This document discusses a blended e-learning project in New Zealand schools. It describes blended e-learning as learning supported by technology and effective pedagogy. It outlines an e-learning planning framework that measures schools' e-learning capabilities in areas like leadership, teaching, and infrastructure. Schools progress through emerging, engaging, extending, and empowering phases of e-learning integration. The project aims to increase student achievement through improved teacher e-capabilities and more technology-enhanced learning opportunities. Schools conduct inquiries into focus areas and teachers reflect on changing practices to engage students.

1. Blended e-Learning Project
Angie Simmons
Blended e-Learning Facilitator

2. Learning and teaching that is facilitated by or supported through
the smart use of information and communication technologies
(In an appropriately strategically planned setting and with
effective pedagogical framework )
What is Blended e-Learning?

3. Values and vision driven professional
development
Why? - Values and Beliefs
How? - Principles
What? - Practices
From Julia Atkin - www.learning-by-design.com

4. E-Learning Planning Framework
Developed and piloted in 2011
Self-review tool which helps NZ schools to:
establish a school’s level of e-learning capability to
plan for future development

5. E-Learning Planning Framework
Measures capability against five key dimensions:-
 Leadership & strategic direction
 Teaching and learning
 Professional learning
 Infrastructure and technologies
 Beyond the classroom

6. Emerging:
Whole School - processes and practices - investigate, raise awareness
and plan
Teacher - find out about new technologies, supplement teacher-
directed lower order approaches to teaching
Engaging:
Whole School - Processes and practices establish and connect
planning across the school - trial initiatives
Teacher - Trial and begin to use technologies appropriately to support
higher order collaborative teaching and learning
Four Key Phases

7. Extending:
Whole school - Processes and practices effectively align across school,
community and wider networks.
Use of technology is refined and appropriate to meet all learners needs.
Teacher - Begin to collaborate with students to use technologies appropriately
to support
authentic, higher order, co-constructed learning.
Empowering:
Whole School - School, community and networks work in partnerships to
reflect and plan.
Technology is ubiquitous, virtual, open and equitable, enhancing authentic co-
constructed
learning within and beyond the school community.
Teacher - Work collaboratively alongside students to create personalized,
higher order,
real world learning.

8. Leadership - raising capability of leaders and schools to use e-
learning tools and practices for continuous improvement
Student achievement - accelerated through increased quantity
and quality of ICT enhanced learning opportunities
Teacher e-capability - Teachers have improved e-capability and
practice
Use of the Enabling e-Learning web presence - to support
leaders, teachers, and PLD providers
Blended e-Learning Project Outcomes

9. MOE Focus
• Investment in UFB for schools
• This year targets priority learners -
Maori, Pasifika, Special Needs
• Students not achieving National
Standards

10. Two Levels of Inquiry
• Big Picture School Inquiry - evidence/needs
based
• Reluctant boy writers
• How can we use I-pads to engage and raise
achievement of reluctant boy writers?
• Individual Teacher inquiry into teaching
practice using e-learning tools to raise
achievement levels of focus group

11. Teaching as Inquiry
• http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/Curriculum-stories/Cas
• Complete a Teacher Inquiry document
• Gather evidence of changed practice leading
to the engagement of reluctant writers -
analyze
• Reflect, modify, what next
• Record the journey

12. Teacher Professional
development
• Facilitator support
• Critical friend
• Staff sharing through f2f or online VLN
network
• Reflections on learning documented
and analyzed - where to next?
• Impact on student outcomes

13. Resources
• VLN groups
• http://elearning.tki.org.nz/
• http://delicious.com/angiesimmons
• Facilitator asimmons@cognition.co.nz
• http://angelasimmons.blogspot.com
• http://ictclassroom.wikispaces.com
• Critical friend - staff team network