Online and Blended Learning – Views of Ohio’s K-12 Students, Parents, Teachers and Administrators

Julie Evans, Project Tomorrow CEO

Speak Up 2012 Results

March 18, 2013

Online and Blended Learning

Views of Ohio’s K-12 Students,

Parents, Teachers and

Administrators

(c) Project Tomorrow 2013

Ohio “Speaks Up” series

What are the expectations of Ohio’s K-12 students for online or blended learning?

How does that student vision compare with the teachers’ & administrators’ reality?

What is the unique parent perspective on online learning?

How well are our K-12 schools meeting the expectations of students?

Big Questions


Discussion Agenda

Speak Up National Research Project

Student Vision for Online Learning

Parent, Teacher & Administrator Perspective

Discussion with you!

Speak Up 2012 National & Ohio Findings

Views of K-12 Students, Teachers,

Parents and Administrators


Project Tomorrow, a national education nonprofit organization

Programs:

• Research & evaluation studies

• School and community programs

• Events for students

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

Online surveys + focus groups

Open for all K-12 schools and schools of education

Institutions receive free report with their own data

Collect ideas ↔ Stimulate conversations

K-12 Students, Teachers, Parents, Administrators

Pre-Service Teachers in Schools of Education

Inform policies & programs

Analysis and reporting of findings and trends

Consulting services to help transform teaching and learning

Speak Up National Research Project

+ 3 million surveys since 2003


Learning & Teaching with Technology

21st Century Skills: Digital Citizenship & Global Awareness

Math and Science Instruction

Students’ Career Interests in STEM

Professional Development / Teacher Preparation

Internet Safety

Administrators’ Challenges

Emerging Technologies both in & out of the Classroom

Mobile Devices, Online & Blended Learning, Digital Content, E-textbooks, Educational Games, Social Media applications

Flipped Classroom, Print to Digital, Online Assessments

Designing the 21st Century School

Speak Up survey question themes


Learning & Teaching with Technology

21st Century Skills: Digital Citizenship & Global Awareness

Math and Science Instruction

Students’ Career Interests in STEM

Professional Development / Teacher Preparation

Internet Safety

Administrators’ Challenges

Emerging Technologies both in & out of the Classroom

Mobile Devices, Online Learning, Digital Content, E-textbooks

Educational Games, Social Media tools and applications

Flipped Classroom, Print to Digital, Online Assessments

Designing the 21st Century School

Speak Up survey question themes

Activities Value Propositions Aspirations


K-12 Students 364,233

Teachers & Librarians 56,346

Parents (in English & Spanish) 39,713

School/District Administrators 6,011

About the participating schools & districts

o 8,020 schools and 2,431 districts

o 30% urban / 43% rural / 27% suburban

o All 50 states + DC

Honor Roll of States with highest participation:

TX, CA, OH, IN, AL, NC, WI, AZ, FL, PA

National Speak Up 2012 Participation: 466,303


K-12 Students 27,999

Teachers & Librarians 17,974

Parents 6,230

School/District Administrators 1,631

Ohio Speak Up 2012 Participation: 53,834



Too many surveys!

What can the Speak Up

findings tell us about the

future of learning?


Students function as a “Digital Advance Team”

Students regularly adopt and adapt emerging

technologies for learning

Students’ frustrations focus on the unsophisticated use of

technologies within education

Persistent digital disconnect between students and

adults

Exacerbation of lack of relevancy in current education

Students want a more personalized learning

environment

Speak Up National Findings: 2003 - 2012


The New Student Vision for Learning

Personalized

Learning

Social–based learning

Un–tethered learning

Digitally–rich learning



Online and

Blended

Learning





Key Trends:

Online and Blended

Learning

Mobile Learning (Apr 2)

Digital Content &

Social Media (Apr 11)


“Speak Up Snack”


Your assignment:

Debunk myths

Uncover hidden digital divides

Evaluate your vision

Do you have a shared vision of

the future?


Be a Speak Up Analyst!

Key Trends:

Online and

Blended

Learning



0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%

Fee based online summer school

Building your own online courses

Fully online classes for students

Virtual conferences and webinars

Blended learning classes forstudents

Online teacher professionaldevelopment

District Administrators

Ohio districts are tapping into many types

of online learning


Who is learning online in Ohio?

Types of online learning experiences

Students: Gr 6-8

Students: Gr 9-12

100% online school 4% 7%

Online self study class 8% 12%

Teacher led online class 9% 10%

Online class for personal interests

7% 7%

No experience but would like to take an online class

39% 38%


Why take an online class?

