MultiState Online Professional Development Initiative SREB Online Learning Task Force Meeting

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Multi-State Online Professional Development
InitiativeSREB Online Learning Task Force Meeting

• Barbara Treacy
• Education Development Center
• November 19, 2003

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Todays Presentation

• MOPD background, history and goals
• Overview to EDC EdTech Leaders Online programs
• Lessons learned about online professional
  development (OPD)
• Current MOPD Initiatives Toolkit, Bell South
  grant, etc.
• Questions and answers

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MOPD Background and History

• October, 2002 SREB Meeting EDC/ETLO
  presentation
• January, 2003 EDC/SREB Program launch
• 11 SREB states
• 76 participants online instructor and designer
  courses
• April, 2003 ETLO training course completion
• MOPD Formation SREB, EDC, SEIRTEC
• MOPD Goals Ongoing training, local OPD course
  delivery, Toolkit, content repository, evaluation
  and dissemination
• Fall, 2003 Implementation and expansion of
  initial training
• Title IID GEAR Grant, Tennessee
• Bell South Grant award
• ToolKit development

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About EDC

• Non-profit organization founded in 1958 - over
  600 employees
• A few examples of related EDC Work
• Capacity Building Programs EdTech Leaders Online
• Professional development programs SETDA,
  Milwaukee, Maine laptop initiative/math content
• Technical assistance NEIRTEC, NSF Math Science
  Partnerships
• Online course development PBS TeacherLine
• Curriculum development Addressing Accessibility
  in Math
• Research NSF-funded Optimizing OPD Maine laptop
  evaluation

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About EdTech Leaders Online

• Based in the Center for Online Professional
  Education at Education Development Center (EDC)
• ETLO Origins Harvard/EDC Leadership and New
  Technologies Institutes
• Fall, 2000 ETLO launched
• Louisiana Programs
• Louisiana DoE initial program Spring, 2001
• 200 trained specialists multiple programs
  impacted
• Fall, 2003 27 states, 800 online facilitators
  and designers trained, 10,000 workshop
  participants

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EdTech Leaders Online Programs

• Goal Build organizational capacity to use online
  learning to address teacher professional
  development and student learning in core content
  areas
• Two key programs
• Facilitating and Implementing OPD
• Online Course Development Program
• Semester-long online training
• 22 online workshops project-based,
  subject/grade-level specific
• Ongoing planning and implementation support
• National forum for online instructors and
  designers
• Graduate Credit

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EdTech Leaders Online Workshops

• Workshops for Teachers of All Grade Levels and
  Content Areas
• Finding the Best Educational Resources on the Web
• Approaches and Tools for Developing Web-enhanced
  Lessons
• Using Technology to Support Research and
  Presentation
• Special Students in Regular Classrooms (with
  CAST)
• Transforming the Classroom with Project-Based
  Learning
• Designing a Virtual Tour
• Using Hand-Held Computers in the Classroom
• Classroom Assessment Enhanced by Technology
• Workshops for Elementary Teachers
• Using New Technologies to Support Literacy in
  Upper Elementary Classrooms
• Using New Technologies to Support Literacy in
  Primary-level Classrooms
• Reading First Supporting Early Reading
  Instruction with Technology
• Using Technology in the Elementary Math Classroom

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EdTech Leaders Online Workshops, contd

• Workshops for Middle School and High School
  Teachers
• Using Technology to Support the Writing Process
• Technology Tools to Support Inquiry in the
  Science Classroom
• Using Technology in the Social Studies Classroom
• Using Technology to Model and Analyze Real Data
  in the Math Classroom
• Getting Ready for Algebra with Virtual
  Manipulatives
• Workshops for School and District Leaders
• Special Students in Regular Classrooms
  Technology, Teaching and Universal Design for
  Administrators
• Planning for Curriculum Integration of Technology
  
• Safeguarding the Wired Schoolhouse
• Smart Budgeting for Technology An Introduction
  to TCO
• Data-Based School Reform

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Examples of SREB Course Designs

• Technology for Every Classroom Tools for Success
  (Alabama)
• Using GDOE Interactive Reports and GLC for School
  Improvement (Georgia)
• Developing Resources for Online Instruction
  (Maryland)
• Teaching Online The Road to Success (Co-designed
  by Maryland and Georgia)
• Mississippi Schools Online (Mississippi)
• Weaving Webs for Education (South Carolina)
• West Virginia Writing Assessment Writing Across
  the Curriculum Lesson Study (W. Virginia)

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Online Professional Development Model

• OPD incorporates basic principles of effective PD
• Content and pedagogy leads technology follows
• Focused on classroom practice
• Capacity-building, team approach collaborative
  relationships can be formed online
• Learning community model enables engaged,
  reflective discussions
• Complements and extends other PD activities -
  doesnt replace
• OPD is ongoing and enables follow-up
• Flexible programs can adapt to local needs
• Meets the goals of NCLB impacts teacher quality

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Sample EDC Research Results

• 4 ETLO Teams Louisiana, Los Angeles,
  Massachusetts, Maine
• 120 participants surveyed Pre-K to 12 teachers
• 92 said they benefited from and enjoyed learning
  online and would be interested in online learning
  in the future
• 91 increased collaboration with colleagues
• 84 increased knowledge of inquiry- or
  project-based lessons
• 91 increased understanding of technologys
  ability to support curriculum
• 82 increased knowledge of content
• 66 implemented classroom project based on course

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MOPD Toolkit

• Elements of successful OPD
• Planning and policies
• Courses and course development
• Effective online instruction
• Training
• Technical needs
• Budgeting and infrastructure
• Evaluation
• Best practices

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Bell South Grant

• New round of online facilitator training 25
  participants in ETLO Online Facilitator program
• Facilitators will implement EDC workshops within
  their states
• Focus on core content specialists
• Application process
• Builds and extends prior work

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Questions Answers

• Thank you!
• Barbara Treacy
• btreacy_at_edc.org
• EdTech Leaders Online
• http//www.edtechleaders.org
• Education Development Center
• http//www.edc.org