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January 16, 2013. Welcome to California’s CUE e-Learning SIG / iNACOL Committee. Please check your audio by going to: Tools > Audio > Audio Setup Wizard. Updates!. Rob Darrow Director of Member Services rdarrow@inacol.org. Updates!.
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January 16, 2013 Welcome to California’s CUE e-Learning SIG / iNACOL Committee Please check your audio by going to:Tools > Audio > Audio Setup Wizard
Updates! Rob DarrowDirector of Member Services rdarrow@inacol.org
Updates! • Upcoming Webinars in January - http://www.inacol.org/events/ • The new! Research in Review Webinars • Jan. 15 – features the researchers of two online learning reports from Colorado (free) • Feb 19 – Center for Online Learning Research (Michigan Virtual University) • Competency Works webinars – series of 6 starts on January 31, Number 2 on Feb. 1 (free) • Teacher Talk webinar on Jan. 17 about Open Educational Resources (OERs) in education
Updates! Reports of Interest • From Colorado. • A) Perspectives of Online Learners • B) Characteristics of Online Learners • Both reports focused on students in full time online programs in Colorado • http://www.cde.state.co.us/onlinelearning/reports.asp • From Sloan-C – 2013 Report about Higher Ed Online Learning Growth, etc. (still increasing each year by about 10%). • http://sloanconsortium.org/publications/survey/changing_course_2012
Updates! Upcoming Date of Interest • National School Choice Week • Jan. 27-Feb. 2 • http://www.schoolchoiceweek.com/ • Digital Learning Day – Feb. 6 • http://www.digitallearningday.org/ • CUE Conference March 13-16 • http://2013.cue.org/
Allison Powell Vice President State and District Programs
New Learning Models Work Online and blended learning models are at an early stage, and many important questions require further research and development. Answering these questions will require that stakeholders across the field share an ambitious vision of online and blended learning’s potential, understand where the field is today relative to that potential, and innovate rapidly in collaboration with one another on critical open questions.
As part of iNACOL’s Strategic Plan, we want to: Create the conditions required to develop a broader set of effective blended and online learning models by: • Building a compelling vision of the field’s potential and the suite of learning models, courses, and curriculum necessary to build college- and career-readiness for all students • Conducting research to understand the field’s progress relative to the vision and identify the key gaps in knowledge and practices that remain • Disseminating what is known (e.g., Promising Practices) via website, reports, webinars, conference presentations, and other iNACOL networks • Building commitment among funders and providers to channel their innovation efforts toward addressing key gaps so that the field can more rapidly achieve the destination we seek
iNACOL’s Goals for New Learning Models: • Develop a vision and belief statements for the field of K-12 online and blended learning • Create a roadmap and resources for implementing and supporting new learning models • Share promising practices and success stories from the field
iNACOL has put together our vision of potential of new learning models which include: • Transformative • Student-centered • Personalized • Allow flexibility and student to move at own pacing • Enable student agency (student voice/control) • Use technology to accelerate learning • Increase equity and access • Improve the quality of education • Result in student higher achievement • Outcomes include understanding and application of knowledge, skills and dispositions through demonstration of deeper learning and evidence toward college and career-ready, world-class standards
What are “non-negotiable” principles that programs should adhere to? • Equity • High levels of rigor for all students • . • . • . • . • .
Where would you say the field is at today in regards to new learning models? • Beginning • Only a few models that support the vision
New Learning Models Wiki • http://newlearningmodels.wikispaces.com/
Next CUE eL SIG Meeting • Wed. Feb. 20 at 2pm • Will you be attending CUE Conference March 13-16? http://2013.cue.org/