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Keeping Pace with Online Learning John Watson, Evergreen Education Group and Phil Hill, Delta Initiative, LLC
The K-12 Online Learning Landscape:Review and Outlook John Watson Evergreen Education Group www.evergreenedgroup.com
Based on Gregg Vanourek, A Primer on Virtual Charter Schools: Mapping the Electronic Frontier, Issue Brief for National Association of Charter School Authorizers, August 2006
How many students are online? • Sloan Consortium: 1.03 million K-12 online students • State virtual schools: 320,000 course enrollments • Full-time online schools: 175,000 students • Single-district programs: credit recovery, at-risk students
Trends: 2010 and beyond • Continued growth overall • Shift to districts • Increase in blended • Countervailing effects of recession and stimulus
Continued Growth • Online charter schools: Moving into new states; increasing in numbers in existing states • State virtual schools: New states adding, but existing state schools threatened by budgets • Districts: Focal point of most growth
Shift to districts • Varied program types: Both full-time and supplemental • Not equal within and among states: • Within states: more activity in affluent districts • Among state: more activity in states with online charters or state virtual schools • Blended: Focal point of most growth
Increase in blended • Blended: • Schools • Courses • Student experience
The Higher Education Online Learning Landscape:The Big Picture Phil Hill Delta Initiative, LLC www.deltainitiative.com
Sources • SIIA Postsecondary Market Report, May 2009 • Key data from Sloan Consortium • WCET / Campus Computing Online Education Program, October 2009 • Reuters, Eduventures, October 2009
Growth of Online Education • 1 in 4 students taking at least one course online (1 in 10 in 2002) • 2.2 million students taking fully online program; another 2.4 million students taking at least one online course
And yet . . . • Light usage of systems • Resistance from institution • Instability of organizations
Transition in Organizations(source: WCET / Campus Computing Oct 2009) • Online organizations being reorganized • 45% in past 2 years • 52% expected in next 2 years • 29% have reorganized in past 2 years and expect to reorganize in next 2 years • LMS Strategy changing • 88% of online units use same LMS as main campus / system • 47% re-evaluating LMS Strategy • 28% plan to change LMS in next 2 years
Trends • Growth of online programs, slowly, despite institutional unease • For-profit will continue to lead the way • CAGR of 44% • Growth in emphasis on Outcomes Assessment
Thanks to our presenters! John Watson, Evergreeen Education Group john@evergreenedgroup.com Phil Hill, Delta Initiative phill@deltainitiative.com Final Call! 2010 NROC Network Member Meeting "OER Solutions: Enhancing Learning, Maximizing Resources” March 1-2, 2010 in Monterey, CA http://www.regonline.com/2010_NROC_Members_Meeting