...Understanding the Implications of Online Learning for Educational Productivity U.S. Department of Education Office of Educational Technology Prepared by: Marianne Bakia Linda Shear Yukie Toyama Austin Lasseter Center for Technology in Learning SRI International January 2012 This report was prepared for the U.S. Department of Education under Contract number ED01-CO-0040 Task 0010 with SRI International. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the positions or policies of the Department of Education. No official endorsement by the U.S. Department of Education is intended or should be inferred. U.S. Department of Education Arne Duncan Secretary Office of Educational Technology Karen Cator Director January 2012 This report is in the public domain. Authorization to reproduce this report in whole or in part is granted. While permission to reprint this publication is not necessary, the suggested citation is: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Technology, Understanding the Implications of Online Learning for Educational Productivity, Washington, D.C., 2012. This report is available on the Department’s Web site at http://www.ed.gov/technology On request, this publication is available in alternate formats, such as Braille, large print, or computer diskette. For more information, please contact the Department’s Alternate Format Center at (202) 260-0852 or (202) 260-0818. Technical Contact: Bernadette Adams Senior Policy Analyst Office...
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...sources, present best practices for online teaching. Use a Web 2.0 tool of your choice to address best practices for online teaching. You are welcome to write a 2-3 page paper instead of using a Web 2.0 tool. Your presentation/product should address 2-3 key points. You should focus on methods for engaging students in complex content as well as guiding students to higher order thinking skills. Use Rubrics B-E and J-K of iNACOL National Standards of Quality for Online Teaching as criteria of effective teaching. Use specific examples to illustrate each key point (these may be examples with real technologies and real content). Cite and reference all sources using APA. Standard B - The online teacher understands and is able to use a range of technologies, both existing and emerging, that effectively support student learning and engagement in the online environment. Standard E - The online teacher models, guides, and encourages legal, ethical, and safe behavior related to technology use. Standard J - The online teacher interacts in a professional, effective manner with colleagues, parents, and other members of the community to support students’ success. Standard K- The online teacher arranges media and content to help students and teachers transfer knowledge most effectively in the online environment The use of web 2.0 tools appeals to instructors and teachers on a regular brick-and-mortar classroom and also in an online environment. Millions of lesson...
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...An Exploratory Study Comparing Two Modes of Preparation for Online Teaching Dawn Hathaway Priscilla Norton* George Mason University Abstract Few online high schools report requiring online education for their teachers, and few programs exist to prepare teachers to teach online (Smith, Clark, & Blomeyer, 2005). Professional development for online teachers continues to be a concern, and evaluative research that examines the effectiveness of various types of professional development is needed (Archambault & Crippen, 2009). The purpose of this exploratory study was to compare differences in online teachers’ selfreported frequency and confidence in performing online teaching tasks between teachers who had completed a comprehensive preparation program and teachers who participated in a one-day face-to-face workshop. Results found no differences between the groups and challenge conventions related to the nature and role of teacher preparation in online teaching. (Keywords: teacher education, online teaching, professional development, online learning, teacher preparation) nline learning at the K–12 level grows substantially each year. The issue is no longer whether or not online learning is or should occur, but rather how it is implemented. Watson, Murin, Vashaw, Gemin, and Rapp (2011) reported that, as of late 2011, online and blended learning opportunities exist for at least some students in all 50 U.S. states plus the District of Columbia and that there are now 30 states with full-time...
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...teach students in preparation for the future. Students must be provided with the tools needed to expand the use of technology through information, communication and problem solving. My expectations for my students are set at a high standard for their success for the future. Mission Statement – My mission as an educator is to prepare my students to become independent leaders for a positive future and a safe environment. Students will implement the use of technology into their learning environment in order to gain the skills needed for society. I will provide students with a strong curriculum where technology is used to its highest expectations for success. It is important that each student strive for excellence in their academic work. Having a strong curriculum allows the students to be creative and inspired to prepare themselves for the framework of the 21st Century. Section Two: Communication Plan As teachers start their academic school year, they will be communicating with students, parents, and the administrative staff. There will also be goals set in place for all students to achieve prior to moving forward to the next grade. Furthermore; a teacher will implement the importance of a safety plan and internet security for all students. Educators must understand that the use of technology in the classroom is a skill of great importance for success. This communication plan is structured in three sections explaining how to ensure safety of students, parents...