For high school students, traditional reasons

are important such as scheduling and college

credit.

For middle school students, it’s about

changing the learning paradigm.

For all students, potential for personalization

of learning is highly valued.




Benefits of

taking an

online class

OH Gr 6-8 OH Gr 9-12

Work at my own

pace 60% 57%

Be in control of my

own learning 56% 56%

Review class

materials whenever

I need to

48% 44%

Greater sense of

independence 39% 40%

Easier for me to

succeed 43% 33%



OH Parents’ views:

1. Ability for my child to work at his/her own pace 62%

2. Ability to review materials when needed 59%

3. Take class not offered at the school 52%

4. Get college credit 46%

5. Increase motivation in learning 30%

Ohio parents have first hand experience with

online learning

I have taken an online class:

For work or job training 46%

For an academic/college program 27%

To learn new skills 19%

To explore a hobby 11%

25% who have not taken an

online class would like to!


Blended learning in Ohio – Principals’ View


“There is a lot of national discussion on the potential of

"blended learning" to transform education. In general, the

concept means that students are engaged to some

degree in face-to-face instruction in a traditional

classroom while also spending time driving their own

learning online. There are several different models of

blended learning. “

New Speak Up question – how we defined blended learning:

Blended learning in Ohio – Principals’ View

Primarily F2F with online resource usage 54%

Mix of online and F2F on a regular schedule 7%

Online curriculum in a school setting with teacher onsite 13%

Online course in a school setting with remote teacher 7%

Random online course by traditional school students 9%

Primarily online from home with online teacher 5%

None of the above 27%


What’s holding back online learning in Ohio?

1. Creating online courses that are academically

rigorous

2. Concern over quality of student-teacher interactions

3. Evaluating quality of online courses or curriculum

4. Lack of technology infrastructure

5. Students don’t have home internet access

6. Finding teachers interested or qualified to teach

online courses


What’s holding back online learning in Ohio?

1. Creating online courses that are academically rigorous

2. Concern over quality of student-teacher interactions

3. Evaluating quality of online courses or curriculum

4. Lack of technology infrastructure

5. Students don’t have home internet access

6. Finding teachers interested or qualified to teach online courses

Only 16% of Ohio teachers say they are

interested in teaching online courses


Looking to the future ….

What skills are Ohio’s administrators looking

for in the next generation of teachers?


Knowing how to differentiate using technology 61%

Knowing how to find and use digital content 61%

Experience learning in an online course 54%

Experience teaching an online course 43%

How often do you assign Internet-based homework?

41%

25%

19%

11%

5%

Never Few times ayear

Once amonth

One a week Almost daily

Ohio teachers and technology


41%

25%

19%

11%

5% 4%

9%

25%

38%

23%

8%

13%

30% 33%

15%

Never Few times a year Once a month Once a week Almost daily

Teachers HS Students MS Students

Comparing Ohio student and teacher values

Students, how often do you access Internet

content to help you with homework?


Evaluating the quality of online courses

What Ohio administrators say is most important


Top Voter Getters:

Alignment to curriculum standards 85%

Developed by organization with field expertise 70%

Ease of use by students and teachers 65%

Student achievement results 49%

Includes embedded assessments 40%

Evaluating the quality of online courses

What Ohio administrators say is most important


Not as important:

Lack of commercial advertisements 21%

Course used by similar districts 18%

Recommended by a colleague 17%

Used at a virtual school 4%


Online and

Blended

Learning





Imagine you are designing the ultimate

school for today’s students,

what technologies would have the

greatest impact on learning?

Do we have a shared vision

for online and blended

learning?


Do we have a shared vision for online and

blended learning in Ohio?


0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%

Learning management

Online classes

Online assessments

Online textbook

Campuswide Internet

District Admin Principals Teachers Parents Students

National Speak Up Findings and reports Targeted and thematic reports

Online learning trends Mobile learning & social media Print to digital migration Social learning Intelligent adaptive software Pre-service teachers view – NEW!

Presentations, podcasts and webinars Services: consulting, workshops, evaluation and efficacy studies

More Speak Up? www.tomorrow.org


More Speak Up for Ohio

Introducing a series of webinars on the

Ohio Speak Up data

April 2: Mobile learning

April 11: Digital content & social media


See you then …..

More Speak Up for Ohio

Your questions or comments


Thank you.

Let’s continue this conversation.

Julie Evans

Project Tomorrow

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949-609-4660 x15

Twitter: JulieEvans_PT

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