Disrupting Class:How Disruptive Innovation Will Change

the Way the World Learns

Michael B. Hornmhorn@innosightinstitute.org

Twitter: @innosightinstit

Disruption in computing

Disruption = affordability, accessibilityToday• Toyota• Wal-Mart• Community colleges• Dell• Southwest Airlines• Fidelity• Canon• Microsoft• Oracle• Cingular• Apple iPod

Yesterday• GM• Dept. Stores• State universities• Digital Eqpt.• Delta• JP Morgan• Xerox• IBM• Cullinet• AT&T• Sony DiskMan

Disruption of Toyota

Disruption = affordability, accessibilityToday• Toyota• Wal-Mart• Community colleges• Dell• Southwest Airlines• Fidelity• Canon• Microsoft• Oracle• Cingular• Apple iPod

Yesterday• GM• Dept. Stores• State universities• Digital Eqpt.• Delta• JP Morgan• Xerox• IBM• Cullinet• AT&T• Sony DiskMan

Tomorrow• Chery• Internet retail• Online universities• Smart phones• Air taxis• ETFs• Zink• Linux• Salesforce.com• Skype• Smart phones

Prime examples of nonconsumption

Budget cuts and teacher shortages are an opportunity,not a threat

• Credit recovery• Drop outs• AP/advanced courses• Scheduling conflicts• Home-schooled and homebound students• Small, rural, urban schools• Unit recovery• Disaster preparedness• Tutoring• Developing countries

• Professional development• Pre-K• After school• In the home• Incarcerated youth• In-school suspension• School bus commute• Summer school• Teacher absenteeism• Migrant worker families• Foreign languages

Online learning gaining adoption

50% all HS courses online

by 2019

A formal education program in which a student learns at least in part through online learning, with some element of student control over time, place, path and/or pace

at least in part in a supervised brick-and-mortar location away from home (such as school).

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The modalities along each student’s learning path within a course or subject are connected to provide an integrated learning experience.

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The rise of K-12 blended learning

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Source: Alex Hernandez, Charter School Growth Fund

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Literacy/Social Studies

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Learning Lab

Reading, Math

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Group Projects

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Self-blend or A La Carte model

Enriched-virtual model

What’s the problem to be solved?

Model selection & design

Hiring strategyProfessional

development strategy

Hardware & Internet strategy

Software strategy

Implementation

Where to start?

Benefits of online learning

Individualization

Built to standardize

Different learning needs @ different times

Benefits of online learning

Individualization

Data and Feedback

Fixed time, variable learning

Deliver content to students Testing & assessment Progress to next grade, subject,or body of material

Receive results

Competency-based learning

Offer learning experiences for students

Testing & assessment

Progress to next body of material

Receive real-time interactive feedback

Benefits of online learning

Individualization

Data and Feedback

Teacher Effectiveness

Rigor Faculty

Relationship Faculty

Relevance Faculty

DisciplineFaculty

Disaggregated staffing models

New opportunities:• Teacher specialization • Extend the reach of best teachers• Career growth opportunities

Benefits of online learning

Individualization

Data and Feedback

Teacher Effectiveness

Cost Control

Disrupting Class:How Disruptive Innovation Will Change

the Way the World Learns

Michael B. Hornmhorn@innosightinstitute.org

Twitter: @innosightinstit

Policy: Move beyond old metrics

Free up inputs

→ Seat time→ Standardization→ Student : teacher ratios→Geographic boundaries→ Traditional teacher certification,

human resource pipeline, PD & evaluation

Focus on student

outcomes

→ Individual student growth→ College and career-ready standards→ Proficiency→ Closing achievement gap→Graduation rates

Policy: Create conditions for innovation & quality

Funding→ Dollars follow students = self-

sustaining→ Based on outcomes, but not all or

nothing

Portfolio approach

→Marketplace of choices→Multiple authorizers

Infrastructure→ Adequate broadband/wireless→On-demand assessments→ Transparent, student-level data

Rocky Mount PreparatoryRocky Mount, NC

Doug HaynesCEO / President

Angela M. Langley, MBADean of Math and Student Data Analysis, Math Coach/Coordinator

Rocky Mount Fast Facts

• Public K–12 charter school in Rocky Mount, North Carolina

• Independent North Carolina public charter school

• 965 total students • College prep curriculum • Title I school • 5 percent English Language

Learners • 65 percent minority students

Pain Points

• (Need general BL pain point)• Years of student math under

performance

• Need to transition to upcoming Common Core State Standards that would only highlight students’ background learning gaps

“Just to illustrate the lack of background knowledge some of our kids have, some of our kindergarten students don’t know their colors or the alphabet.”

Angela Langley, Dean of Math

Blended Learning Solution

• NEW Learning Lab• Add more content around non-DBL Blended Learning Solutions Rocky Mount

decided to implement…if any??

Why DreamBox Learning?

• Blended learning approach that would leverage both the Singapore Method and a supplemental online learning solution.

• To identify those gaps, and reinforce the

basics while providing the rigor required by the Common Core

“We were impressed by DreamBox Learning’s excellent track record of supporting blended learning and Singapore Math and by its proven ability to identify and isolate gaps, remedy them, and enable learners to advance alongside their peers.”

Angela Langley, Dean of Math

DreamBox Implementation• Deployed since September 2012• Daily rotation for every K–5 students

• 90 minutes per day, every day • Singapore Math learning model

Results with DreamBox Learning

This is 3rd grade data for Fall testing. We consider mastery working above average, target as average, and frustrated as below average as defined by iSTEEP Norms for Math Computer Assessment BOY (Beginning of Year).

This is 3rd grade data for Winter testing. We consider mastery working above average, target as average, and frustrated as below average as defined by iSTEEP Norms for Math Computer Assessment MOY (Middle of Year).

Results without DreamBox LearningAgain, DreamBox was only used in K-5. We did introduce DreamBox to 6th grade students after students returned from Winter Break in January 2013. Since their introduction to DreamBox we have not conducted benchmark testing. Note the increase in "Math Frustrated".

6th Grade Winter Results

6th Grade Fall Results

DreamBox Combines Three Essential Elements to Accelerate Student Learning

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