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Region 6 Fall MeetingConcord, North CarolinaNovember 24, 2014
Two Views
Digital Learning Plan
or
Digital Learning Plan
Our View
✔ Digital Learning Plan
✖ Digital Learning Plan
Legislative Actions
Building on Existing Statewide Innovations
North Carolina Digital Learning Plan
• The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at NC State
University has been asked to develop the NC Digital Learning Plan.
• Working in collaboration with:
– NC Department of Public Instruction
– NC State Board of Education
– Policymakers
– Education leaders
– Practitioners
– Business leaders
– Other stakeholders
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.
The DL 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
Questions the NC DL Plan will address
• Content & Instruction
• Technology Infrastructure & Devices
• Human Capacity
• Funding & Policy
• Cross-Cutting
Content & Instruction
1. How will North Carolina transition from funding for textbooks to funding for digital materials that are aligned with curriculum, remain current, and are effective for all learners?
2. How will existing systems, such as Home Base, the North Carolina Virtual Public School, and the K-12 Cloud support the transition to digital resources and digital learning?
Technology Infrastructure & Devices
3. How will North Carolina ensure that all public schools and community anchor institutions have the technology, service, and support infrastructure needed to sustain robust digital learning?
Human Capacity
4. How will North Carolina enhance the capacity of all its teachers, school leaders, and district leaders to fully utilize digital resources and meet the new digital learning standards?
5. How will North Carolina ensure that there will be a sustained pipeline of teachers and administrators prepared to support the K-12 digital learning transition?
Funding & Policy
6. How do State and local education policies and processes need to be updated and revised to further digital learning?
7. How does the digital learning transition impact school budgets and how can the digital learning transition be funded?
Cross-Cutting
8. What exemplary approaches and lessons learned from digital learning initiatives in NC districts and other states should North Carolina build upon?
9. How can North Carolina best support current and future local digital learning transitions in districts throughout the State?
Components of Digital-Age Learning
Note: Percentage of respondents selecting “very important” and “every school” on 2 Likert-scaled survey items (n=229).
Parent portals
Project-based learning
Digital content
Integrated assessments
Anywhere/anytime learning
Competency-based learning
Personalized learning
Student-centered instruction
46%
9%
22%
18%
8%
14%
13%
17%
32%
45%
48%
52%
57%
60%
69%
79%
Very Important Implemented throughout LEA
Digital Learning Challenges
Note: Data from open-coding of text-based responses (n=122).
Funding
Devices &
Equipment
Infrastr
ucture &
Access
Professional
Develop...
Stake
holder Buy-I
n
Personnel
Lead
ership &
Policy
Digital
Content
59%
48%45%
39%33%
26% 25%19%
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.
Stakeholder Engagement
• Advisory Boards
• Meetings with
– Educators: superintendents, principals, tech directors, teachers
– Policymakers
– Business leaders
• Sample LEAs
• Models/exemplars
• Regional town halls
• Webinars and online surveys
Sample Districts
Deliverables
Next Steps for the NC DL Plan
Timeline Major Activities
Oct 2014-Feb 2015 • Deploy school WiFi Survey and develop consortium RFP• Finalize sample of LEAs and conduct 2-3 day visits• Continue presentations and information gathering sessions
with stakeholders• Identify and visit exemplar/models
Oct-Nov 2014 • Write and vet Policy Brief #2
Nov 2014-Mar 2015 • Analyze data and gather feedback from stakeholders
Dec 2014-Jan 2015 • Submit Policy Brief #2• Meet with NC DL Plan Advisory Board
Mar 2015-Apr 2015 • Write the Feasibility Study and Assessment Report• Meet with NC DL Plan Advisory Board
May-June 2015 • Hold Regional Town Hall Meetings to vet recommendations
Aug 2015 • Submit Final Report
Final Notes
• North Carolina 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 return on investment in terms of educational outcomes, increased graduation rates, workforce preparation, and state budgets.
• Investments in infrastructure, digital content, and human capacity development will be required.
• For the Policy Brief andadditional information: http://ncdlplan.fi.ncsu.edu
• To submit inquires and recommendations:[email protected]
• Digital Learning Plan Information Gathering: http://go.ncsu.edu/n7f4nf
• Working Group Interest Form: http://go.ncsu.edu/ncdl.working.group