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Login and LearnTaking Advantage of
Online Professional Development Tools
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Audience Poll:Does this sound like you?
• I have taken an online class before.
• I use online classes regularly.
• I love online classes.
• I work in schools.
• I work for a State Agency.
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Learning Objectives
• Explore the benefits and
challenges of online
learning.
• Consider how online
professional development
options can enhance your
child nutrition programs.
• Experience Kansas’ online
professional development
classes.
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Today’s Roadmap
• Background
• Director’s Perspective
• Challenges
• KS online development
• Examples
• Join us!
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CNW Advisory Council
• Wanted more training opportunities
• Expressed interested in online opportunities
• Requested certificates upon course completion
Challenge Issued:• Create an online training system for our sponsors
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Laying the Groundwork
Collaborate with IT staff
Software/Platform discovery
Professional Standards Grant
Staff training
Determine development process
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Overcoming Barriers
• In-house development vs Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) product?
• What’s our budget? • What staff has time to work on this?
• How do we pull this off?• When do we want to start?
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Director’s Perspective: Roads Less Traveled
• In rural Kansas, travel
distances can be long to
make in-person classes.
This takes time, and money
to send people to classes in
person.
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Director’s Perspective: Multiple Hats
• Many employees have more than 1 job
Meet Mia
Kitchen Manager, Monday-Friday, 6:30-1:30
CNA, Wednesday-Sunday, 3:00-9:00 pm
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Director’s Perspective: Training When You Need It!
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Director’s Perspective: Uniformity in Guidance
• Staff can get answers to their questions from
someone else in addition to supervisor
• Staff receives the same message regardless of
when they take the training
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Director’s Perspective: Keeping Learners Engaged
Trainings with user
interactions keep
participants interested
and engaged.
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Director’s Perspective:Other Considerations
• HR policies on work
from home?
• Policies on use of
personal devices?
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Our Development Process: The Dream
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Our Development Process:In Reality
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Important Considerations:Audio
Audio matters.
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Important Considerations:Closed Captioning
Closed Captioning
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Important Considerations:Video
Step-by-step how-to videos
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Important Considerations:Responsiveness
Responsive = Automatically adjusts to screen size of device
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Important Considerations:Responsiveness
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Important Considerations:CERTIFICATES!
• Personalized,
dated
certificates
with user
score.
• 80% on quiz
required or
certificate
won’t display
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Online Training:For Learning the Basics
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Online Training:For Learning Step-by-Step Processes
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Online Training:For Training on Technology
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Online Training:Drag & Drop
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Online Training:Drag & Drop
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Online Training:Logic & Branching
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Join Us!
• https://learning.ksde.org/moodle/login/index.php
• Create an account for free!
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Join Us!
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• Click on any class to begin!
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Summary & Questions
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AFFILIATION OR FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
Cheryl Johnson, MS, RD, LD
• Director, Child Nutrition & Wellness, Kansas State Department of
Education
Martha Lawson, RD, SNS
• Food Service Supervisor, USD 260 Derby Public Schools, Kansas
Julie Henry, MS
• Technology & Training Specialist, Child Nutrition & Wellness,
Kansas State Department of Education
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PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS CODE
• This session provides one (1) CEU
– Presentation Title: Login and Learn: Taking Advantage of Online
Professional Development Tools
– Key Area: 3 – Administration
– Professional Standards Code: 3210
