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Preparing Teachers and Students in a Global Digital Era
Lisa Dawley, Ph.D.Professor & ChairDept. of Educational [email protected]
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
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
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
Professional Learning Communities
Networking
• the ability to search for, synthesize, and disseminate information
Networking
““...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
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 [email protected]