“...on average, students in online learning conditions performed better than those receiving face-to-face classes.”

K12 Online Education Options

Full-timeVirtual Schools

State Supplemental Programs

College-Hosted Virtual Courses

Brick N Mortar Full Virtual

0% of Day Online

100% of Day Online

Traditional Tech Integrated Classroom

Site-Based Online Course Lab

Hybrid courses

Online courses offered by B&M district

Online Tech Enhanced Courses & Schools

The effectiveness of online learning is tied to learning time, curriculum, pedagogy, and opportunities for collaboration Webcasts Scavenger hunts, roleplay,

science simulations, Google Apps

Peer tutoring and feedback Professional learning

communities community service

Give learners control of their interactions with media

move, use, remix, edit, build, change, click, interact, change, create, share, rate, record…

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Online learning can be enhanced by prompting learner reflection

• Multiple modalities of learning

• Self-monitoring and self-explanation

• Blogs

• Peer feedback

• Reflective summaries

Training K12 online teachers& curriculum designers

Who is teaching online and how do they get their training?

Who is designing online curriculum and how do they get their training?

K-12 Online Teachers Experienced Workforce

99% credentialed teachers

Only 2% new to the teaching profession

73% 6+ years of total teaching experience

55% M.S. degree+ 46% 45+ hours of

training in online teaching

Learn more at Going Virtual!

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EDTECH Island ThenJanuary 2007

• 12 graduate courses, $200K tuition

• “Construction Junction” workshop

• 8 instructors, multiple GA’s

• Avg. 450 unique visitors per week

• Guest speaker

• “Home” to over 50 international educators

• EDTECH Community 1,500 members

• Sandbox, classrooms, amphitheater, and learning centers open to the public

•CAVE Partnership

EDTECH Island Now

Ø What teaching approaches and techniques are used in Virtual Worlds?

Ø LectureØ Whole group discussionØ Small group discussionØ Collaborative projectsØ Scavenger huntsØ Peer observation and feedbackØ Surveys, testsØ Note-takingØ Field tripsØ SimulationsØ Guest speakersØ Design & buildingØ Commerce-based learningØ InterviewsØ WebcastsØ Community serviceØ And more….

Pedagogy in Virtual Worlds

Teachers’ needs:

• Building skills• Information• Meeting place• Social area• Living areas• Amphitheater

Learning Design in VW

Key Metric: Persistence

spaces in which the artifacts of others help guide new learners and where users are free to move and interact as they please(Jones & Bronack, 2007)

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Aug. 2-9 Aug. 10-17

Design for Persistence

• Use nodes and pathways

Persistence:What we’ve learned

Group notices support persistence

Persistence:What we’ve learned

Offer living spaces to community members

Offer free services to the public

Persistence:What we’ve learned

Know when people are participating

Persistence:What we’ve learned

Know who is participating