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...Education 2012. Vol.3, Supplement, 61-66 Published Online December 2012 in SciRes (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/ce) DOI:10.4236/ce.2012.38b014 Critical Success Factors for Online Distance Learning in Higher Education: A Review of the Literature Bussakorn Cheawjindakarn1, Praweenya Suwannatthachote2, Anuchai Theeraroungchaisri3 1 Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand Email: bussakornonline@gmail.com, praweenya@gmail.com, anuchai@gmail.com 2 Received 2012 The aim of this paper is to specify the Critical Success Factors (CSFs) for Online Distance Learning (ODL) in Higher Education (HE). Research methodology was analyzing and synthesizing the literature review. The literatures were reviewed to determine items relevant to online learning success as implementation, criteria and indicator. A total of 19 papers, published during 2000-2012, were selected from Chulalongkorn University reference databases. Data analysis method was using one of the popular analysis techniques for qualitative research works or the content analysis. The results on the CSFs for ODL can be grouped into 5 factors: 1) institutional management, 2) learning environment, 3) instructional design, 4) services support and 5) course evaluation. Each of these 5 factors includes several important elements that can assist to enhance efficiency of online learning courses in higher education institutions. It is a...
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...Digital Citizenship in K-12: It Takes a Village Randy Hollandsworth, Lena Dowdy, and Judy Donovan Students will require awareness that online behaviors can impact people within their immediate circle of friends but also outside of that circle. Abstract Digital citizenship encompasses a wide range of behaviors with varying degrees of risk and possible negative consequences. Lack of digital citizenship awareness and education can, and has, led to problematic, even dangerous student conduct. If our educational village does not address these issues, the digital culture establishes its own direction, potentially pushing a productive, long-term solution further out of reach. By tapping into the experience of various practitioners and experts in the field this article provides the reader with a number of suggestions that can help the professional to help their students become better digital citizens. Keywords: Digital Citizenship, School Library Media A ccording to Wikipedia (2010), the Nigerian Igbo proverb, “Ora na azu nwa”, translates as “it takes a village to raise a child” (Proverb Question section, para. 6). Whether this popular phrase derives from international cultures or from one’s own experiences in life, it provides a framework for our schools and society to meet a cultural shift in a global society. Creating awareness and enhancing digital citizenship in our society could best be assessed as having reached a pivotal point. Weigel, James...
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...Nursing Evaluation and Learning Advisory Committee (ELAC) ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION ELAC Members: Marilyn H. Oermann (Chair) Karen Saewert (Chair-elect) Pamela Rutar Suzanne Yarbrough Sub-committee Members: Reba Childress Dawne-Marie Dunbar Sally Erdel Barbara Haas Evelyn Hayes Debra Hurd Sheila Kyle Gayle Preheim, Chair Linda Siktberg Gale R. Woolley, Chair A comprehensive literature review was completed, reflecting best practices in assessment, evaluation, and grading in nursing. This annotated bibliography of the literature is organized into four areas: assessment and evaluation in (a) the classroom, (b) the online environment, (c) clinical practice, and (d) learning and simulation laboratories. There is a fifth section that provides references on the assessment of psychomotor learning and performance; that section is not annotated. This work was completed by members of ELAC and its subcommittees as noted above. 1 CLASSROOM ASSESSMENT Ahmad, N. (2002). Evaluation of teaching: Through eyes of students. Plano: Institutional Research Office, Collin County Community College District. This article reviews the student evaluations instruments used to evaluate learning and faculty in the classroom. The purpose of this article was to search for come standardized instruments of student evaluations. Instruments used are: Individual Developmental and Educational Assessment (IDEA), Student Assessment of Learning Gains( SALG), Instructional...
