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Learning in the 21st Century: A 5 Year Retrospective on the Growth in Online Learning
- 1. “Learning in the 21st Century:
A 5 Year Retrospective on the
Growth in Online Learning”
Breakfast Report Release
ISTE 2012 – San Diego
Breakfast Meeting - June 26, 2012
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- 3. Today’s Agenda:
Welcoming remarks from Annie Lewis
About Speak Up
Highlights from the new report
Panel discussion
Wrap up with Jennie Breister
Speak Up National Research Project:
Views of K-12 Students, Parents, Teachers,
Librarians and Administrators
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- 4. Welcoming Remarks
Annie Lewis
Senior Manager
K-12 Marketing
Blackboard Inc.
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- 5. Today’s Discussion: The Big Questions
How does the growth in online learning change the value
proposition for technologies that personalize learning?
What is the impact of the increased interest by students,
parents and educators?
What is the teachers’ wish list for tech-enabled professional
learning communities?
Is there a new climate for policies around online learning
requirements for students?
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- 6. Learning in the 21st Century:
A 5 Year Retrospective on the Growth in Online Learning
Panel Discussion
Sheryl Abshire
Chief Technology Officer, Calcasieu Parish Public Schools (LA)
Candice Dodson
Director of E-Learning, Indiana Department of Education
Guy Romero
Assistant Superintendent, Educational Services, Murrieta Unified
School District (CA)
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- 7. 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
+ 2.6 million surveys since 2003
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- 8. Speak Up survey question themes
Learning & Teaching with Technology
21st Century Skills: Digital Citizenship
Science and Math Instruction
Career Interests in STEM and Teaching
Professional Development / Teacher Preparation
Internet Safety
Administrators’ Challenges
Emerging Technologies in the Classroom
Mobile Devices, Online Learning, Digital Content, E-textbooks
Educational Games, Web 2.0 tools and applications
Designing the 21st Century School
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- 9. National Speak Up 2011 Participation: 416,758
K-12 Students 330,117
Teachers & Librarians 38,502
Parents (in English & Spanish) 44,006
School/District Administrators 4,133
About the participating schools & districts
o 5,616 schools and 1,250 districts
o 24% urban / 35% rural / 41% suburban
o All 50 states + DC
Honor Roll of States with highest participation:
TX, CA, AL, IN, AZ, NC, FL, WI, VA, MD
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- 10. Speak Up 2011 Congressional Briefings
Washington DC
April 24 and May 23, 2012
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- 11. Introducing . . .
“Learning in the 21st Century:
A 5 Year Retrospective on the
Growth in Online Learning”
A special collaboration with Blackboard, Inc.
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- 12. Learning in the 21st Century:
A 5 Year Retrospective on the Growth in Online Learning
Key Finding #1:
A majority of teachers, school site
administrators and district level administrators
have taken an online class for their own PD.
For teachers, increase of 148% since 2007.
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- 13. Learning in the 21st Century:
A 5 Year Retrospective on the Growth in Online Learning
Key Finding #1:
Online Learning Teachers School Site District
Experience Administrators Administrators
Taught a fully online class 6% 6% 14%
Taught a blended online 5% 3% 9%
class
Took a fully online class 52% 52% 65%
for PD
Took a blended online 18% 25% 30%
class for PD
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- 14. Administrators’ Realities
Impact of recent fiscal crisis on budgets
What tech solutions are you considering to help with
your budget situation?
1. Digital textbooks 43%
2. Tablets instead of laptops for students 39%
3. Online teacher PD 37%
4. Cloud computing solutions 35%
5. Online classes for students 30%
6. Allowing student use of personal devices 27%
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- 15. Learning in the 21st Century:
A 5 Year Retrospective on the Growth in Online Learning
Key Finding #2:
Teachers’ value proposition on online learning
for their own professional development is
directly related to their previous online
learning experiences.
30% of teachers say that online PD is now their
preferred approach for continuing education.
