The Self-Directed Professional Development Lives of Online Leaders

The Self-Directed Professional Development Lives of Online Leaders
Julie Evans, Project Tomorrow CEO Barbara Treacy, Advisor, EDC November 5, 2014

Introduction to Speak Up
Selected 2013 data highlights
◦Who is the online educator leader?
◦What are their views on online tools for self- directed learning?
Introduction to “Ed Tech Leaders Online”
First hand perspective and insights
Your questions, comments, ideas
(c) Project Tomorrow 2014

Getting to know you –
who is with us today?

Project Tomorrow, a national education nonprofit organization
Programs:
• Research & evaluation studies
• STEM education programs
• Advocacy for digital learning
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
Using online surveys + focus groups
Surveys for: K-12 Students, Teachers, Parents, Administrators, Community Members
Special: Pre-Service Teachers in Schools of Education
Open for all K-12 schools and schools of education
Schools, districts & colleges receive free report with their own data
Inform policies, plans & programs
Local: your stakeholder data
State: state level data
Federal: national findings
Speak Up National Research Project
+ 3.4 million surveys since 2003

Learning & Teaching with Technology
21st Century Skills: Digital Citizenship & Global Awareness
Math and Science Instruction / Digital Writing
Students’ Career Interests in STEM
Professional Development / Teacher Preparation
Internet Safety / Digital Footprints
Administrators’ Challenges / Bandwidth Capacity
Emerging Technologies both in & out of the Classroom
Mobile Devices, Online Learning, Digital Content, E-texts
Educational Games, Social Media tools and applications
Flipped Classroom, Print to Digital, Online Assessments
Designing the 21st Century School
Speak Up survey question themes

K-12 Students 325,279
Teachers & Librarians 32,151
Parents (in English & Spanish) 39,986
School/District Administrators 4,530
Community Members (new this year!) 1,346
About the participating schools & districts
o9,005 schools and 2,710 districts
o90% public schools – 10% private/parochial/charter/other
o32% urban / 31% rural / 37% suburban
o30% school wide Title 1; 43% majority minority school
oAll 50 states + DC + Guam + DODEA schools
National Speak Up 2013 Participation: 403,292

Why schools, districts & communities participate in Speak Up?
.
Power of local data
Use data as input for planning
To justify budget and purchasing decisions
Inform new initiatives – as an evaluation tool
As a tool to engage parents
Demonstrate interest in students’ ideas
Use for grant writing and fund development
Content for professional development
As a competitive tool
To counteract mythology . . . . . . .

Commonly heard education mythology
“New teachers don’t need any training in how to use technology within teaching”
“Online learning will solve all of the ills of American education.”
“Online learning undercuts the role of the
teacher in learning.”
“There is so much great content online for teachers to use in the classroom – so, what is the problem?”
“Put any technology in the classroom and magically students will learn more!”

Speak Up 2013 National Reports
www.tomorrow.org

Who is the online educator leader?

Profiling characteristics: Teachers who are teaching online classes
Who is teaching online?
7% of teachers in the Speak Up dataset

© Project Tomorrow 2014
Experience with online learning as a PD tool
1st year
1-3
4-10
11-15
16+
Took PD course online
41%
40%
41%
46%
44%
Interested in taking a PD course online
23%
32%
30%
24%
23%
Interested in teaching an online course
17%
18%
18%
22%
17%
Teachers’ experience with online learning
Years of experience

Profiling characteristics: Teachers who are teaching online classes
Female: 69%
Masters Degree in Education: 52%
High school teachers: 63%
Teaching experience:
o4 to 10 years 28%
o11 to 15 years 23%
o16+ years 44%
Tech skill assessment: Advanced 54%
Blended classroom: 47%
Flipped classroom: 30%

38%
59%
42%
41%
60%
36%
56%
57%
Online Teachers
High School Teachers
High School Principals
District Administrators
Not important
Important
Extremely important
How important is the effective implementation of technology within instruction on student success?

How are these leaders using online tools to self-direct their PD?

Use of technology to support professional tasks
Sample of findings:
Participate in webinars or video conferences 59%
Learn how to do something from a video 53%
Participate in an online community 23%
Use Twitter as a PD tool 15%

Wish list for more professional development
Online learning teachers want to learn:
1.To identify mobile apps for instruction
2.Use technology to differentiate instruction
3.To identify high quality digital content
4.To implement a blended learning model
5.To be well prepared for online assessments
6.Use technology for formative assessments
7.Use tablets within instruction

Wish list for more professional development
Desired modalities for professional development:
Types/Venues for PD
All Teachers
Online Teachers
F2F conferences
60%
56%
School training
48%
38%
Online class
20%
32%
PLC / Comm of Practice
26%
30%
Online conferences
17%
29%
Study groups
29%
26%
In school mentoring
22%
19%
Self-directed
11%
19%
Blended class
11%
17%
MOOC
5%
13%

Self-directed learning
What social media have you used to support your self-directed learning efforts?

