Online and Blended Learning – Views of Ohio’s K-12 Students, Parents, Teachers and Administrators

Ohio “Speaks Up” series

Online and Blended Learning

Views of Ohio’s K-12 Students,
Parents, Teachers and
Administrators
Julie Evans, Project Tomorrow CEO
Speak Up 2012 Results
March 18, 2013

(c) Project Tomorrow 2013

Big Questions

What are the expectations of Ohio’s K-12 students
for online or blended learning?

How does that student vision compare with the
teachers’ & administrators’ reality?

What is the unique parent perspective on online
learning?

How well are our K-12 schools meeting the
expectations of students?


Discussion Agenda

 Speak Up National Research Project
 Student Vision for Online Learning
 Parent, Teacher & Administrator Perspective
 Discussion with you!

Speak Up 2012 National & Ohio Findings
Views of K-12 Students, Teachers,
Parents and Administrators


Project Tomorrow, a national
education nonprofit organization
Programs:

• Research & evaluation studies
• School and community programs
• Events for students

Mission: To ensure that today’s
students are prepared to become
tomorrow’s leaders, innovators and
engaged citizens of the world.


Speak Up National Research Project

Annual national research project
 Online surveys + focus groups
 Open for all K-12 schools and schools of education
 Institutions receive free report with their own data

Collect ideas ↔ Stimulate conversations
 K-12 Students, Teachers, Parents, Administrators
 Pre-Service Teachers in Schools of Education

Inform policies & programs
 Analysis and reporting of findings and trends
 Consulting services to help transform teaching and learning

+ 3 million surveys since 2003

Speak Up survey question themes
 Learning & Teaching with Technology

 21st Century Skills: Digital Citizenship & Global Awareness

 Math and Science Instruction

 Students’ Career Interests in STEM

 Professional Development / Teacher Preparation

 Internet Safety

 Administrators’ Challenges

 Emerging Technologies both in & out of the Classroom
 Mobile Devices, Online & Blended Learning, Digital Content, E-
textbooks, Educational Games, Social Media applications
 Flipped Classroom, Print to Digital, Online Assessments
 Designing the 21st Century School


Speak Up survey question themes
 Learning & Teaching with Technology
 21st Century Skills: Digital Citizenship & Global Awareness
 Math and Science Instruction
 Students’ Career Interests in STEM
 Professional Development / Teacher Preparation
 Internet Safety
 Administrators’ Challenges
 Emerging Technologies both in & out of the Classroom
 Mobile Devices, Online Learning, Digital Content, E-textbooks
 Educational Games, Social Media tools and applications
 Flipped Classroom, Print to Digital, Online Assessments
 Designing the 21st Century School

Activities Value Propositions Aspirations


National Speak Up 2012 Participation: 466,303

 K-12 Students 364,233
 Teachers & Librarians 56,346
 Parents (in English & Spanish) 39,713
 School/District Administrators 6,011

 About the participating schools & districts
o 8,020 schools and 2,431 districts
o 30% urban / 43% rural / 27% suburban
o All 50 states + DC

 Honor Roll of States with highest participation:

TX, CA, OH, IN, AL, NC, WI, AZ, FL, PA

Ohio Speak Up 2012 Participation: 53,834

 K-12 Students 27,999

 Teachers & Librarians 17,974

 Parents 6,230

 School/District Administrators 1,631


Too many surveys!


What can the Speak Up
findings tell us about the
future of learning?


Speak Up National Findings: 2003 - 2012

 Students function as a “Digital Advance Team”
 Students regularly adopt and adapt emerging
technologies for learning
 Students’ frustrations focus on the unsophisticated use of
technologies within education
 Persistent digital disconnect between students and
adults
 Exacerbation of lack of relevancy in current education
 Students want a more personalized learning
environment


The New Student Vision for Learning

Social–based learning
Personalized
Un–tethered learning
Learning
Digitally–rich learning



Social–based learning Online and
Un–tethered learning Blended
Digitally–rich learning Learning



Key Trends:

 Online and Blended
Learning

 Mobile Learning (Apr 2)

 Digital Content &
Social Media (Apr 11)

“Speak Up Snack”

Be a Speak Up Analyst!

Your assignment:
 Debunk myths
 Uncover hidden digital divides
 Evaluate your vision
 Do you have a shared vision of
the future?



Key Trends:

Online and
Blended
Learning


Ohio districts are tapping into many types
of online learning

Online teacher professional
development
Blended learning classes for
students

Virtual conferences and webinars

Fully online classes for students

Building your own online courses

Fee based online summer school

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%

District Administrators


Who is learning online in Ohio?