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- 16. Relationship between online learning experiences
and value proposition
62%
Fits schedule 90%
89%
88%
11%
Learning community value 34%
28%
36%
8%
Supports learning style 33%
27%
34%
28%
Saves time 50%
44%
46%
12%
Just in time training 32%
26%
34%
5%
More connected to profession 17%
13%
20%
33%
Review materials as needed 62%
56%
57%
29%
Ability to customize learning 58%
52%
61%
No online involvement Taken blended online PD
Taken fully online PD Taught online class
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- 17. Teachers’ wish list for tech-enabled professional
learning communities
Tools for collaboration with teachers at my school
(43%)
Tools for collaboration with teachers at other schools
(42%)
Online courses (42%)
Easy access to student data that I can use to inform
my teaching (39%)
Centralized repository of teaching resources (38%)
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- 18. Learning in the 21st Century:
A 5 Year Retrospective on the Growth in Online Learning
Key Finding #3:
A new, positive correlation exists between
educators’ experiences with online learning
and their interest in mobile learning in school.
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- 19. Device use by online experience
I have taught an online course I have taken an online course for PD
No involvement or interest
86%
77%
70%
65% 63% 64%
57% 56%
45%
34% 30%
20%
Smart phones Tablet Smart phones Tablet
Teachers Administrators
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- 20. Impact of mobile usage on online learning perspective
35% of principals who have taught an online class =
likely to allow students to use their mobile devices at
school
76% of principals without online learning experience
= unlikely to allow students to use their own mobile
devices at school
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- 21. Learning in the 21st Century:
A 5 Year Retrospective on the Growth in Online Learning
Key Finding #4:
The profile of a typical student interested in
taking an online class today is:
a middle school girl who values the use of a
mobile device in school and sees online
learning as her ticket to a more personalized
learning environment where she is control of
the learning process.
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- 22. Student interest in taking an online class
5 year retrospective
Yes I am interested No I am not interested
53%
47%
45%
42%
38%
33% 32%
24%
Students Gr 6-8 Students Gr 6-8 Students Gr 9-12 Students Gr 9-12
(2007) (2011) (2007) (2011)
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- 23. Learning in the 21st Century:
A 5 Year Retrospective on the Growth in Online Learning
Key Finding #5:
One-third of parents now support increased
investments in online learning at their child’s school.
An increase of 80% since 2007.
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- 24. Parents’ views on the benefits of online learning for
their child
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- 25. Learning in the 21st Century:
A 5 Year Retrospective on the Growth in Online Learning
Key Finding #6:
69% of administrators (and surprisingly, almost
50% of middle school students) say that
students should be required to take an online
class to graduate from high school.
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- 26. Yes, students should be required to take an online
class for graduation.
2008 2011
69%
49%
46%
40%
36%
31%
26% 27%
Students Gr 6-8 Students Gr 9-12 Parents Administrators
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- 27. Introducing . . .
“Learning in the 21st Century:
A 5 Year Retrospective on the
Growth in Online Learning”
A special collaboration with Blackboard, Inc.
© Project Tomorrow 2011
- 28. When we write the online
learning trends update report in
2017, what will be our headline
stories five years from now?
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- 29. Learning in the 21st Century:
A 5 Year Retrospective on the Growth in Online Learning
Panel Discussion
Sheryl Abshire
Chief Technology Officer, Calcasieu Parish Public Schools (LA)
Candice Dodson
Director of E-Learning, Indiana Department of Education
Guy Romero
Assistant Superintendent, Educational Services, Murrieta Unified
School District (CA)
© Project Tomorrow 2011
- 31. Start planning now for Speak Up 2012!
Speak Up 2012 – 10th Anniversary
Special online surveys to collect and report on the views of the
K-12 students, teachers, librarians, administrators and parents
on the role of technology within teaching and learning.
Surveys open in October
Sign up to receive
information and alerts
www.tomorrow.org
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- 32. Closing Remarks
Jennie Breister
Product Marketing Manager
Blackboard Connect
Blackboard Inc.
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- 33. Thank you.
Let’s continue this conversation.
Julie Evans
Project Tomorrow
jevans@tomorrow.org
949-609-4660 x15
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