This is the handout from What School Boards Should Know About Online Learning from the IASB Conference, November 19, 2011

1. IASB-IASA-IASBO JOINT ANNUAL CONFERENCE
What School Boards Should Know About Online Learning
November 19, 2011
The Trends:
• Michigan and Alabama are requiring an online
course before high school graduation.
• K-12 online courses growing at 30% a year.
• In 2009, 30% of higher ed students took courses
online.
Types of Courses Promising Practices In
Course Quality
• Web-enabled: Traditional course • Virtual classrooms
supported with out-of-school electronic • Recorded sessions
resources. • Discussion boards, wikis,
• Hybrid (Blended): Learning is split blogs
between traditional classroom and
• Virtual Office hours
electronic learning that might be in
• Oral Examinations
school computer lab or outside school.
• Purposeful weekly
• Online: All learning activities occur
communication from
outside traditional classrooms.
teacher to student
Orientation sessions and exams may
• Proctored Exams
occur at schools.
Schools implement online learning in a
If rate of adoption follows the
variety of ways. Local implementations
look differently, depending on students classic disruptive innovation
served, local resources, and local policies. model, by 2018, 50% of all
high school courses will be
Presenters online.
• Cindy Hamblin, Illinois Virtual School --Clayton M. Christensen
chamblin@ilvirtual.org
• Jeffrey L. Hunt, DuPage ROE
jeffreyhunt@comcast.net
• Kathy Tracey-Olesen, CAIT
ktracey@cait.org Learn more about disruptive innovation:
• Phil Lacey, Niles Township High http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=nJ7EG58J5eo
School District 219 — philac@d219.org

2. Illinois Virtual School (IVS) is
a statewide, online program
supported by the Illinois State CAIT uses an instructional systems
Board of Education (ISBE). approach called ADDIE (Analysis,
• IVS partners with public and Design, Development, Implementa-
private schools in an effort to tion, Evaluation) to frame the devel-
expand educational opportu- opment of all its eLearning projects.
nities for students. ILS- This model is grounded in both re-
aligned, online courses are search based methodologies and
available for students in practical experience. As every web-
grades 5-12. based instructional project is differ-
• Illinois-certified teachers ent, the use of such a model pro-
facilitate every course offered vides for a level of consistency to en-
through IVS. Teachers grade sure a quality product.
students’ work, provide
feedback, assist the students
with pacing in their courses,
and utilize a synchronous
web conferencing tool when
students need assistance.
DuPage ROE has started two
State-wide Professional projects:
Development • Administrator Academy Course
about online learning taught
Illinois Virtual School Profes- online for school administrators.
sional Development Delivery • Assistance to area school districts
System wanting to investigate how online
(IVS-PD) has been built to allow learning can be used in their
educational partners (state, re- schools.
gional, and district) to offer pro-
fessional development through
the IVS platform.

3. Professional Development
Preparing Teachers for Online Learning
Online Learning Opportunities in District 219
BOE Five Year Goal #3: Engaging students in anywhere/anytime
learning by providing laptop computers to expand their learning op-
portunities.
Student’s World: Science Department ran summer hybrid courses
as mandatory for sophomores taking AP courses.
Instructional Goal: Use LMS (Moodle) as preparatory instructional
context.
Overall success perceived by instructors
• Students handled technology well
• Students seem to be more successful than in past
• one issue where different instructor taught course in Fall than
summer
Faculty World: Professional Development to develop the capacity
for Virtual Instruction.
What does it take to prepare instructors to develop / offer hybrid
instruction?
Open Educational Resources: Free or inexpensive digital content.
Some of the content is made available at no charge or highly dis-
counted from the support of grants.
OER Commons: www.oercommons.org
Monterey Institute (NROC): http://www.montereyinstitute.org/
nroc/
How do I learn more?
Center for the Application of Information Technology —
www.cait.org
Illinois Virtual School — www.ilvirtual.org
DuPage County ROE — www.dupage.k12.il.us
Niles Township High School — url.219.org/aal
Join our online community at ilearnonline.wikispaces.com

4. Remote Education Programs Act (97-0339)
(Revised 2011)
Allows a school district, by resolution of its school board, to establish a
remote educational program. Defines "remote educational program" as an
educational program delivered to students in the home or other location
outside of a school building that meets specified criteria. Provides that days
of attendance by students in a remote educational program may be claimed
by the school district and shall be counted for general State aid purposes in
accordance with the State aid formula provisions of the Code.
The law requires that the district create a Remote Education Plan for each
student. The plan must account for the following components:
Goals
Assessments
Progress Reports
Expectations, processes, and schedules
Family Responsibilities
IEP Requirements
Participation
Responsible Parent
Program Administrator
Term of Participation
Location of Participation
Certification
The Illinois State Board of Education has written rules for tracking
attendance.
For the purposes of determining average daily
attendance for General State Aid under Section 10-
29 of the School Code [105 ILCS 5/10-29], a school
district operating a remote educational program
shall document, and make available to the State
Superintendent of Education or his designee upon
request, a written or online record of instructional
time for each student enrolled in the program that
provides sufficient evidence of the student’s active
participation in the program (e.g., log in and log
off process, electronic monitoring, adult supervision,
two-way interaction between teacher and student,
video cam).