Types of online learning Students: Students:
experiences Gr 6-8 Gr 9-12
100% online school 4% 7%

Online self study class 8% 12%

Teacher led online class 9% 10%

Online class for personal 7% 7%
interests
No experience but would like 39% 38%
to take an online class

Why take an online class?

For high school students, traditional reasons
are important such as scheduling and college
credit.

For middle school students, it’s about
changing the learning paradigm.

For all students, potential for personalization
of learning is highly valued.



Benefits of OH Gr 6-8 OH Gr 9-12
taking an
online class
Work at my own 60% 57%
pace
Be in control of my 56% 56%
own learning
Review class 48% 44%
materials whenever
I need to
Greater sense of 39% 40%
independence
Easier for me to 43% 33%
succeed


OH Parents’ views:

1. Ability for my child to work at his/her own pace 62%

2. Ability to review materials when needed 59%

3. Take class not offered at the school 52%

4. Get college credit 46%

5. Increase motivation in learning 30%


Ohio parents have first hand experience with
online learning

I have taken an online class:

For work or job training 46%
For an academic/college program 27%
To learn new skills 19%
To explore a hobby 11%

25% who have not taken an
online class would like to!


Blended learning in Ohio – Principals’ View

New Speak Up question – how we defined blended learning:

“There is a lot of national discussion on the potential of
"blended learning" to transform education. In general, the
concept means that students are engaged to some
degree in face-to-face instruction in a traditional
classroom while also spending time driving their own
learning online. There are several different models of
blended learning. “


Blended learning in Ohio – Principals’ View

Primarily F2F with online resource usage 54%

Mix of online and F2F on a regular schedule 7%

Online curriculum in a school setting with teacher onsite 13%

Online course in a school setting with remote teacher 7%

Random online course by traditional school students 9%

Primarily online from home with online teacher 5%

None of the above 27%


What’s holding back online learning in Ohio?

1. Creating online courses that are academically
rigorous

2. Concern over quality of student-teacher interactions

3. Evaluating quality of online courses or curriculum

4. Lack of technology infrastructure

5. Students don’t have home internet access

6. Finding teachers interested or qualified to teach
online courses

What’s holding back online learning in Ohio?

1. Creating online courses that are academically rigorous

2. Concern over quality of student-teacher interactions

3. Evaluating quality of online courses or curriculum

4. Lack of technology infrastructure

5. Students don’t have home internet access

6. Finding teachers interested or qualified to teach online courses

Only 16% of Ohio teachers say they are
interested in teaching online courses


Looking to the future ….

What skills are Ohio’s administrators looking
for in the next generation of teachers?

 Knowing how to differentiate using technology 61%
 Knowing how to find and use digital content 61%
 Experience learning in an online course 54%
 Experience teaching an online course 43%


Ohio teachers and technology

How often do you assign Internet-based homework?

41%

25%
19%

11%
5%

Never Few times a Once a One a week Almost daily
year month


Comparing Ohio student and teacher values
Students, how often do you access Internet
content to help you with homework?

41%
38%
33%
30%
25% 25%
23%
19%
15%
13%
11%
8% 9%
4% 5%

Never Few times a year Once a month Once a week Almost daily
Teachers HS Students MS Students


Evaluating the quality of online courses

What Ohio administrators say is most important

Top Voter Getters:
 Alignment to curriculum standards 85%
 Developed by organization with field expertise 70%
 Ease of use by students and teachers 65%
 Student achievement results 49%
 Includes embedded assessments 40%


Evaluating the quality of online courses

What Ohio administrators say is most important

Not as important:
 Lack of commercial advertisements 21%
 Course used by similar districts 18%
 Recommended by a colleague 17%
 Used at a virtual school 4%


Imagine you are designing the ultimate
school for today’s students,
what technologies would have the
greatest impact on learning?

Do we have a shared vision
for online and blended
learning?

Do we have a shared vision for online and
blended learning in Ohio?

Campuswide Internet

Online textbook

Online assessments

Online classes

Learning management

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%
District Admin Principals Teachers Parents Students


More Speak Up? www.tomorrow.org

National Speak Up Findings and reports
Targeted and thematic reports
Online learning trends
Mobile learning & social media
Print to digital migration
Social learning
Intelligent adaptive software
Pre-service teachers view – NEW!
Presentations, podcasts and webinars
Services: consulting, workshops, evaluation and efficacy
studies


More Speak Up for Ohio

Introducing a series of webinars on the
Ohio Speak Up data

April 2: Mobile learning

April 11: Digital content & social media

See you then …..

More Speak Up for Ohio

Your questions or comments


Thank you.
Let’s continue this conversation.

Julie Evans
Project Tomorrow
jevans@tomorrow.org
949-609-4660 x15
Twitter: JulieEvans_PT
SpeakUpEd

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