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Join us for an in-depth discussion on blended learning led by two experienced practitioners, Amy Hance (Collier County Public Schools) and Pam Willingham (Volusia County Schools). Hear about the many teaching and learning objectives they are meeting through the implementation of a blended learning program. Also learn how the two districts have grown the level of adoption by their faculty over time by championing accomplishments of the program.
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Adopting A Blended Learning Approach
JOHN CANUEL, VICE PRESIDENT, BLACKBOARD GLOBAL K-12 EDUCATION STRATEGYAMY HANCE, INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST, COLLIER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLSPAM WILLINGHAM, INFORMATION SYSTEMS ANALYST, VOLUSIA COUNTY SCHOOLS
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Blended Learning Models
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Districts are Challenged to Meet Student Demand for Online Learning
Source: Blackboard/Education Week Survey of Online Learning Preparedness (2010). n=1,962
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Students are positively engaged by the use of technology in learning environments.
Students demonstrate improved learning, performance and/or achievement when technology is
integrated into their curriculum.
Your district meets the online learning demands of all students.
Your district leadership team wants to deliver courses virtually to achieve greater curriculum quality, increased learning opportunities, and
operational efficiencies.
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Students are NOT able to take all the courses they want because of conflicting schedules or lack of
available staff.
100% of your core academic subjects are taught by "Highly Qualified Teachers" as defined by
NCLB/ESEA.
Students need personalized pacing to address specific achievement gaps or to take advantage of
accelerated learning abilities.
Students need more learning time outside of school.
High school students have access to all the courses they need to complete a regular diploma.
Personalized Pacing and Outside Learning Time
Source: Blackboard/Education Week Survey of Online Learning Preparedness (2010). n=2,001
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• 38% of students who have not taken an online courseare interested in doing so
• 63% of students identify online learning as a must-have component in their “ultimate school”
• Over 40% of students are currently communicating with theirteachers electronically and over 70% of students are communicating with friends and family through text, email, and IM
• Over 70% of high school students have access to a computerand 67% have access to a cell phone
What Are Students Saying?
Technology is a daily part of students’ lives and should be integrated into their school lives.
AMY HANCE
INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST
COLLIER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, FL
Collier County Public Schools
Presenters: Amy Hance, Instructional TechnologyBrett Reynolds, System Technician
Powered by ANGEL Learning by Blackboard
E-Learning Management System:
A Blended Learning program
About our District
Collier County is located in Southwest Florida. It includes Naples, Immokalee and Everglades City.
52 schools, 40,000 students, 77,000+ user accounts In 2005, we began a 3 year retrofit program and put a
mounted video projector, document camera, sound enhancement system, and interactive whiteboard in every classroom.
The Issue
In 2007 3 new schools opened as a 1:1 laptop schools. 1:1 laptop schools created a paradigm shift for
teachers. Students had more access to computers during the school day.
Needed a tool for teachers and students that would maximize this access to technology to its fullest potential.
Wanted a way to have students take more control of their own learning.
What is the next step?
A Learning Management System
We wanted to find a tool that provided A process that could deliver content and
resources to students with face-to-face instruction from highly qualified instructors.
An opportunity to use the technology in their classrooms.
Differentiated instruction for students. Engaging interaction for students. Promotion and instruction of 21st century skills.
The tool is ANGEL by Blackboard.
The instructional method is Blended Learning.
Blended Learning
Blended Learning provides an opportunity…
For teachers to communicate with students. For students to be more in control of their own
learning. To deliver more professional development. To communicate between home and school. To differentiate instruction for students.
Blended Learning Continuum
Collier fits in Model 5
The Process
How did we get to where we are today?
Pilot Phase 2007-2008
Purchased licenses for all students and teachers in our 3 new schools.
Laid the groundwork Imported courses and users, but not auto updated.
Provided Training 1 day of summer in-service, hands-on training. 40 minutes sessions throughout the school year.
Why we thought it might work New Teachers were hired
new schools hired beginning teachers, many whom have used a learning management system in college as part of their education.
Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) Teachers have taken continuing education at Florida Gulf
Coast University in Estero and they use learning management systems!
Monthly train/learn work sessions One new school had many teacher interns which allowed
us access to teachers during the day. New teachers will try anything!
If you build it, they will come!
Why should they come?
Equity CCPS philosophy is to provide equity for all students and
teachers, in terms of equipment, facilities and software. Readiness of learners
We want the program to be available when the principals and teachers decide they are ready.
Professional Development Create on-line first professional development course
available in Collier.
Demos begin
Principals requested demos for entire faculties principals were intrigued by the new tool presented in
the summer. Instructional Technology (ITS) asked to give a
demonstration of the learning management system to faculty.
Provided 30-40 minutes demos. Explained what an LMS is and how it works. Presented during faculty meetings, before or after
school. Principals requested specific faculty groups.
Wanted to share documents with faculty. Principals modeled using the management system by
placing important information for teachers only in the groups.
Sales Pitch to schools
Individual meetings with Principals ITS staff met one-on-one with every principal. discussed all technology training available.
Hands-on training during school day 40 minutes sessions. planning periods.
▪ Added a syllabus to each course (secondary)▪ Added events to the course calendar
What happened next?
Teachers wanted more! Additional training requested Hands-on training, 2+ hours after contract time.
▪ Must have 5 people minimum per session. Saturday and evening sessions scheduled.
