1. I Hear the Train a Comin’
Dr. Rob Darrow
Dr. Kelly Schwirzke
Fall CUE, Oct. 2011
2. Dr. Rob Darrow
President, Online Learning Visions
• rob@onlinelearningvisions.com
• http://robdarrow.pbworks.com
Dr. Kelly Schwirzke
Coordinator Online Learning.
Santa Cruz County Office of
Education.
• kschwirzke@santacruz.k12.ca.us
• https://sites.google.com/site/scco
ealted/
11. • Need a uniform way to(Darrow, 2010)
Recommendations count online
school students
• Innovation grants and research grants
needed for online learning in California
• Common standards for K-12 online
learning should be adopted
• Ongoing finance model for online
schools needed in California; current
school funding finance models don’t fit
with online courses
12. Key Trends (Schwirzke, 2011)
• Decision-makers are sometimes schoolbased but moving towards district-wide
decisions
• Key factors are cost, competition, and
addressing gaps in opportunities
• Gap between superintendent perceptions
of the importance & need v. current
implementation
13. Implications for California
2009
2011
Lack of state level leadership
CDE Online Learning projects
Lack of cohesive vision
CCSESA eLearning Framework
Lack of quality standards
iNAOCL/CLRN Quality
Standards
Lack of funding model
CUE Leg Advocacy Committee
Restrictive UC Online Course
Policy
Lack of teacher training
Lack of California actionable
data.
UC a-g Advisory Board
Leading Edge Teacher
Certification
Rob and Kelly
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15. Why does this matter?
The goal is student
achievement, but…if
we don’t know what
“it” looks like:
– We can’t count it
– We can’t study it
(research)
– We don’t know if
it’s making a
difference
– We can’t teach it to
others
17. What are the barriers that derail
conversations and moving forward?
18. Transcontinental RR Barriers
• Congress could not decide on a route
– Some wanted southern, some northern
• 1849 – Gold discovered in Ca. Silver in Nevada
(but still Congress could not agree)
– Nevada builds railroad and Ca builds to
Sacramento
• 1853 – Congress set up a committee – sent out
4 survey teams
– Results shared: south wanted south, North
wanted north
• 1861 – South secedes (Civil War)
• 1862 – Congress authorizes a Central Route to
Ca
– to bind California to the Union
21. Key Barriers (Schwirzke, 2011)
Barrier
2007
2009
2011
Restrictive federal, state, or local laws or policies
18.1 20.0 28.1
Limited technological infrastructure
15.1 23.8 43.8
The need for teacher training
36.3 37.5 39.7
Concerns about funding based on student
attendance
39.9 43.8 41.1
Course development and/or purchasing costs
42.9 48.0 44.5
22. What guides your ongoing learning
about online learning?
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iNACOL
VSS conference
Keeping Pace
JOLT
SLOAN surveys
CUE conference
eSchoolNews
Colleagues
23. What guides your learning?
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Reading
Writing
Blogs
Google Plus
Twitter
Conferences
Conversations
24. What is your path/plan?
Individual, classroom, school, or district?
• Implementation
• Definitions
• Legislation
25. Think in terms of 3-5 years from
now (not just today).
Think about what can be,
not what is.
This is a journey, not a
destination.
Notas do Editor
Train through Canadian Rockies with family as a student.Night train from France to Italy with students.
In the 2011 California study, over half of the respondents (56.2%) ranked concerns over course quality as a barrier to offering online and blended courses, compared with the 2007 national study (51.1%) and the 2009 national study (48.6%). Across all three studies, the barrier ranked second is course development and/or purchasing costs, 42.9%, 48.0% and 44.5% respectively. There was a 10% difference between the 2007 national study (18.1%) and the 2011 California study (28.1%) with regard to the barrier related to restrictive federal, state, or local laws or policies.