eLearning for Educators Online Professional Education Network for New Hampshire Quality Online Profe

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e-Learning for EducatorsOnline Professional
Education Network for New Hampshire Quality
Online Professional Development for the 21st
Century

• Stan Freeda, Project Coordinator
• Dr. Cathy Higgins, Project Director
• New Hampshire Department of Education

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Make a leap forward with renewal of your educator
credentials. Try out one of the online courses
for educators offered through the Online
Professional Educators Network in NH (OPENNH).
This session helps you get started with an online
course at low cost and high quality!

• Christa McAuliffe Technology Conference 2008
• e-Learning for Educators

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Todays Agendae-Learning for Educators
ProjectOPEN NH Course Experience
Participation in NH e-Learning for Educators /
OPEN NH
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Content is Easy.
Education is a little more Challenging.
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Firste-Learning for Educators ProjectOPEN NH
Course Experience Participation in NH
e-Learning for Educators / OPEN NH
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e-Learning for Educators

• Just a little background information . . .

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e-Learning for Educators

• Is a five-year initiative, funded by a federal
  Ready to Teach Grant to Alabama Public Television
• Is a partnership between State Department of
  Education and a Public Television station in the
  state
• Is a collaboration effort between 10 states
• Is designed to help states meet critical
  requirements for improving student achievement
• Seeks to address the needs of students in
  high-poverty, lowachieving schools by providing
  quality online professional development to
  teachers in those schools

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New Hampshire e-Learning for Educators

• Components of the 10-State Initiative
• Delivering Online Professional Development
  Courses
• OPEN NH Courses
• Training Local Educators to Instruct and Develop
  Online Professional Development Courses
• Facilitator Training Course
• Developer Training Course
• Evaluating the Effect of Our Delivery of Online
  Professional Development
• Pre and Post Course Surveys
• Conducting Research on the Effect of High Quality
  Online Professional Development
• Separate and isolated research courses
• Accompanying surveys for students and teachers

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OPEN NH

• OPEN NH is part of the New Hampshire e-Learning
  for Educators Initiative.
• OPEN NH is the program through which NH
  e-Learning for Educators delivers its online
  professional development courses.
• Online Professional Education Network for New
  Hampshire
• NH is one of the 10 participating states in the
  grant.
• AL DE KY MS MO MY NC NH PA WV
• New Hampshire e-Learning for Educators Partners
• NH Department of Education
• NH Public Television
• Plymouth State University
• Education Development Center
• Boston College

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High Quality Professional Development

• As Defined by No Child Left Behind
• gives teachers, principals, and administrators
  the knowledge and skills to provide students with
  the opportunity to meet challenging state
  academic content standards and student academic
  achievement standards.
• supports the recruiting, hiring, and training of
  highly qualified teachers, including teachers who
  become highly qualified through state and local
  alternative routes to certification.
• provides instruction in the use of data and
  assessments to inform and instruct classroom
  practice.

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High Quality Professional Development

• Features of
• High Quality Professional Development
• Focuses on content knowledge
• Emphasizes active learning
• Promotes coherence
• Provides a large amount of training sustained
  over time
• Encourages collaboration and collegiality among
  teachers
• Aligns with teacher needs
• Helps teachers apply to their practice (use
  student instructional materials and/or student
  work)
• Involves the school administration
• Includes mechanisms for assessing effectiveness
  and making mid course corrections (action
  research)

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OPEN NH Philosophy of Online Courses

• A Sustained Discussion of Content
• and Application of Knowledge
• Courses are delivered over a 7 week period for
  sustained connection to and immersion in the
  content.
• Learners will engage in readings, web site
  explorations, online videos, and other multimedia
  experiences that provide content information.
• Discussion of content for deeper understanding of
  how the content fits into the learners situation,
  needs, experiences, and comfort level.
  Discussions are a key component of our course
  model. Continuous participation in the ongoing
  discussions throughout the course is expected.
• A relevant, authentic project is completed over
  time as the course progresses. The projects are
  designed so that learners can use them in their
  teaching practice.

