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Preparing Teachers and Students in a Global Digital Era

Lisa Dawley, Ph.D.Professor & ChairDept. of Educational Technologylisadawley@boisestate.edu

Reforming Teacher Education

• “By almost any standard, many if not most of the nation’s 1,450 schools, colleges, and departments of education are doing a mediocre job of preparing teachers for the realities of the 21st century classroom.”

• “America’s university-based teacher preparation programs need revolutionary change--not evolutionary tinkering.Arne Duncan, US Secretary of Education

How innovations can happen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8

A diverse network of education scholars, professionals, and candidates who: •Lead research and innovations in online teaching and learning •Model, promote, manage, and evaluate digital-age teaching and learning resources in K-higher education environments •Inspire creativity and expertise in digital media literacies •Design and develop imaginative learning environments  •Empower learners to be evolving digital citizens who advocate cultural understanding and global responsibility •Promote and pattern participatory culture, professional practice, and lifelong learning •Forge connections between research, policy, and practice in educational technology

The Unavoidable Evolution in Teacher Education

•Societal trends in digital media usage

•Growth & standards in online education

•Emerging research-based frameworks

•Calls to reform teacher education

•Exploring processes of global network teaching & learning

Trends: societal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8

Trends: World Future SocietyTop 10 Breakthroughs Transforming Life

over the next 20-30 yearsBest forecast data ever assembled

Trends: World Future SocietyTop 10 Breakthroughs Transforming Life

over the next 20-30 yearsBest forecast data ever assembled

1. Alternative energy

2. Desalination of water

3. Precision farming

4. Biometrics

5. Quantum computers

6. Entertainment on demand

7. Global access

8. Virtual education or distance learning

9. Nanotechnology

10.Smart Robots

1. Alternative energy

2. Desalination of water

3. Precision farming

4. Biometrics

5. Quantum computers

6. Entertainment on demand

7. Global access

8. Virtual education or distance learning

9. Nanotechnology

10.Smart Robots

Growth in Online Education

• Over 1,030,000 K-12 kids learn online in the U.S, a 47% increase in two years.

• Fall 2007: 20% of college students were enrolled in an online course (Sloan C)

K12 Online Education Options

Full-timeVirtual Schools

State Supplemental

ProgramsCollege-Hosted Virtual Courses

Brick N Mortar Full Virtual

0% of Day Online

100% of Day Online

Traditional Tech Integrated Classroom

Site-Based Online Course Lab

Hybrid courses

Online courses offered by B&M

district

Online Tech Enhanced Schools

Forty-five states currently offer either state supplemental programs, full-time K-12 online programs,or both

Keeping Pace, 2009

TX Online Education Options

• Texas Virtual School Network (TxVSN): Grades 9-12, supplemental courses

• Electronic Course Program (eCP):Grades 3-9, full-time programs

• UT & Texas Tech:online high school courses

All public schools are authorized to offer online courses to their students

Standards in Online Education

Technologies:What does digital media learning

look liketoday and tomorrow?

Technologies:What does digital media learning

look liketoday and tomorrow?

Learning Management Systems

Desktop Video Conferencing

Videos

Voki or SitePals

It’s about user-controlled

digital media communication!

Blogs

Wikis

Glogs!

Virtual Worlds

3D Learning Games

Open Source & Free Content

• iTunes U access to free curriculum at Stanford & MIT

• 3D virtual worlds: Opensource metaverse, Croquet

• Moodle learning management system

• Wikipedia

Mobile Learning• Educational apps

• Texting

• LMS access

• Multimedia

• GPS-based curriculumRetrieved from http://tinyurl.com/n9pq28

In three years, mobile devices will overtake computer-based browsers in accessing the internet

Social Networking

ExergamingRetrieved from http://www.nintendo.com/

Professional Learning Communities

Leveraging Participatory Culture

Networking

• the ability to search for, synthesize, and disseminate information

Networking

Over 1,000

““...on average, students in ...on average, students in online learning conditions online learning conditions

performed performed betterbetter than those than those receiving face-to-face classes.receiving face-to-face classes.””

Evidence Based Practices of Online Learning, 2009

Impossible!

I knew it!

I knew it!

The effectiveness of online learning is tied to learning time, curriculum, pedagogy, and opportunities for collaboration.• Webcasts - live, recorded, guest experts,

showcasing, daily check-in

• Scavenger hunts, virtual world roleplay, science simulations, Google Apps

• Peer tutoring and feedback (students and teachers), student teachers, professional learning communities, community service

Online learning can be enhanced by giving learners control of their interactions with media

http://openreflections.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/rip-a-remix-manifesto.jpg

http://voicethread.com/share/704030/

Online learning can be enhanced by prompting learner reflection

What doesn’t impact learning?

