation

31. Goals and Design Targeted student populations? Full-time or supplemental? Fully online or blended? Cohort-based or open enrollment? How will success be measured?

32. Teachers and Instruction What is the role of the teacher - coach, facilitator, instructor? Recruiting and hiring Preparation to teach online – iNACOL Standards for Quality Online Teaching Ongoing professional development - mentoring and more

33. Students Student recruitment and guidance • Student support • Enrollment support (SIS integration) • Orientation • Technical support • Academic support Special Education

34. Administration and Evaluation Leadership Budgeting District policy supporting online learning Program evaluation and data collection

36. Implications from Keeping Pace with K-12 Online LearningWhat to Do: Advocacy

37. Advocacy • Action Item: “Events” • Legislative Informational Hearings • Example: New Jersey Legislative Meeting/Hearing • Informational meetings and hearings • Agenda: • National Overview • Disrupting Class Summary: Disruptive Innovation in Education & Online Learning • Students’ Perspectives of Online & Blended Learning • Online Teaching: Teachers’ Perspectives • Q&A

38. Advocacy • Outreach Events • State Policy and Community Meetings • Examples: Colorado Blended Learning Summit, Georgia Policy Day • Type: State Policy advocacy and outreach • Day Agenda: • Online Learning Imperative – National Keynote • National Overview of K-12 Online and Blended Learning • Innovative Programs Panel in your state • Policy Recommendations & Digital Learning Now Panel

39. Advocacy 3. Host Site Visits • Invite elected officials to visit your online and blended learning program • Federal (Senators, Representatives), state (legislators, superintendent/commissioner of K-12 education, state board of education members), local (mayor, city council) • Agenda: • Overview of Programs with key leadership, teacher leaders, students, parents • Tour administrative offices • See it work – tour and visit with teachers teaching online or blended classrooms • Interact – allow time and “focus group” open discussions with teachers with Q&A • Investigate the student perspective – allow time for “focus groups” and/or presentations by students with Q&A

40. Discussion