Are they also using similar tools to help students develop new skills?

What skills are most important for students to develop to ensure their future success?
Ability to learn independently
Ability with diverse set of people
Being creative and thinking outside the box
Critical thinking and problem solving skills
Teamwork and collaboration skills
Technology skills

College and Workplace Skills
District
Administrators
Teachers Parents
Community
Members
Critical thinking and problem solving skills 91% 75% 85% 88%
Ability to work with a diverse set of people 86% 69% 71% 82%
Teamwork and collaboration skills 83% 66% 69% 79%
Ability to learn independently 82% 77% 67% 79%
Technology skills 80% 52% 69% 80%
Effective communications through writing 76% 55% 68%
Being creative and thinking outside the box 75% 62% 72% 77%
Financial literacy 79%
Defining college and career ready skills:
ranking of importance for students

College and Workplace Skills
District
Administrators
Teachers Parents
Community
Members
Critical thinking and problem solving skills 91% 75% 85% 88%
Ability to work with a diverse set of people 86% 69% 71% 82%
Teamwork and collaboration skills 83% 66% 69% 79%
Ability to learn independently 82% 77% 67% 79%
Technology skills 80% 52% 69% 80%
Effective communications through writing 76% 55% 68%
Being creative and thinking outside the box 75% 62% 72% 77%
Financial literacy 79%
Defining college and career ready skills:
ranking of importance for students
Online Educators – 84%

Use of technology to support student learning
Sample of findings:
53% of online educators use technology to encourage students to do more self-monitoring of their learning process
o1/3 are doing that with student oriented social networking sites such as Edmodo

Impact of technology on student learning
Benefits of Tech within Learning
All Teachers
Online Teachers
Development of critical thinking and problem solving skills
38%
55%
Increased motivation to learn
53%
54%
Development of creativity
39%
51%
Greater ownership of the learning process
30%
49%
Value of trial and error learning
25%
37%

15%
18%
31%
40%
49%
56%
13%
21%
22%
38%
50%
46%
Tweeted about an academic topic
Found an expert online to answer questions
Used online writing tools
Watched a video to help with homework
Played an online game to learn something
Researched a website to learn more about
a topic
Boys
Girls
Middle School Students’ Use of Digital Tools for Self-Directed Learning Outside of School (Advanced Technology Users)

Introduction to Speak Up
Selected 2013 data highlights
◦Who is the online educator leader?
◦What are their views on online tools for self- directed learning?
Introduction to “Ed Tech Leaders Online” : Barbara Treacy
First hand perspective and insights
Your questions, comments, ideas

http://youtu.be/rJf9UbXxa0M
Barbara Treacy
Former Director, ETLO
Current Advisor to EDC
Harvard School of Ed Instructor

Resnick, P, Konstan, J & Chen, Y. Starting a community, pre-copy edited draft of the chapter in Kraut, R. E. & Resnick, P. (2012). Building successful online communities: Evidence-based social design. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Go to: http://kraut.hciresearch.org/books (last chapter). Bates, T., (2014) The role of communities of practice in a digital age (Also skim comments at the end) http://www.tonybates.ca/2014/10/01/the-role-of-communities-of- practice-in-a-digital-age/#sthash.oPtWDflH.dpuf

A Discussion with Online Leaders Michelle Eaton Virtual Education Specialist MSD of Wayne Township, Indiana Monte Tatum Director of iLearn Program & Associate Professor of Education at Freed-Hardeman University, Tennessee http://us.twitcasting.tv/drmmtatom/movie/114698087

Your thoughts, comments, questions

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
New digital parent series
Presentations, podcasts and webinars
Services: consulting, workshops, evaluation and efficacy studies
Speak Up 2014 surveys open now!
#Suchat Twitter chat on blended learning – Thurs @ 5 pm
More Speak Up? www.tomorrow.org

◦K-12 students
◦Parents – English and Spanish
◦Teachers and Librarians/Media Specialists
◦School Site Administrators
◦District Administrators
◦Technology Leaders
◦Community Members
Participate in Speak Up 2014!
© Project Tomorrow 2014

Thank you.
Let’s continue this conversation.
Julie Evans
Project Tomorrow
jevans@tomorrow.org
949-609-4660 x15
Twitter: JulieEvans_PT
SpeakUpEd
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