DISTRICT LEVEL ONLINE LEARNING

Innovative Digital Education and LearningA joint program of the NM Public and Higher Education Departments

Amy Jaramillo, Curriculum & Instruction Director

www.ideal-nm.org

NMSTE ConferenceApril 29-30, 2011

Presentation Agenda IDEAL-NM Overview and

Accomplishments, Plans Options for P-12 Schools Blended Learning Research Building your own local level online

learning programs

YOUR eLearning Service Center

Member Entities include: PK-12 schools Colleges & Universities Government Agencies.

New Mexico is the first state in the nation to create a statewide eLearning system that from its inception encompasses all aspects of learning from traditional public and higher education to teacher professional development, continuing education and workforce education. We help PK-12 schools to:

--Expand course offerings--Resolve scheduling conflicts--Provide highly qualified teachers--Increase student technology skills--Meet graduation requirements

We reduce geographic and capacity barriers to educational opportunity…

IDEAL Components. . . .

• Statewide Virtual School

• District/School LMS & Shared Resources

• Professional Development

PK-12

• Learning Management System

• Help Desk Support• eLearning

Clearinghouse

Higher Education

• Agency online training & professional development

• Professional learning communities

• Statewide collaborative activities

Government Agencies

P-12 Accomplishments Center for Digital Education-Ranked

6th in the nation (2010) Council for State Governments

Innovations Award (2009) Virtual School Pass Rate: 88% Dual credit pilot with Dona Ana

Community College Over 3,500 course completions

How are schools using IDEAL-NM?

Las Cruces Public Schools (portal and virtual school)

REC 10 Board uses Blackboard community

REC 9 cross district professional development/training eLearning technology

REC 2 uses portal for elementary (blended learning)

Reserve High School dual credit pilot with Dona Ana Community College

Many schools use IDEAL-NM to fill the “elective gap,” scheduling conflicts, credit recovery, and accelerated learning

P-12 Options Portal Development

Learning management, community, and content systems.

Full access to IDEAL-NM’s growing catalog of courses.

Full access to a multitude of resources and tools (software, web conferencing, wikis, blogs)

Training and technical support (portal development and course design)

Virtual School Highly qualified

teachers Quality online courses

aligned with NM content standards and benchmarks/performance standards and national standards for quality online courses

High quality support services for students, parents and site coordinators/learning coaches

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1. Learning: Engage and Empower

2. Assessment: Measure What Matters

3. Teaching: Prepare and Connect

4. Infrastructure: Access and Enable

 

5. Productivity: Redesign and Transform

National Education Technology Plan—Goals

National Education Technology Plan

The Rise of Blended LearningBlended Learning is any time a

student learns at least in part at a supervised brick-and-mortar location away from home and at least in part through online delivery with some element of student control over time, place, path and/or pace.

--Horn, M.B. & Staker, H. (2011). The Rise of K-12 Blended Learning.

Revolutionizing K-12 Education

Virtual or online learning is revolutionizing American education. Potential to dramatically expand educational

opportunities of students;Overcome the geographic and demographic;

restrictions;Improve quality instruction;Increase productivity and lower costs;Expand access to highly qualified teachers;

As many as 1 million children (roughly 2% of the K-12 student population) are participating in some form of online learning.

--Lips, D. (2010). How Online Learning is Revolutionizing K-12 Education and Benefitting Students. NO. 2356.

Small School Opportunity Gap

According to a Fall 2007 survey, some small high schools offer fewer than 50 courses whereas large schools can offer more than 200 courses.

This “opportunity gap” is due to the geographic isolation and lack of economies of scale in New Mexico’s small schools.

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What can a portal do for you?

Course Authoring and ManagementTeaching and Learning ToolsCommunication and Collaboration ToolsBuilt-in Data Tracking and Assessment Tools

Content and File ManagementShared Learning ObjectsWorkflow and Versioning

PortalMulti-domain brandingDistributed administration

Portal Tabs and LMS Areas

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Learning System

IDEAL-NM COURSESScience Math Social StudiesAstronomy Math Refresher Economics*Biology Pre-Algebra New Mexico History*Chemistry Algebra 1 U.S. Government*

Earth Science (6th grade) Algebra 2U. S. History & Geography

Environmental Science GeometryWorld History & Geography

Geology Pre-Calculus  

Fine Arts & Electives Language Arts LanguagesACT/SAT Preparation* English 1 (Freshman) French 1Art Appreciation English 2 (Sophomore) French 2

Career Exploration*Honors English 2 (Sophomore)

Spanish 1

Computer Fundamentals English 3 (Junior) Spanish 2Creative Art English 4 (Senior) Spanish 3Digital Photography Creative Writing*Fitness Fundamentals* Language Arts (7th grade) Advanced Placement

General Business*AP Environmental Science

Health & Personal Wellness*

AP Calculus

Media Literacy*AP US History & Geography

PsychologyAP US Government & Politics

Driver’s Education*   AP Biology

Content System

Community System

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Q & A

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