slate 2012: successful online courses

SLATE 2012

Jeffrey L. Hunt, Ed.D.Twitter: @jeff_hunt

Successful Online Courses

© Jeffrey L. Hunt, 2012

• Curriculum

• Technology

• Instruction

http://www.sloanconsortium.org/

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•Essential Understandings•Course Goals•Student insights

Need to work and/or support family

Credit Recovery

Aspiring athletes and performers

Medically Fragile

Home Schoolers

Accelerated Students Traditional

Public/Private

Special Education and ELL

Rural Students

credit: www.inacol.org

Achievement and Self-Esteem  Beliefs & Responsibility/Risk Taking  Technology Skills and Access  Organization and Self-Regulation 

 Roblyer, M.D. and Marshall, J. (2002). Prediction success of virtual high school students: Preliminary results from an educational success prediction instrument.

Excellent Students, “A”, “B”

Average Students, “C”

Struggling StudentsCredit Recovery

• Probability of Passing (ESPRI Survey)

• Robyler's survey of attitudes combined with student's GPA

• Claims reliability over 90% to predict whether student will pass online course.

Tech-rich = blended

Emerging models of blended learning

Rotation Flex Self-Blend Remote

Emerging models of blended learning

Rotation Flex Self-Blend Remote

The Station-Rotation Model

Case Study: KIPP LA, Empower Academy

Teacher-led Instruction

Collaborative activities &

stations

Individualized Online

Instruction

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Emerging models of blended learning

Rotation Flex Self-Blend Remote

The Flex Model

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Direct Instruction

Group Projects

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Central Learning Lab

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Source: Alex Hernandez, Charter School Growth Fund

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Case study: Carpe Diem Collegiate High School and Middle School

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Emerging models of blended learning

Rotation Flex Self-Blend Remote

Mobile devices are igniting remote models

• Borrow (steal) it• Buy it• Build it yourself

• Common Core/local curriculum

• NCAA approval for core courses.

• Technical know how

• Instructional design -- instruction and technical

• Curriculum practices

• Course alignment

• The more content the district develop, this feature needs to be stronger.

Credit: Dr. Phil Lacey

• Align Course to local curriculum requirements.

• Not all courses from provider of equal quality.

• Determine any gaps to be closed by OER or local materials.

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Commercial Courses

Provides multiple pathways

• Audio• Video• Text

Mix Modalities

Share other resources in Course Wiki

• Text

• Graphics

• Audio

• Copy and paste text

• Choose Voice

• Set Speed

• Video content with equivalent content and different voice.

Rigor is not an academic flogging.

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Rigor is not U.S. Navy SEAL training

The online teacher knows the primary concepts and structures of effective online instruction and is able to create learning experiences to enable student success.

The online teacher understands and is able to use a range of technologies, both existing and emerging, that effectively support student learning and engagement in the online environment.

The online teacher plans, designs, and incorporates strategies to encourage active learning, application, interaction, participation, and collaboration in the online environment.

The online teacher promotes student success through clear expectations, prompt responses, and regular feedback.

The online teacher models, guides, and encourages legal, ethical, and safe behavior related to technology use.

The online teacher is cognizant of the diversity of student academic needs and incorporates accommodations into the online environment.

The online teacher demonstrates competencies in creating and implementing assessments in online learning environments in ways that ensure validity and reliability of the instruments and procedures.

The online teacher develops and delivers assessments, projects, and assignments that meet standards-based learning goals and assesses learning progress by measuring student achievement of the learning goals.

The online teacher demonstrates competency in using data from assessments and other data sources to modify content and to guide student learning.

The online teacher interacts in a professional, effective manner with colleagues, parents, and other members of the community to support students’ success.

The online teacher arranges media and content to help students and teachers transfer knowledge most effectively in the online environment.

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•Essential Understandings•Course Goals•Student insights

•Delivering an Engaging and Challenging Course.

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•Using the same course outlines, major assessments and courses examinations as face-to-face courses.

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•Proctoring major assessments and final exams.

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•Using live virtual sessions with software like Blackboard Collaborate or Abobe Connect.

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Requiring students have interactivity with the teacher and other students.

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•Requiring weekly, purposeful communication between the teacher and individual students.

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•Adding oral exams at milestone points in the course to check for understanding.

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•Challenging problems for accelerated (gifted) students.

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•Regular formative assessments, followed by periodic formal evaluations by outside reviewers.

Slide Credit: Nick Sproull, NCAA Eligibility Center

Slide Credit: Nick Sproull, NCAA Eligibility Center

“Typical” core courses: o AP Calculus BC, Biology, Advanced

Composition, French V

“Typical” non core: o Consumer Math, Personal Finance, Resume

Writing, Fundamentals of Algebra

Not so easy: o Film Literature, Transition to College Math,

English 9 CP2, Conceptual Physics etc.

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Requires teacher/student access and interaction Must be required Must be for the duration of the course Teaching, evaluating and providing feedback

Defined time period for completion Allows staff to compare/contrast with what

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Student work must be made available Suggests learning management system

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• Core-course time limitation• Students must complete required

coursework in eight semesters• NCAA Non-traditional coursework

legislation• Student instructor interaction• Defined time period for completion

• Repeated coursework

Slide Credit: Nick Sproull, NCAA Eligibility Center

• Some athletes are short of qualifying and need quick

fixes.

• Athletes may be enrolled in multiple courses from

multiple providers simultaneously.

• Athletes may overload courses in May/June,

November/December or late July

• Non-scholastic athletic programs• Most fraud cases involve an adult behind the scene

• Don’t assume you are communicating with a parent or the

student.

• Be aware and communicate.

Slide Credit: Nick Sproull, NCAA Eligibility Center

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•Essential Understandings•Course Goals•Student insights