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Online Learning:The Future of Education
Technology and Distance Learning SymposiumHacienda La Puente Adult EducationFebruary 25, 2011
John FleischmanMarian ThacherOutreach and Technical Assistance NetworkSacramento County Office of Education
Electronic media and communication tools are
a ubiquitous part of everyday life
New Frontier Reality 1
Home Media Ecology - 1975
Product Route to home Display Local storage
TV station phone TV cassette broadcast TV radio broadcast radio stereo vinyl album
news mail
advertising newspaper delivery phone paper
radio station non-electronic
Home Media Ecology - Today
Product Route to home Display Local storage
broadcast TV cable TV VCRcable TV telephone radio DVDsatellite TV wi-fi PC PC hard driveradio station wireless WAN iPod Flash mediasatellite radio broadcast radio cell phone CD ROMwebsite satellite pager MP3blog iPod smart phone game consolewiki newspapers game console Web storageadvertising digital camera digital camerastreaming video portable game digital video
ebook DVR
As of August, 2010, 66% of Americans have broadband, up from 55% in May, 2008
78% of Adults in the U.S. access the Internet
Broadband Adoption
Wi-Max – Long Range Wi-Fi
Recently installed at Kings County Office of Ed
12 mile range for wireless broadband
E-Rate Program Modernized
School Spots: Net access to local communities
Learning On-the-Go: Pilot program for mobile device connectivity
82% of American adults own a cell phone or smart phone
Mobile Devices
Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project 9/2/10
More than 15 million iPads sold in 9 months
New generation of Android tablets now being released
Mobile Internet Devices
Mobile Internet Devices
Two Long Beach schools teaching algebra with iPads
Fuse: Algebra 1
New Frontier Reality 4
Everyone can now be a publisher, movie maker, artist, song creator, or
story teller
19% of Internet users say they user Twitter or another service to share updates about themselves
Social Networking
33% of Internet users say they read blogs on a typical day
12% of Internet users say they create or work on their own online journal or blog
Social Networking
40% of American adult Internet users have a profile on an online social network site
Social Networking
“Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st Century” S.J. Perelman
Information Age Education Model
Over 5.6 million (1 in 4) higher ed students taking at least one online course in fall 2010
21% growth rate
Distance Learning Higher Education
Source: Sloan Survey of Online Learning, 2010
Students enrolled in online course in 2007-08 is 1,030,000, a 47% increase from 2005-06
National leaders: Florida, Washington, Texas
Distance Learning in K-12
Source: Sloan Consortium, 2009
Primarily provided by charter schools and via independent study
Effort underway to establish criteria for reviewing online courses
Legislative reform – AB 802
Distance Learning in CA K-12
Distance Learning in Adult Education
Project IDEAL
Over four years of experimentation with distance education for GED students, Ohio has tripled enrollments, increased achievement, and reduced the cost of delivery from $738 to $293 per ABE/GED student.
DL Effectiveness - Ohio
Source: Project IDEAL, www.projectideal.org/distance_in_action/action_1.html
1993, CA Legislature passed EC 52522 Authorizes the SPI to approve adult school plans
to approve up to 5 percent of their block entitlement on innovative and alternative instructional delivery
The program effectively started in 1995
CA Education Code 52522
In June 2001, LAUSD requests a waiver of the 5% cap. SBE grants a waiver for LA for up to 7%
July 1, 2008, OTAN assumes Leadership Project responsibility for distance learning
On September 30, 2008 Governor Schwarzenegger signs AB 1163 authorizing up to 15%
The Program Expands….
Where are we now?
2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-090
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
70,000
80,000
Program Years
Lea
rner
s
Growing… or Shrinking?
Data as of 2/21/11
02-0303-04
04-0505-06
06-0707-08
08-0909-10
10-11
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
60 6372 72
96 102114
9081
Innovation Programs Applications
Data from CA Tech Plans
ESL Beg Lit-eracy
ESL Beg ESL Int Low ESL Int High ESL Adv Low ESL Adv High0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
31%
47% 50%
61% 65%
76%
33%
66%75%
80%86% 85%
Internet Access at Home - ESL StudentsN=3,648
2006-07
2009-10
Comparing ESL average reading gains for regular, distance, and blended learners
DL Effectiveness - California
Source: CASAS 2009
ESL distance learners completion rates contrasted with ESL regular learners
DL Effectiveness - California
Source: CASAS 2009
Distance Learning 2010
CASAS WIA II Program Survey, 2010: DRAFT- For Discussion Only
19. Does your agency use distance learning options?
2008-09N=260
2009-10N=251
YES 45.4% 42.9%
NO 54.6% 57.1%
20. If you are NOT using Distance Learning, indicate barriers that your agency faces to implementing DL (Same as in 2008-09)
1. Availability of technology to student at home
2. Staffing
3. Cost
Program 2009-10N=181
Stand-Alone Supplemental Both % Supplemental
or both
ABE 3.4% 7.7% 7.7% 15.4%
ASE 7.6% 10.3% 15.8% 26.1%
ESL 9.0% 10.5% 27.0% 37.5%
EL Civics 1.6% 3.8% 8.8% 12.6%
26. For each of the WIA II programs for which you offer distance learning, indicate if it is a stand alone alternative, a supplement to the classroom, or both.