Community Groups created – 400+ groups currently School faculty groups Media Center Book Reviews – all students at a school Teachers of Gifted AP summer students Scholar bowl Girl's Basketball
Community Groups and email
Teachers/Students/Employees Announcement groups Auto-imported all teachers, students, employees into
specific groups (based on rights level of staff and faculty).
Put announcements on the group page which shows on user’s home page.
Email Used to notify all teachers of new professional
development courses.▪ sent copy of email to external internet email address.
Keeps reminding teachers there is a learning management system.
We laid the groundwork.
Purchased a district license – all teachers and students. includes all users from SIS - principals, adult learners,
administrators, data entry, etc.
Created an upload of all courses nightly Course are exactly like they appear in our grade book.
Created an upload all users nightly Used as a tool for administrators
to present content in summer Administrator’s Academy for principals and subject area coordinators.
Required courses for new teachers and all Kindergarten teachers
Full implementation in Fall of 2009
Shared it with others
Created more Staff Development courses There are currently 99 Staff Development courses
available. Used email to communicate from teachers to students
with copy to internet mail (for teachers) Send information to all teachers
Created more Community Groups• Over 400 groups have been created
Worked on the delivery.
Use of Community Groups grows - Reading coaches formed a group to discuss classroom
observations. Building Technology Coordinators (BTC) posted
information needed for each building. Media Specialists store meeting information and needed
resources. Teachers requested groups for AP students who are not
yet enrolled in next year’s AP courses.▪ review and do summer assignments.▪ keep in contact with students over the summer.
Teachers post class notes and assignments for students.
Use of assessments has increased, both formative and summative assessments.
Worked on the delivery.
Send group emails–touches every user. Created a district student and teacher
textbook repository. Created a District Curriculum and Resources
repository for subject area coordinators. All teachers have access.
Created ELL courses which must be taken by all teachers.
Worked on the delivery.
Secondary Language Arts/Reading teachers completed the textbook adoption evaluation with shared assessments.
Science textbook adoption used surveys to gather information on textbooks.
Increased the number of Single Sign On (SSO) resources that are available to students and teachers. Currently we have Discovery Education, Pearson Successnet, FCAT Explorer and 7 other resources.
They are coming!
In just 3 years,
2966 out of 4068 teachers have logged in at least once (73%)
1072 teachers are actively using ANGEL. (Min 1 login a
week)
500 out of 805 staff have logged in at least once (62%)
128 staff are actively using ANGEL. (Min 1 login a week)
36,692 out of 39,597 students have logged in at least once.
(93%)
They are coming!
16,198 students are actively using ANGEL. (Min 1 login a
week)
35,000 courses available.
300-800 concurrent users (depending on the time of day)
each day.
400+ Community Groups have been created.
Future Plans
Training Camp offered during summer 2011
Additional Professional Development courses created Web 2.0 tools, Podcasting, Gifted endorsement, ELL endorsement, new
elementary math curriculum, new Teacher Orientation Program.
Creation of Master Courses
Continue to increase the use of District-wide shared
resources for curriculum, student and teacher
textbooks and SSO programs
Increase Parent access
Contact Information
Amy HanceInstructional Technology SpecialistCollier County Public [email protected]
Brett ReynoldsInternet Database SpecialistCollier County Public [email protected]
PAM WILLINGHAM
INFORMATION SYSTEMS ANALYST
VOLUSIA COUNTY SCHOOLS, FL
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• Low performing school needed help• Pilot program 2009-2010 with 10-12 teachers
• Volunteered• selected by principal
• Some loss of teachers due to the extra work-load.• Students were excited!
Blended Learning at Deltona High
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• Course in Bb about using Bb• Monthly F2F meetings, 2 hours after school• Colleagues from same department enjoyed working and
planning together.
Initial Training
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• School asked for a school-wide roll out!• Teacher volunteered to lead.• Initial training pre-school.• Online course opened up to all Deltona teachers.• Widely adopted by Math department as year progresses
2010-2011
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• Integration with SIS takes longer than you think.• Simplify scheduling if possible.
• Students need e-mail addresses.• Plan for managing student passwords.• Need strong teacher-leaders.• Training on curriculum integration essential.
• Plan F2F training, even if only for sharing and cheerleading.
• Students want mobile access.• Consider BYOT policies.• Plan for increased wireless usage.
Lessons Learned
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Ways to Learn More and Get Started
Webinar: K12 Schools Accomplish Their Professional Development Goals with Blackboard Learn and Collaborate
• Tuesday, April 19, 1pm ET• Join Marilyn Underwood of the Marion County Public Schools (FL) and Christine Osborne and her team
from the Cobb County School District (GA) to learn how they’ve used Blackboard Learn and Blackboard Collaborate, respectively, to increase the effectiveness of their professional development programs while simultaneously decreasing the costs it takes to do so.
JeffCo Day – Come Visit!• Thursday, May 5, 8:00am-3:00pm in Golden, CO• Join us for the day at JeffCo Schools to learn firsthand about their experience with building online learning
programs for Colorado’s large district. Participants will hear directly from students and teachers on topics of blended and fully virtual learning, as well as online professional development.
The Rise of K-12 Blended Learning• In 2009, more than 3 million K-12 students took an online course. This paper by the Innosight Institute
shares information collected from a market survey of the emerging blended-learning environment. Research shows that blended learning is gravitating toward six models. This paper explains these models and gives use case examples for how districts are incorporating blended learning into the curriculum.
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