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...Therefore, blended learning has been hailed as a possible answer to the current limitations of the current system. In this paper, the writer examines the current literature on blended instruction, its benefits, and challenges, as well as, the current evidence on its effectiveness. However, there is no conclusive evidence that blended learning is effective in promoting academic success. These results could be attributed to the lack of consensus on the actual definition of blended learning and its composition. However, the transition to blended learning is inevitable. The review concludes by examining how school administrators can adopt and promote change within their jurisdiction concerning the adoption of blended learning. Blended Learning: Possibilities, Challenges, and Embracing Change Introduction and Background Any education system has the purpose of preparing individuals to contribute to the society, while also allowing them to create desirable lives, either for their families or themselves. The world of work has evolved from an industrial orientation to an information age. Despite this evolution, the education sector has not evolved fast enough and is still operating under the same rules that were set up during the industrial age. Today, more than ever, the current status of the American education system threatens to derail the economic prosperity of the state. Disparities on the extent to which the education sector can prepare students to participate...
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...How Environment Plays a Role in Learning Eric Williams College 100 American Military University Catherine Ellenwood Abstract This paper examines the quantitative effects that the learning environment has on the success and or failure of today’s student. The two basic factors that make up and comprise the learning environment are addressed, with elaboration given on how they negatively or constructively assist the modern student in his or her academic progression. A number of important facets key to a successful learning environment are addressed that are critical in ensuring that the learner is comfortable and undergos the most optimum learning experience available. Explanation is also given on how to improve the learning environment to support the student’s constant changing needs. How Environment Plays a Role in Learning In order for the student to develop his or her cognitive skills and successfully engage in the learning process, they must be immersed in a learning environment designed and well suited to properly stimulate them in their academic development. The effect that the learning environment has on the student, whether it’s the physical effect or the psychosocial effect, can’t be overstated asserts Dr. B.J. Fraser (as cited in Amirul, Ahmad, Yahya, Abdullah, Adnan and Noh, 2013, para. 2 ). Maintaining a positive learning environment that promotes active, progressive education is of the utmost importance. Ensuring that suitable and adequate...
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...educational background in K-12 education and as an undergraduate instructor in Education. I do not “teach” in the traditional sense of the word, but I believe facilitating learning. To me, learning is a process that begins and ends with the student. My instructional practice centers around personalizing each student’s learning experience through a constructivist approach to instruction. Everyone comes to my class with different backgrounds, experiences, and knowledge. Every student learns material in different ways. Everyone needs to learn something different in order to master the course outcomes and objectives. It is vital that an instructor not only recognizes this, but has the skillset to put a plan of action into place to accommodate individuals as well as meet institutional and course objectives. My job is to provide personalized instruction based on individual needs within my classroom while collectively encouraging group participation. I believe online teaching is effective because it provides the instructor the ability to communicate with students one-on-one – in many cases, more so than in a once-a-week seated classroom situation. The instructor gets to know the students’ educational needs and learning strengths and weaknesses. I am a strong believer in the student-centered instructional model. The importance that I place on substantive critical feedback, especially within the online environment, has allowed me to achieve success as an instructor early on...
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...Unit weight Equivalent weight points Verbal Interpretation 5 4.50-5.0 Strongly Agree 4 3.50-4.49 Agree 3 2.50-3.49 Minimally Agree 2 1.50-2.49 Disagree 1 1.0-1.49 Strongly Disagree Study Habits of CS 1 Students: What do they do outside the classroom? Donald Chinn Institute of Technology University of Washington, Tacoma Tacoma, WA, USA 98402 dchinn@u.washington.edu Judy Sheard Faculty of Information Technology Monash University Victoria, Australia Judy.Sheard@infotech.monash.edu.au Angela Carbone Faculty of Information Technology Monash University Victoria, Australia Angela.Carbone@infotech.monash.edu.au Mikko-Jussi Laakso Department of Information Technology and Turku Centre for Computer Science (TUCS) University of Turku, Finland milaak@utu.fi Abstract In this paper, we report the results of a survey of the study habits of CS1 students. In this survey, students were asked how much time they spent on course-related activities such as reading the textbook, working on problems outside class, using online learning tools, and consulting with their instructor. We identified factors that influenced student study habits and how those factors affected students’ final course score. The findings show that students engaged in a wide range of study behaviours in terms of time spent and use of resources. Previous programming experience and lecture attendance were positive factors to final course score, and a tendency...
