Barbour, M. K. (2020, November). Education through distance learning [Invited Presentation]. Vallejo Together.

1. Education Through
Distance Learning
Michael K. Barbour
Touro University California

3. Online learning requires purposeful instructional
planning, using a systematic model of administrative
procedures, and course development. It also requires
the careful consideration of various pedagogical
strategies. These pedagogical considerations are used
to determine which are best suited to the specific
affordances and challenges of delivery mediums and
the purposeful selection of tools based on the
strengths and limitations of each one. Finally, careful
planning requires that teachers be appropriately
trained to be able to support the tools that are being
used, and for teachers to be able to effectively use
those tools to help facilitate student learning.

4. Emergency remote teaching is a temporary shift of
instructional delivery to an alternate delivery mode
due to crisis circumstances. It involves the use of
fully remote teaching solutions for instruction or
education that would otherwise be delivered face-
to-face or as blended or hybrid courses and that will
return to that format once the crisis or emergency
has abated. The primary objective in these
circumstances is not to re-create a robust
educational ecosystem but rather to provide
temporary access to instruction and instructional
supports in a manner that is quick to set up and is
reliably available during an emergency or crisis.

5. What should we have known
about planning the Fall?

11. Departments of Education
• provide guidance early
• examine curriculum for continuity
• re-consider assessment
School Districts
• provide guidance early
• address digital equity
• decide on standardized tools
• provide professional development
Schools
• understand community realities
• address digital equity
• provide professional development

12. So what did happen in the Fall?

15. Lack of teacher preparation programs
• 1.3% of universities in the US provided any systematic
training in their pre-service or in-service teacher
education programs (Kennedy & Archambault, 2012)
• in a replication study, it was found that 4.1% of indicated
offering a field experience in an online setting
(Archambault et al., 2016)
• approximately one third of Canadian universities provided
some form of systematic training to their pre-service or
in-service teacher education programs (Archibald et al.,
2020)
Lack of professional development
• less than 40% of online teachers reported to receiving any
professional development before they began teaching
online (Rice & Dawley, 2007)

26. Departments of Education
• provide guidance early
• examine curriculum for continuity
• re-consider assessment
School Districts
• provide guidance early
• address digital equity
• decide on standardized tools
• provide professional development
Schools
• understand community realities
• address digital equity
• provide professional development

28. Well what can we do now?

29. “I think it will be easily by the end of
2021. And perhaps even into the
next year, before we start having
some semblances of normality.”

30. Canadians should expect to live
with the current inconveniences
for the next two to three years.

31. Departments of Education
• provide guidance early
• examine curriculum for continuity
• re-consider assessment
School Districts
• provide guidance early
• address digital equity
• decide on standardized tools
• provide professional development
Schools
• understand community realities
• address digital equity
• provide professional development

35. “Media are mere vehicles that
deliver instruction but do not
influence student achievement
any more than the truck that
delivers our groceries cause
changes in our nutrition.” (Clark,
1983)

38. Associate Professor of Instructional Design
College of Education & Health Services
Touro University California
mkbarbour@gmail.com
http://www.michaelbarbour.com

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