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Distance Learning FAQ

Distance Learning FAQ. Summer Institute 2013. Presented by. DL Supplemental Services Jennifer Weaverling Tom Cytron-Hysom Susan Wetenkamp-Brandt. Outline. Trends and Hot Topics Best Practices Questions. Trends and Hot Topics. Professional development keyed to DL delivery

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Distance Learning FAQ

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  1. Distance Learning FAQ Summer Institute 2013

  2. Presented by • DL Supplemental Services • Jennifer Weaverling • Tom Cytron-Hysom • Susan Wetenkamp-Brandt

  3. Outline • Trends and Hot Topics • Best Practices • Questions

  4. Trends and Hot Topics • Professional development keyed to DL delivery • Integrating digital literacy instruction • Dynamic DL platforms that provide resources tailored to individual student need – dynamic matching of resources • Collaborative service delivery in workforce centers, libraries, etc. • Other

  5. Trend –Statewide PD Coordination • Webinars: GoToTraining • User ease/familiarity • Interactive, quality tools • Regional access • Statewide best practices • Statewide support (Susan) • Future possibilities: ex. statewide PD catalogue DL 101 & DL 102 delivery

  6. Hot Topic! • Now accepting DL 101, DL 102 – Instructors, and DL 102 – Managers applications • Apply at www.mnabe-distancelearning.org

  7. Hot Topic…Digital Literacy! • Best Practice – Digital literacy integration into core literacy instruction Core literacy content Modalities: reading, writing, listening, speaking • Seamless • Appropriate • Facilitated • Empowering • Dillon-Marable & Valentine Digital Literacy

  8. Hot Topic…Digital Literacy! • Trend – use of standards and assessments • http://www.digitalliteracyassessment.org • Future: may be included in statewide standards

  9. Dynamic DL Platforms • These allow resources tailored to individual student need – dynamic matching of resources • Facilitates instruction based on needs of individual learners • Complicates proxy hours

  10. Collaborative service delivery • Workforce centers, libraries, etc. • Northstar • UI REA

  11. Other Statewide Developments • Statewide platforms: Skills Tutor, iPathways • Susan Wetenkamp-Brandt • Distance Learning Basics Course – 2014 • Requirement for programs doing DL • New data committee • How many DL learners statewide? • How many proxy hours generated? • How many programs doing DL? • Etc.

  12. Best Practices • Hybrid instruction • Better data management: naming conventions, extracting and using data • Continuing professional development

  13. Questions • What is the Virtual Task Force? • How are decisions made regarding approval of DL platforms for proxy hours? • Can proxy hours be claimed more than once for a student for the same lesson/chapter/unit/assignment? • Can approved DL platforms be used in class? • What is the best way to select a DL platform for students at specific NRS levels? • What platforms are provided and supported by the State? • How do you get started with Accuplacer Diagnostics and My Foundations Lab?

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