Online Learning Trends 2014

Trends in Digital Learning: Students' Views
on Innovative Classroom Models
Julie Evans, Project Tomorrow CEO

(c) Project Tomorrow 2014
A big thank you to:
www.blackboard.com/K12

Today’s Agenda:
 Welcoming remarks
 About Speak Up 2013
 Highlights from the new report
 Panel discussion
Speak Up 2013 National Research Project:
Views of K-12 Students, Parents, Teachers,
Librarians and Administrators
© 2013 Project Tomorrow

Panel of Experts
Gwinnett Online Campus - Georgia
Jane Ballar, 8th grade
Ryan O'Neill, 8th grade
Kamehameha School - Hawaii:
Keakealani Pacheco, 11th grade
Kalani Taniguchi, 11th grade
Kekanilehua Wagner Mason, 11th grade
Moananui Peleiholani-Blakenfield, 11th grade

ProjectTomorrow, a national
education nonprofit organization
Programs:
• Research & evaluation studies
• STEM education programs
• Advocacy for digital learning
Mission: To ensure that today’s
students are prepared to become
tomorrow’s leaders, innovators and
engaged citizens of the world.

Annual national research project
 Using online surveys + focus groups
 Surveys for: K-12 Students,Teachers, Parents,
Administrators, Community Members
 Special: Pre-ServiceTeachers in Schools of Education
 Open for all K-12 schools and schools of education
 Schools, districts & colleges receive free report with
their own data
Inform policies, plans & programs
 Local: your stakeholder data
 State: state level data
 Federal: national findings
Speak Up National Research Project
+ 3.4 million
surveys since
2003

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

K-12 Students 325,279
Teachers & Librarians 32,151
Parents (in English & Spanish) 39,986
School/District Administrators 4,530
Community Members (new this year!) 1,346
About the participating schools & districts
o 9,005 schools and 2,710 districts
o 90% public schools – 10% private/parochial/charter/other
o 32% urban / 31% rural / 37% suburban
o 30% school wide Title 1; 43% majority minority school
o All 50 states + DC + Guam + DODEA schools
National Speak Up 2013 Participation: 403,292

Speak Up 2013
National Reports

A new collaborative report with
Blackboard, part of a continuing
series of leadership reports
2014 Trends in Digital Learning:
Students' Views on Innovative
Classroom Models

“When students are using digital resources,
building multi-media projects, collaborating
and connecting online and conducting online
research, they are more interested in school
work today, and feel more connected to
what their future holds tomorrow.”
Dr. Mark Edwards, Superintendent
Mooresville Graded School District, North Carolina

Why is this discussion about innovative
classroom models important today?
 Common Core State Standards
 Focus on college, career and civic readiness
 Educators’ increased familiarity with digital tools
 Emergence of the new digital parent - with new
demands for digital learning
 New student expectations for different types of
learning processes

Why is this discussion about innovative
classroom models important today?
 Common Core State Standards
 Focus on college, career and civic readiness
 Educators’ increased familiarity with digital tools
 Emergence of the new digital parent - with new
demands for digital learning
 New student expectations for different
types of learning processes
Focus on student perspectives
and aspirations

Key findings include:
Students use mobile devices in the classroom to both
make their existing schoolwork processes more effective
and to transform the way they approach learning.
Students are using digital tools to support collaborative
writing, both in and out of the classroom, reflecting the
importance of good writing skills as a prerequisite for
college and career readiness.
Students in online learning environments are more
interested in what they are learning at school, more
motivated to do well, and feel a stronger connection to their
school than other students.

Key findings include:
Students have a clear idea of the value of digital learning
within various innovative classroom models with high
interest in:
 social media to provide opportunities for them to
connect and collaborate with peers and experts,
 mobile devices that enable untethered learning
experiences, and
 online, blended, and flipped classes that that marry
digitally rich content with real-world relevance.

Students’ perspectives on school

National Speak Up Findings and reports
Targeted and thematic reports
Digital learning trends
Mobile learning & social media
Print to digital migration
Social learning
Intelligent adaptive software
Digital parent series
Presentations, podcasts and webinars
Services: consulting, workshops, evaluation and efficacy
studies
Speak Up 2014 opens on October 6
More Speak Up? www.tomorrow.org

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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