• Incorporating online quizzes

• Media combinations don’t necessarily matter, but control over them does

• Scripts to support interaction can influence social engagement, but don’t improve learning

Going Virtual! K12 Online Teacher Going Virtual! K12 Online Teacher Professional Development Research Professional Development Research

SeriesSeries

Going Virtual! K12 Online Teacher Going Virtual! K12 Online Teacher Professional Development Research Professional Development Research

SeriesSeries

Who is teaching online, what is their training, what are their needs?

Who is designing online curriculum, what is their training, what are their needs?

Teaching ExperienceExperienced Workforce

• 99% credentialed teachers

• 27% new to online teaching

• Only 2% new to the teaching profession

• 55% 6-15 years of total teaching experience

• 18% 16+ years total teaching experience

• 55% Master’s degree+

• 46% Forty Five+ hours of training in online teaching

PD Preferences

536 open-ended comments generated 18 themes

1. Time management (71)2. Student responsibility (61)3. Technology Skills (54)4. Communication (54)5. Parental Support (53)6. Isolation (46)7. Workload (42)8. Teacher/student ratio (34)9. Special needs (23)

10.PD issues (22) 11.Administrative support (14) 12.Curriculum issues (12)13.Best practice (12)14.Compensation (11) 15.Accurate assessment (8)16.Credibility (7)17.Copyright/plagiarism (7)18.Organizational skills (5)

What are your unique needs and challenges as a K-12 online

teacher?

In their own words...

Self - Reported Needs

Self - Reported Needs

Critical Professional Development Needs

% of respondents who rated each as very important!

• 74% - Use of communication technologies (Technology)

• 62% - Time management strategies (Facilitation)

• 60% - Risks of academic dishonesty to learners (Digital Etiquette)

• 60% - Student internet safety (Digital Etiquette)

Idaho K-12 Online Teaching

Endorsement

State Department of Education,

Board of Education, Legislature

K-12 virtual schools

and programs

K-12 virtual schools/programs,

corporations, non-profits, universities

Brick & Mortar Schools

Universities, consulting firms, non-profits, federal

government

Participatory Culture in K12 Online Teacher Professional

Development

iNACOL, ISTE, SREB

NETS for Teachers

iNACOL Standards, SREB Standards, Research

NETs Target: Developing

NETs Target: Transformative

1. M.S. in Educational Technology

2. Masters in Educational Technology

3. Graduate certificates:

1.Online Teaching - K12 & adult learner

2.Technology Integration Specialist

3.School Technology Coordinator

Brick N Mortar campus,fully online programs

Where EDTECH students live

30% Idaho 58% national 12% international

Local: Growth in Online Education

10181018 12481248

23% increase

504504

Ed Tech Enrollments at BSU

148% increase

Leading Students in the Global Network

Innovative coursesYouTube for Educators

Teaching in Virtual WorldsMobile Learning

Social Network LearningOnline Course Design

Online Teaching in K12 EnvironmentsInteractive Courseware Design

and more!

Exploring Networks

• LinkedIn: professional portfolios, 100 members

• Facebook, Twitter, Moodle: social networking, 800 members

• Salesforce: email newsletters, 2,000 members

• EdTech Island Community: 1,600 members

Innovative projects

The Cool Teacher PodcastEdTech Showcase

Applied Research in Virtual Environments for Learning SIG

Project-Based Learning: The Online Resource for PBL

EDTECH Island

• 12 graduate courses, $250K tuition

• 8 instructors, multiple Gas

• Avg. 450 unique visitors per week

• Numerous guest speaker events

• “Home” to over 50 international educators

• EDTECH Community group over 1,650 members

• Sandbox, classrooms, amphitheater, and learning centers open to the public

• CAVE Island – Partnership with AECT, iNACOL & ARVEL SIG

Innovative partnerships

iNACOLAECTISTE

ARVEL SIG, AERAIdaho Digital Learning Academy

Connections AcademyUniv. of North Texas

Join the evolution

!

Resources• Certificate in Online

Teaching, BSUhttp://edtech.boisestate.edu

• Going Virtual! Research Serieshttp://edtech.boisestate.edu/goingvirtual/goingvirtual.htm

• iNACOL (International Association for K12 Online Learning)http://inacol.org

Lisa Dawley, Ph.D.Dept. of EDTECHBoise State Universitylisadawley@boisestate.edulisadawley.wordpress.com