Glenn Kleiman and Phil Emer

September 2014 Presentation to the

NC State Board of Education

“Oh, we finished the basic subtraction. Now we’re designing a series of interrelated transformational geometric comparisons.”

Presentation Topics

• Foundations for the Digital Learning Plan

• Our approach to the planning process

• Next steps

Two Views

Digital Learning Plan

or

Digital Learning Plan

Our View

✔ Digital Learning Plan

✖ Digital Learning Plan

Consistent with NASBE

• “The real promise … is in using technology to rethink

what teachers, students and schools do, and how they

are organized to do it.”

• “The transformative potential [requires that] we employ

educational technologies to reshape teachers’ and

students’ roles, and that technology is coupled with

fundamental organizational changes that re-engineer

legacy school structures, processes, and all forms of

instructional delivery.

Builds Upon Legislative & SBE Actions

Addresses our students in whose world:

• All information is instantly available

• Multimedia, interactive experiences are the norm

• Communication and collaborative is constant

• Powerful creativity tools are readily available

• Change is constant and rapid

• Your online presence is part of who you are

• Options are abundant; personalization is expected

Elements of the Digital-Age Learning Model

Advancement based on demonstrated

mastery of the content and

competency in applying what has been

learned.

Anywhere and anytime learning,

inside and outside of schools, 24/7, with most learning blending face-to-face and online activities.

Personalized learning and flexible

resources optimized for each student.

Student-centered instruction,

combining large group, small group and individualized learning, with teachers serving as facilitators and coaches.

Digital content providing interactive,

flexible and easily updated educational resources.

Assessments integrated into learning activities to provide ongoing

information about students’ achievement that can be used to improve teaching and learning.

Parent portals provide 24/7 access to

their children’s assignments, grades, and records, as well as a means to communicate with teachers and administrators.

Project-based and community-based

learning activities connecting to students’ lives outside of school.

Components of Digital Age Learning(Preliminary Survey Data)

Note: Percentage of respondents selecting “very important” and “every school” on 2 Likert-scaled survey items (n=207).

46%

10%

22%

20%

8%

15%

13%

18%

34%

43%

48%

52%

57%

59%

70%

79%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80%

Parent portals

Project-based learning

Digital Content

Integrated assessments

Anywhere/Anytime learning

Competency-based learning

Personalized learning

Student-centered instruction

Very Important Implemented throughout LEA

The Plan Will Address

Standards for digital resources

Process for curating resources

Preparing teachers and school leaders to make good use of these resources

Devices, network infrastructure, and supporting services

Costs, budgets and funding

Roles of the State, districts and schools

Stakeholder engagement

Transition strategies

The Plan will Comprise

• Feasibility study

– Functional and technical

– Economic

– Legal

– Operational

– Timing

• Readiness assessment

– State, district, school*

• Findings and recommendations

– Services, budgets, organization and governance, funding, policy

It will build on existing statewide systems

and many more….

and on lessons learned in NC and elsewhere

• Research on digital learning implementations

• Effective practices and lessons from

– Mooresville and other NC districts

– Maine statewide program

– Summit charter schools

– Texas Power On initiative

– Alberta, Canada

– … many others

advis

es

DPILeadership Team

Digital Learning Advisory Committee

Policy and

Funding

Content and

Pedagogy

Technology

Infrastructure

Human

Capacity

Building

advises

Human Capacity Working Group

Infrastructure Working Group

Digital Content Working Group

Friday Institute

Leadership Team

Needs/Asset

Inventory

Project

Management

Stakeholder Advisory Groups

NC General Assembly

IT Oversight Ed. Oversight

State Board of Education

Policy & Funding Working Group

DL Plan Work Streams

Organization and Collaboration

FI Leadership Team

Mark Samberg

Phil Emer

Mary Ann Wolf

Ray Zeisz

Trip Stallings

Glenn Kleiman – Project Director Jeni Corn – Project Manager

We will engage stakeholders

• Advisory Board

• Regional town halls

• Meetings with

– Educators: superintendents, principals, tech directors, teachers,

– Policy makers

– Business leaders

• Webinars and online surveys

and use evidence-based approaches

• Extensive use of existing data

– Teacher working conditions

– School network analyses

– AMTR (DPI Annual Media and Technology Report)

– RttT data

– STNA

– Statewide student and teacher data

• Focus groups, artifact analyses and other new data

• Representative sample of districts

– Detailed analyses

– Model plans

Biggest digital learning challenges

(preliminary data)

55%

45%42%

36%

29%24% 23%

16%

Note: Data from open-coding of text-based responses (n=112).

Teacher Working Conditions Data

Teachers have sufficient access to instructional technology, including computers, printers, software and internet access.

Teachers have sufficient training to fully utilize instructional technology.

Two views of Internet supporting DL

Proportion of teachers responding to the TWCS question about the reliability of the school Internet connection to support instructional practices

Actual Internet usage per ADM as measured on the NCREN backbone

Towards High Density for All

3%

35%

40%

22%

None (70) Marginal (818) Intermediate (928) High Density (515)

$27M

$47M

$6M

To move all schools to high density requires ~$80M non-recurringTo maintain high density wireless in schools requires ~$25M annual recurringE-rate modernization order figures ~$45M per year – NC cost ~$12-14M

Enabling Polices Supportive Funding

Strategies

Human Capacity Change Management

Technology Infrastructure Any Device, Anywhere

Digital Resources 21st Century Pedagogy

Ensuring that all state and local policies

enable and encourage digital learning.Aligning all Federal, State, and Local

funding to support a sustainable digital

learning model.

Building capacity with teachers and

instructional leaders to shift the

classroom model.

Supporting multiple methods of

instruction to ensure that every student is

progressing.

Ensuring that robust and reliable

connectivity to every device, in every

school and public library.

Digital Learning is more than an e-book.

Content should foster collaboration and be

real world based.

Assessment is an ongoing process built

into the content model, not a one-time

event.

Organizing the Work

Deliverables

Final Notes

• NC is positioned to be a national leader in digital learning

• The Digital Learning Plan will move things in the right

direction, but the changes will be ongoing, not completed

by 2017, 2020 or any other year

• We believe there will be a good long-term ROI in terms

of educational outcomes, increased graduate rates,

workforce preparation and state budgets.

• Investments in infrastructure, digital content and human

capacity development will be required.

• For the Policy Brief and other

deliverables and information:

http://ncdlplan.fi.ncsu.edu.

• To submit inquires and

recommendations:

ncdlplan@fi.ncsu.edu.

• Digital Learning Plan Information

Gathering: http://go.ncsu.edu/n7f4nf

• Working Group Interest

Form:

http://go.ncsu.edu/ncdl.working.group