Online Learning: The Future of Education

1. Online Learning:The Future of Education John Fleischman Marian Thacher Outreach and Technical Assistance Network Sacramento County Office of Education Technology and Distance Learning Symposium Hacienda La Puente Adult Education February 25, 2011

2. New Frontier Reality 1 Electronic media and communication tools are a ubiquitous part of everyday life

3. Home Media Ecology - 1975 ProductRoute to homeDisplayLocal storage TV station phone TV cassette broadcast TV radio broadcast radio stereovinyl album news mail advertising newspaper delivery phone paper radio station non-electronic

4. Home Media Ecology - Today ProductRoute to homeDisplayLocal storage broadcast TVcable TV VCR cable TV telephone radio DVD satellite TV wi-fi PCPC hard drive radio station wireless WAN iPod Flash media satellite radio broadcast radio cell phone CD ROM website satellite pager MP3 blog iPod smart phone game console wiki newspapers game console Web storage advertising digital camera digital camera streaming video portable game digital video ebook DVR

5. New Frontier Reality 2 The Internet and WWW is at the center of the revolution

6. Broadband Adoption • As of August, 2010, 66% of Americans have broadband, up from 55% in May, 2008 • 78% of Adults in the U.S. access the Internet

7. New Wi-Fi Approved by FCC

8. Wi-Max – Long Range Wi-Fi • Recently installed at Kings County Office of Ed • 12 mile range for wireless broadband

9. E-Rate Program Modernized • School Spots: Net access to local communities • Learning On-the-Go: Pilot program for mobile device connectivity

10. New Frontier Reality 3 Mobile devices allow us to enjoy media and carry on communication anywhere

11. Mobile Devices • 82% of American adults own a cell phone or smart phone Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project 9/2/10

12. Mobile Cell Phones and More…

13. Mobile Internet Devices • More than 15 million iPads sold in 9 months • New generation of Android tablets now being released

14. Mobile InternetDevices • India previews $35 Linux tablet for education

15. Mobile Internet Devices Two Long Beach schools teaching algebra with iPads Fuse: Algebra 1

16. New Frontier Reality 4 Everyone can now be a publisher, movie maker, artist, song creator, or story teller

17. Social Networking • 19% of Internet users say they user Twitter or another service to share updates about themselves

18. Social Networking • 33% of Internet users say they read blogs on a typical day • 12% of Internet users say they create or work on their own online journal or blog

19. Social Networking • 40% of American adult Internet users have a profile on an online social network site

20. We’re Living in a Web 2.0 World Source: Newsweek, 7/26/10

21. The Industrial Age Education Model • The clueless, teacher-dependent pupil

22. The Information Age Education Model • The net-savvy, well-connected, teacher-independent end-user

23. Information Age Education Model “Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st Century” S.J. Perelman

24. So where are we now, and where are we heading with distance learning?

25. Distance Learning Higher Education • Over 5.6 million (1 in 4) higher ed students taking at least one online course in fall 2010 • 21% growth rate Source: Sloan Survey of Online Learning, 2010

26. Distance Learning in K-12 • Students enrolled in online course in 2007-08 is 1,030,000, a 47% increase from 2005-06 • National leaders: Florida, Washington, Texas Source: Sloan Consortium, 2009

27. Distance Learning in CA K-12 • Primarily provided by charter schools and via independentstudy • Effort underway to establish criteria for reviewing online courses • Legislative reform – AB 802

28. Distance Learning in Adult Education Project IDEAL

29. DL Effectiveness - Ohio • Over four years of experimentation with distance education for GED students, Ohio has tripled enrollments, increased achievement, and reduced the cost of delivery from $738 to $293 per ABE/GED student. Source: Project IDEAL, www.projectideal.org/distance_in_action/action_1.html

30. Distance Learning in CA Adult Ed • In the beginning….

31. CA Education Code 52522 • 1993, CA Legislature passed EC 52522 • Authorizes the SPI to approve adult school plans to approve up to 5 percent of their block entitlement on innovative and alternative instructional delivery • The program effectively started in 1995

32. The Program Expands…. • In June 2001, LAUSD requests a waiver of the 5% cap. SBE grants a waiver for LA for up to 7% • July 1, 2008, OTAN assumes Leadership Project responsibility for distance learning • On September 30, 2008 Governor Schwarzenegger signs AB 1163 authorizing up to 15%

33. Where are we now?

34. Growing… or Shrinking? Data as of 2/21/11

35. Data from CA Tech Plans

36. DL Effectiveness - California • Comparing ESL average reading gains for regular, distance, and blended learners Source: CASAS 2009

37. DL Effectiveness - California • ESL distance learners completion rates contrasted with ESL regular learners Source: CASAS 2009

38. Distance Learning 2010 CASAS WIA II Program Survey, 2010: DRAFT- For Discussion Only

39. Distance Learning 2010 26. For each of the WIA II programs for which you offer distance learning, indicate if it is a stand alone alternative, a supplement to the classroom, or both. >1/4 >1/3 CASAS WIA II Program Survey, 2010: DRAFT- For Discussion Only

40. F2F vs. Blended vs. Distance Source: Allen and Seaman

41. F2F vs. Blended vs. Distance • NRS Definition – 50% of learning at a distance • Classroom questionnaire from CASAS • Is course blended? • What percent is at a distance, as defined by the program • Hope to collect data on different models • Planning to make recommendations on how to track

42. Culver City, ASE • Leila Rosemberg piloting Algebra I online • Hippocampus pilot program • Blended model – classroom/lab/independent • 25 students participating • Math Web sites, tomorrow at 10:45 The distance learning experience has been very beneficial for my students in both ways, the math learning process, and the technology independence it gave them. http://www.hippocampus.org/Algebra%20IA

43. Sacramento – ABE and CTE • Online tutorials for ABE • Online content for all courses, including auto body • Creating 21st Century Hybrid Courses - 3pm in Rm 13 • Breaking philosophical barriers • Getting staff buy-in • Technology options • Online pedagogy

44. Vista – CTE/Medical • Major effort to move courses online • Medical Keyboarding • Medical Admin Assistant • Medical Transcription • Medical Coding • Medical Terminology • Using many features of Moodle – quizzes, file uploads, forums, chat, etc. • So far, 15 units of ADA! • Also working on a blended ABE course this Spring

45. Fresno - CTE, GED • Have their own Moodle server • Most active courses are Medical Terminology and Office Assistant • Moving towards managed enrollment, and then will be using more with basic skills and ESL • Steven Ewert using Facebook for GED students • Moodle.fas.edu

46. Torrance - ESL • Ryan de la Vega – piloting USA Learns second course Moodle • Video Checkout is handled as blended learning for ESL students • Using FB to communicate with students and community

47. Vallejo, ESL • Blended Advanced ESL Class • Some students need more challenges than classroom can provide • Students have continued on the site from other states and countries • Many lessons learned • about what works

48. Salinas, ESL • Moved ESL to online • instruction last summer • Prepared students in the • spring • Online courses over the summer • Some challenges • No students willing to try it at first • The following year, many more students were interested • Worked with F2F classes until students were comfortable • Required a minimum of computer experience • Next year…??

49. Into the Future – An Online World

50. Reach Higher, AMERICA The National Commission on Adult Literacy calls on Congress to transform adult education to serve 20 million adults annually by the year 2020. To accomplish the goal, nine Action Steps are recommended. www.nationalcommissiononadultliteracy.org/report.html