CASAS WIA II Program Survey, 2010: DRAFT- For Discussion Only
>1/4
>1/3
Distance Learning 2010
F2F vs. Blended vs. Distance
% Online Definition Description
0% Traditional No online content
1 – 29% Web Facilitated F2F course with some Web content or activities
30 – 79% Blended Substantial portion of instruction is online
80% + Online Most or all content is delivered onlineSource: Allen and Seaman
F2F vs. Blended vs. Distance
NRS Definition – 50% of learning at a distance Classroom questionnaire from CASAS
Is course blended? What percent is at a distance, as defined by
the program Hope to collect data on different models
Planning to make recommendations on how to track
Leila Rosemberg piloting Algebra I online
Hippocampus pilot program Blended model –
classroom/lab/independent 25 students participating Math Web sites, tomorrow at
10:45
Culver City, ASE
http://www.hippocampus.org/Algebra%20IA
The distance learning experience has been very beneficial for my students in both ways, the math learning process, and the technology independence it gave them.
Online tutorials for ABE Online content for all courses,
including auto body Creating 21st Century Hybrid Courses
- 3pm in Rm 13◦ Breaking philosophical barriers◦ Getting staff buy-in◦ Technology options◦ Online pedagogy
Sacramento – ABE and CTE
Major effort to move courses online◦ Medical Keyboarding◦ Medical Admin Assistant◦ Medical Transcription◦ Medical Coding◦ Medical Terminology
Using many features of Moodle – quizzes, file uploads, forums, chat, etc.
So far, 15 units of ADA! Also working on a blended ABE course
this Spring
Vista – CTE/Medical
Have their own Moodle server Most active courses are Medical
Terminology and Office Assistant Moving towards managed
enrollment, and then will be using more with basic skills and ESL
Steven Ewert using Facebook for GED students
Moodle.fas.edu
Fresno - CTE, GED
Torrance - ESL
Ryan de la Vega – piloting USA Learns second course Moodle
Video Checkout is handled as blended learning for ESL students
Using FB to communicate with students and community
Blended Advanced ESL Class Some students need more
challenges than classroom can provide
Students have continued on the site from other states and countries
Many lessons learned about what works
Vallejo, ESL
Moved ESL to online instruction last summer
Prepared students in the spring
Online courses over the summer Some challenges
No students willing to try it at first The following year, many more students were interested Worked with F2F classes until students were comfortable Required a minimum of computer
experience Next year…??
Salinas, ESL
The National Commission on Adult Literacy calls on Congress to transform adult education to serve 20 million adults annually by the year 2020. To accomplish the goal, nine Action Steps are recommended.
Reach Higher, AMERICA
www.nationalcommissiononadultliteracy.org/report.html
Reach Higher, AMERICA
Action Step 4
4. Increasing the Use of Instructional Technologies
“Strong national leadership must be provided to develop and deploy technology-assisted learning, including the creation of a national Web portal for adult learners.”
www.nationalcommissiononadultliteracy.org/report.html
Language and Literacy SkillsRequired for Independent Online Learning
Executive Summary
“Learners at even the lowest levels of literacy and language proficiency can engage with online learning content. Moreover, all reports indicate that they are eager to do so an that they benefit in important ways, such as self-confidence, self-directedness, and independence.”
Source: National Institute for Literacy – Fall, 2008
“As a top priority, the federal government should establish a national web portal… in order to significantly expand access to learning.”
The Power of Technology to Transform Adult Learning
www.caalusa.org/POWER_OF_TECH.pdf
Adult EducationNational Leadership Activities “…$6 million for the
development of a comprehensive tech infrastructure for adult education”
FY 2012 Budget RequestCareer, Technical & Adult Ed
www2.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/budget12/.../edlite-section2c.html
Over 300 courses 10% are active and
have students enrolled Course site available to
any adult ed teacher, with orientatin
CALPRO and CASAS doing professional development w/Moodle
OTAN Moodle Site - 2011
Professional development• Online Teaching Academy• Webinars• Technology and DL Symposium
Online course development• Sharable courses• Support for course creation• Online course repository
Evaluation
OTAN Distance Learning Initiatives
OTAN Spring Webinar Schedule
So You Want to Teach Online – March 7 DL Open Forum – March 10 Digital Technologies & Adult Literacy: What do we know,
what are we learning? – March 16 Orienting Students to Online Learning – March 17 Creating a High Quality Online Course – March 21 Using Quizzes in Moodle – March 24 Using Moodle to Create a Course – April 5
Register at www.CAAdultEdTraining.org
“Managing uncertainty, adaptation, innovation and influence are the defining elements of a 21st century education.”
Arne DuncanU.S. Secretary of Education
At the 2010 Foothill College Commencement