Overview of online learning as an educational leader.

1. ONLINE LEARNING AS AN
EDUCATIONAL LEADER

2. ONLINE LEARNING IN TODAY’S SCHOOLS
• POSITIVE IMPACT ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND GROWTH
• THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF ONLINE LEARNING
• HAVE POTENTIAL DRAWBACKS
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3. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND GROWTH
• IN ONLINE COURSES IT GIVE THE TEACHER AND THE STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES
FOR ONE-ON-ONE COMMUNICATION AND ALLOWS FOR A MORE “MENTOR-
MENTEE RELATIONSHIP” TO FOSTER (THOMSON, 2010).
• SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES ALLOW STUDENTS TO GATHER A WEALTH OF
KNOWLEDGE AND SHARE THEIR IDEAS WITH LOTS OF PEOPLE AT ONE TIME
(DAINE, 2010).

4. TYPES OF ONLINE LEARNING
• WEB 2.0
• YOUTUBE:
• BRAIN POP JR.
• WEBSITE DESIGNED TO HELP KIDS LEARN
IN FUN AND INTERESTING NEW WAYS.

5. VIDEO-BASED LEARNING
• VIDEO-BASED LEARNING CAN HELP STUDENTS CONNECT WITH MATERIAL THAT
THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO OTHERWISE (GIANNAKOS, 2014).

6. SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES
• SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR TEACHERS TO USE
TO HELP REACH DEEPER AND MORE ENRICHED LEARNING THROUGH SHARING
IDEAS AND BEING ABLE TO FEEL LIKE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION (DAINE,
2010).

7. POTENTIAL DRAWBACKS
• MATERIAL MAY NOT BE AT THE LEVEL OF THE LEARNER, EITHER TOO HIGH OR
LOW FOR ANY TYPE OF BENEFIT TO BE SEEN (THOMSON, 2010).
• CAN LEAD TO THE STUDENT BEING BORED OR ANGRY
• ALSO COMMUNICATION CAN BE MISUNDERSTOOD IN THE ONLINE WORLD,
EMOTION AND INTENT CANNOT BE SENT THROUGH TEXT (2010).
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8. DRAWBACKS
• MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSES ALSO CANNOT REPLACE THE FACE TO FACE
TEACHING OF A TEACHER (BAGGALEY, 2014)

9. TODAY’S LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
• SUPPLEMENTING ONLINE LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM CAN HAVE A POSITIVE
EFFECT ON THE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND GROWTH.
• THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF ONLINE LEARNING THAT A TEACHER
CAN USE AND IMPLEMENT IN THEIR DAILY ROUTINE.
• IN TODAY’S CLASSROOM EDUCATORS NEED TO BEWARE OF THE POTENTIAL
DRAWBACKS OF ONLINE AND BE READY TO HANDLE THE PROBLEMS AS THEY
OCCUR.

10. REFERENCES
• BAGGALEY, J. (2014). ONLINE LEARNING: A NEW TESTAMENT. DISTANCE EDUCATION, 35(1), 133-140.
• DAINE, J. K. (2010). THE FUTURE OF SOCIAL NETWORKS AS VIRTUAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES: ADOPTING A "CULTURAL WEALTH CURRICULUM"
FOR COLLABORATIVE LEARNING ONLINE. JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY & HISTORY OF EDUCATION, 60 175-177.
• GIANNAKOS, M. N., CHORIANOPOULOS, K., RONCHETTI, M., SZEGEDI, P., & TEASLEY, S. D. (2014). VIDEO-BASED LEARNING AND OPEN ONLINE
COURSES. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN LEARNING, 9(1), 4-7, DOI:10.3991/IJET.V9I1.3354
• IVOCLAR VIVADENTUNITED STATES AND CANADA. (N.D.). RETRIEVED FEBRUARY 25, 2015, FROM HTTP://WWW.IVOCLARVIVADENT.US/EN-
US/IVOCLAR-VIVADENT-ONLINE-LEARNING-CENTER/
• KURTZ, G. G., & SPONDER, B. S. (2010). SOTL IN ONLINE EDUCATION: STRATEGIES AND PRACTICES FOR USING NEW MEDIA FOR TEACHING AND
LEARNING ONLINE. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP OF TEACHING & LEARNING, 4(1), 1-6.
• THOMSON, D. L. (2010). BEYOND THE CLASSROOM WALLS: TEACHERS’ AND STUDENTS’ PERSPECTIVES ON HOW ONLINE LEARNING CAN MEET
NEEDS OF GIFTED STUDENTS. JOURNAL OF ADVANCED ACADEMICS, 21(4), 662-712.