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e-Learning for Educators Quality Online Professional Development in the 21st Century Stan Freeda e-Learning for Educators Project Coordinator New Hampshire Department of Education Spring Science Education Conference 7 March 2011 • Southern New Hampshire University

NHSTA Session II Workshop #15 Frost 230 NH e-Learning for Educators orientation to the project experience an online course flexibility discussion brainstorming wrap up Agenda

Welcome Icebreaker A Little Alliteration • Introduce yourself by choosing an adjective to modify your name that starts with the same first letter. • For additional fun, try to add your location, position, or another description that rhymes! • Here’s mine! • Supportive Stan, the New Hampshire eLearning man. Icebreaker

NH e-Learning for Educators Quality Online Professional Development in the 21st Century orientation to the project experience an online course flexibility discussion brainstorming wrap up Agenda

NH e-Learning for Educators OPEN NH Program • New Hampshire e-Learning for Educators offers online professional development courses through our Online Professional Educators Network for NH (OPEN NH). Our 100% online courses allow you to earn 35 contact hours that can be used to renew your current educator credentials. • Optional graduate credits are available through Plymouth State University for all our courses. • Project began as a 5 year Ready to Teach Grant awarded to Alabama Public Television. • Multi-states initiative. • Partnership between state education agency and a state public television station. e-Learning for Educators

NH e-Learning for Educators OPEN NH Program • Ten States participate in the initiative. • AL DE KY MD MO MS NC NH PA WV • In NH: 158 courses delivered in 5 years 1555 completers / 1682 registered (92.7%) e-Learning for Educators

NH e-Learning for Educators • Components of the 10-State Initiative • Delivering Online Professional Development Courses • OPEN NH Courses • Training Local Educators to Instruct and Develop Online Professional Development Courses • Facilitator Training Course • Developer Training Course • Evaluating the Effect of Our Delivery of Online Professional Development • Pre and Post Course Surveys • Conducting Research on the Effect of High Quality Online Professional Development • Separate and isolated research courses • Accompanying surveys for students and teachers Project Design

High Quality Professional Development • Focuses on content knowledge • Emphasizes active learning • Promotes coherence • Provides a large amount of training sustained over time • Encourages collaboration and collegiality among teachers • Aligns with teacher needs • Helps teachers apply to their practice (use student instructional materials and/or student work) • Involves the school administration • Includes mechanisms for assessing effectiveness and making mid course corrections (action research) Features

OPEN NH Online Courses Sustained Discussion of Content & Application of Knowledge Content • Web site explorations • Online videos • Other multimedia Discussions over 7 weeks • Continuous participation expected • Sustained immersion in content • Discussions • Key course component • How content fits into learners’ situation, needs, experiences, and comfort level • Authentic Project • Relevant • Complete over time as course progresses Course Design

Course Sessions • Regular OPEN NH Sessions run four times each year. • Fall (October – November) • Winter (February – March) • Spring (April – May) • Summer (July – August) • Districts can order special delivery courses that will run on their time schedule. Course Delivery What do you think about the session schedule and accessibility of OPEN NH ?

OPEN NH Online Courses Course Content Areas • AR The Arts • BPBest Practices • CE Curriculum Enhancement • LA English Language Arts • HE Health Education • LT Literacy • MA Mathematics • SCScience • SS Social Studies • SE Special Education • TE Teaching Enhancement Content and Pedagogy

OPEN NH Online Instructors A variety of NH educators • Classroom Teachers • Special Education Teachers • Principals • Superintendents • Library Media Specialists • Technology Coordinators • Informal Educators • Department of Education Staff Course Facilitators

Any Questions? For your consideration…. Putting it online is Easy. Developing Quality is a little more Challenging.

Being Successful with Online Learning A free mini course tutorial • Go to www.opennh.net. • Scroll to the Course Categories Header. • Look under Self Paced Tutorials. • Enter Being Successful with Online Learning. • The course is set up using our course framework. • The content of the course highlights of our course model. Course Experience Visit the website and explore the course if you have the opportunity.

Being Successful with Online Learning Unit Content • Orienting Yourself to an Online Course • The Discussion-Based Model for Online Learning • Discovering Online Content Resources • Discussing Content with Your Classmates • Working on Authentic Projects • Using Feedback to Enhance Learning • Using Self Reflection to Enhance Learning Course Experience Visit the website and explore the course if you have the opportunity.

Questions? while you wait … Content is Easy. Education is a little more Challenging.

OPEN NH & e-Learning for Educators Program Flexibility • Professional development opportunities through OPEN NH courses. • 4 sessions each year. • District cohort special request. • Professional development opportunities through OPEN NH teacher enhancement courses. • Facilitating an Online Professional Development Course • Developing Effective Courses for Online and Blended Learning • District Deals for cohorts. • OPEN NH Cadre of trained facilitators available. • OPEN NH Cadre of trained developers available Flexibility

OPEN NH & NSTA Program Flexibility • OPEN NH Has a Partnership with NSTA . • Open Access Pass to the NSTA Learning Center. NSTA Partnership

Any Questions? For your consideration…. Doing things online is Easy. Meaningful activity is a little more Challenging.

OPEN NH & e-Learning for Educators Brainstorming Flexibility • Ground Rules of the Game: • Everybody has at least 1 general comment. • Everybody responds to at least 2 other comments. • Here is the framework for the Discussion: • Based on what you know about the OPEN NH, our course design and delivery model, and quality learning, in what ways can e-Learning for Educators help you, your school, and district provide a coherent and effective professional development program? Support your answers with at least one fact or idea from the presentation. • Note! No one is taking score! Brainstorm / Discussion

Any Questions? For your consideration…. Asking Questions is easy. Thoughtful discussion is a little more Challenging.

OPEN NH Online Learning Resources from NH Department of Education • NH Educators Online | www.nheon.org • Online Learning in NH | www.nheon.org/onlinelearning Resources from NH e-Learning for Educators • OPEN NH website | www.opennh.org • OPEN NH course site | www.opennh.net • OPEN NH You Tube Channel | www.youtube.com/user/opennh • OPEN NH eLearning Blog | www.nheon.org/elearn Resources from Stan • MSSLE Conference wiki | www.mssle09.pbworks.com • Video on 10 State e-Learning for Educators Project http://www.aptv.org/APTPLUS/elearning/index.asp Online Learning

e-Learning is everywhere!

One final thought… e-Learning is cool e-Learning is mighty cool courses!

Door Prizes Thanks for Participating Rewards

NH e-Learning for Educators Quality Online Professional Development in the 21st Century For more information Stan Freeda NH e-Learning for Educators Coordinator Office of Educational Technology NH Department of Education sfreeda@ed.state.nh.us 603.271.5132 Contact Information

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