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Mission and Vision

• Mission
• Our Mission is to provide and develop quality
  online professional development courses that are
  developed and delivered by local educators and
  designed to meet the needs of local districts,
  schools, and educators.
• Vision
• Our vision is for OPEN NH to become the preferred
  online professional development resource for New
  Hampshire educators.

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E-Learning for Educators videohttp//www.aptv.or
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Questions or Thoughts?
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Nowe-Learning for Educators ProjectOPEN NH
Course Experience Participation in NH
e-Learning for Educators / OPEN NH
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Go to the OPEN NH Website www.opennh.org Click
on our Moodle Course Delivery site
Taking an Online Course
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Click on Self Paced Tutorials
Taking an Online Course
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Select Being Successful with Online Learning
Taking an Online Course
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Select our Free OPEN NH Mini-Course - uses our
OPEN NH course model - covers topics which are
part of our model
Taking an Online Course
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Watch the You Tube video e-Learning Behaviors
How People Learn Online which briefly discusses
the differences between online and face to face
learning. Take the 10 question quiz on readiness
for online courses. Think about the objectives
of the course your reasons for taking the
course. Post a goal or a set of goals that you
would like to accomplish by taking this course.
Being Successful with Online Learning
Orientation
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Consider what you learned from your review of the
list of the features of online course management
systems and the results of your readiness quiz.
What is your evaluation of your own readiness
for online learning?How did the experience of
participating in this unit change your readiness?
To participate in the discussion, go to the
Orientation Discussion Forum and add your
comments.
Being Successful with Online Learning
Online Readiness Discussion
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Watch the You Tube Video OTD-Online Threaded
Discussion.
Being Successful with Online Learning
Discussing Content with Your Classmates
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Consider the video on threaded discussions. In
unit 2, you explored the advantages of online
learning. How does developing a substantive
answer to a discussion starter help you learn?
How can responding to others add richness to
your understanding of the content you are
learning? To participate in the discussion, go
to the Unit 4 Discussion Forum and add your
comments.
Being Successful with Online Learning
Using Threaded Discussions
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www.opennh.org
Visit OPEN NH on the Web
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• e-Learning is mighty cool courses!

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Finallye-Learning for Educators ProjectOPEN
NH Course Experience Participation in NH
e-Learning for Educators / OPEN NH
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Course Instructors - Online training course for
instructors to learn how to facilitate online
courses for OPEN NH. Winter (late
January)Course Developers Online training
course to train individuals to develop online
courses for OPEN NH. Winter (late
January)Course Participants Online
professional development courses are offered
during four sessions throughout the year.
Fall (October / November) Winter (February
/ March) Spring (April/May) Summer
(June / August)
NH e-Learning for Educators
LOCAL EDUCATORS TRAINING LOCAL EDUCATORS
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OPEN NH Regular Sessions - Take a course during
our regular sessions which are scheduled 4 times
throughout the year. - Individual -
District CohortDistrict Special Course Delivery
Request Take a course at the time of your
choosing with a special request. (Minimum number
of 8 participants is required.) -
Participate individually at home -
Participate as a collaborating cohortSpecial
Pricing for Schools/Districts/SAUs are available
through OPEN NH.
NH e-Learning for Educators
ONLINE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTCONVENIENT.
COHESIVE. COLLABORATIVE
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Benefits of the Discussion-Based Online Learning
Model
Final Thoughts
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e-Learning is everywhere!
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Visit OPEN NH on the webFor course descriptions

• www.opennh.org

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sfreeda_at_ed.state.nh.us603.271.5132
email or call Stan Freedafor more information
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Visit our e-Learning Blog for News and Updates
www.nheon.org/elearn
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Thank YouHope you enjoyed the ride!

• Cathy Higgins
• chiggins_at_ed.state.nh.us
• 603-271-2453

Stan Freeda sfreeda_at_ed.state.nh.us
603-271-5132
NH Department of Education 101 Pleasant Street
Concord NH 03301