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Global Network Knowledge Construction: Teacher Education in the Era of Digital Learning
Lisa Dawley, Ph.D.Dept. of Educational [email protected]
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Reforming Teacher Education
Arne Duncan, US Secretary of Education, October 2009
• “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.
The Unavoidable Evolution in Teacher Education
•Calls to reform teacher education
•Innovation and trends in digital media usage
•Growth & standards in online education
•Emerging research-based frameworks
•Examples of global network teaching & learning
How innovations can happen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8
•Lead research and innovations in online teaching and learning •Model, promote, manage, and evaluate digital-age teaching and learning resources in K-higher ed environments •Inspire creativity and expertise in digital media literacy •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
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)
Forty-five states currently offer either state supplemental programs, full-time K-12 online programs,or both
Keeping Pace, 2009
Idaho K12 Virtual Schools Idaho K12 Virtual Schools
• Idaho Virtual Academy - 2,400
• Idaho Distance Education Academy – 850
• Inspire, Connections Academy – 486
• Richard McKenna Charter High School - 325
• iSucceed, Insight School – 325
• Idaho Digital Learning Academy - 9,780
Over 14,000 kids took online classes last year
K12 Online Education Options
Full-timeVirtual Schools
State Supplementa
l Programs
College-Hosted Virtual
Schools/Courses
Brick N Mortar
Full Virtual
0% of Day Online
100% of Day Online
Traditional Tech Integrated
Classroom
Site-Based Online
Course LabHybrid courses Online
courses offered by
B&M district
Online Tech Enhanced Schools
““...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.””
U.S. Dept. of EducationU.S. Dept. of EducationEvidence Based Practices of Online Learning, 2009
The effectiveness of online learning is tied to learning time, curriculum, pedagogy, and opportunities for collaboration.
Give learners control of their interactions with media
http://openreflections.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/rip-a-remix-manifesto.jpg
http://voicethread.com/share/704030/
…move, use, remix, edit, build, change, click, interact, change, create, share, rate, record
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
Networking
• the ability to search for, synthesize, and disseminate information
Leading Students in the Global Network
How can we design programs to
rethink teacher education?
How can we design programs to
rethink teacher education?
• EdD in Education
• M.S. in Educational Technology
• Masters in Educational Technology
• Graduate certificates:
• Online Teaching - K12 & adult learner
• Technology Integration Specialist
• School Technology Coordinator Brick N Mortar campus,fully online programs
Where EDTECH students live
28% Idaho 62% national 10% international
Largest Grad Program at BSU
10181018 12481248
23% increase
504504
Ed Tech Enrollments at BSU
148% increase
Learning Management Systems
Desktop Video Conferencing
Videos
Voki or SitePals
It’s about user-controlled
digital media communication!
Glogs!
Wikis
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 become the main interface used to browse the internet
ExergamingRetrieved from http://www.nintendo.com/
Professional Learning Communities
Innovative coursesInnovative coursesYouTube for Educators
Teaching & Learning in Virtual WorldsMobile Learning
Social Network LearningOnline Course Design
Online Teaching in K12 EnvironmentsInteractive Courseware Design
and more!
Innovative Participatory Innovative Participatory NetworksNetworks
Graduate Student Association (online, 100 members)Distance Graduate Assistantships Wordpress blogs and LinkedIn for Portfolios (250)EDTECH Connection (2,000)EDTECH Showcase (500)EDTECH Island (1,750)Cool Teacher Podcast Facebook, Twitter & Moodle (2,000)Salesforce (2,500)
Graduate Student Association
EDTECH Island
• 12 graduate courses, $250K tuition
• 8 instructors, multiple Gas
• Avg. 500 unique visitors per week, 43 min.
• 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
Cool Teacher Podcast
EdTechConnection
EDTECH Showcase
3D GameLab for Teen Leaders
Help lead the
teacher educatio
n evolution
!