Clark, T., & Barbour, M. K. (2015, April). Eight trends in K-12 online and blended learning and their implications for research. A presentation at the United States Distance Education Association annual conference, St. Louis, MO.

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Eight Trends in K-12 Online and
Blended Learning and Their
Implications for Research
MVLRI Webinar
Tom Clark Michael K Barbour
Clark Consulting Sacred Heart University

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About the Book
• Online, Blended and Distance
Education: Building Successful
Programs in Schools
(Tom Clark & Michael K. Barbour,
Co-Editors. Stylus, January 2015)
• Stylus Online, Blended & Distance
Series (Michael G. Moore, Editor)
Pre-order via Amazon:
bit.do/obde-pbk

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About the Book
• We asked: What can North American educators
learn from international K–12 educators, and
vice versa, about building successful programs?
• Then went about finding the people & programs
who could help them answer these questions.

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Book: Key Trends
• The book concludes with eight key trends based on
a synthesis of chapter findings and scanning

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• X
• X
• X
Global

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Global
(2011 50-nation survey)
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Global
(case studies, 2015 book)

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Evidence-Based
• Work to build trust-based relationships
• Data sharing across programs
• Effective teaching practices
• Standards-based teaching
• What the research says

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Evidence-Based

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Evidence-Based

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Open
• Open educational resources
• Open learning environments

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Open

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Open
• NZ open classroom photo

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Open
• Open educational resources
• Open learning environments

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Mobile
• Connectivity gaps in U. S. schools relative to
bandwidth need for digital learning (ConnectEd)
• Developing nations catching up in mobile device
access; may “leapfrog” educational technologies
• Goal is ubiqituous access

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Mobile Access: By Development

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Mobile Access: By Region

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Blended

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Facilitated
• New roles for K-12 teachers
• Certification program and endorsements (Rice & __
chapter)
• Effective practices in online K-12 teaching (Kennedy
& Archambault chapter)

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Personalized

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Adaptive

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Questions?
Questions for our panelists?
• Please be brief and to the point

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Tom Clark tom@taconsulting.net
Kimberley
Loebach
kimberley.loebach
@virtualhighschool.com
Allison Powell apowell@inacol.org
Mickey
Revenaugh
mrevenaugh@earthlink.net
Tracy Weeks tracy.weeks@ncpublicschools.gov
Jesse Welsh jww102@interact.ccsd.net
Stephen Harris sharris@nbcs.nsw.edu.au
Thank You!