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...institutional and learning setting effectively. Available technology remains an unused resource because many teachers feel that viewing intensely at their pedagogy and inquiring whether the existing curriculum is engaging enough to teach with wireless laptops effectively (Teo, 2009; Skevakis, 2010; Weston &ump; Bain, 2010). By and large, teachers, students, and stakeholders can benefit from this technology through collaborative measures, advancing teacher-students’ literacy development (Suhr, Hernandez, Grimes, &ump; Warschauer, 2010), using data driven tasks, administering cross curriculum running records, promoting explorations, and facilitating assessments. Teachers can use wireless laptops to teach students to generate and analyze their own data during inquiry learning (Kervin &ump; Mantei, 2010; Skevakis, 2010). Students with access to wireless laptops also have added aids at hand for creating products that illustrate mastery of introduced concepts (Zucker &ump; King 2009). To determine teachers’ need for ongoing training to incorporate wireless computing, I will use the teachers’ responses from the TAS. Nature of the Study Teachers' overall attitude toward adapting a set method with applying wireless laptops in the instructional practices will hypothesize a key determinant of the nature of this quantitative, pre-experimental study. In this study, the reason why teachers do not widely and effectively use available technology such as wireless laptops in K–12 classrooms will...
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...Online College: The Better Way to Higher Education Ollie St Jules Devry University The Need and Want for Online Schools With all the things going on in an adult’s life, school should not make it more complicated. However the longer the person waits to attend college the harder it seems to work into their daily lives. This is where I believe online learning comes into play. Choosing a college is never easy, but before you pick the specific school you want to attend, you must first decide whether you want to pursue an education at an online university or a traditional college. Online education like everything else has its pros and cons. I’m not saying that online courses are for everyone but they are very beneficial in my life. With me being a full time parent and employee I find that online education is the best solution for continuing your education on your terms. Online education has many benefits that lead me to recommend this option to you. It has been shown to have better success rates, it’s convenient and flexible, it cost less to attend, and it also opens you to the new technologies that are being used in nearly every occupation. One of the top reasons I would recommend online learning would have to be the success rate that is garnering. Beginning around 2000, several studies, including meta-studies (review and analysis of hundreds of studies selected for their rigor), began to find significant differences in favor of online learning. These studies culminated...
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...this article helpful? 10 1 Ads by Google BSc Psychology Online www.rdi.co.uk/psychology Study In Nigeria - UK Universities. Apply Online Now For Home Study ACCA Distance Learning StudyInterActive.org/ACCA-Distance Access Full Syllabus Online. Live & Recorded HD Video. Tutor Support! Study in Georgia,Europe www.studyingeorgiaeu.com Affordable quality Universities as low as $1500. Visit us at. A-level Diploma abroad www.ef.com Complete the A-level abroad at the EF International Academy Math Practice - Ages 5-15 www.IXL.com/Math A K-12 math website kids LOVE — Win awards, certificates, have fun! GTBank Mobile Money www.gtbank.com/mobilemoney Send Or Receive Money With GTBank. Mobile Money. Simple Money Transfer Good Study Habits and Academic Achievement Walk Hand in Hand By Veronica M. De Escobar Ads by Google Study in Scotland Study a Postgraduate course in Scotland. View course list here! gcu.ac.uk/postgraduate Consider an SJD from UCLA A small, elite doctoral program for budding legal academics. www.law.ucla.edu/sjd Free IELTS Practice Test Take our 21 minute practice test and get your results right away. www.testden.com If you are reading this article then you are familiar with the relation that good study habits and academic achievement have to accomplish great success in any level of education. By learning good study habits students tend to perform better than struggling students. It is a lie to say that to perform better at school you need...
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...2012, p. 2). Seeking higher education is the responsibility of any student; it is the individual’s accountability to maintain their resiliency to live up to the monumental tasks of achieves academic success. College students must take full control of their educational needs to achieve personal success. “A 1998 survey identified 90 percent of the American population were concerned about the decline of the moral values across the nation” (Clarkston, 2011, p. 14). The price of this success comes with the responsibility of not compromising their personal moral and ethical responsibilities to themselves and to the institution. It is a large undertaking process to manage these learning objectives while understanding personal responsibilities to earn an educational degree. “Ethical decision belongs to the individual to make the choice to do the right or wrong” (Clarkston, 2011, p. 13). Ethical and moral responsibilities are integrated standards, which defines a person’s role to maintain ones integrity. However, if a student violates these standards and rules and regulations of unbecoming a scholar student, within the universities policies. Then the student could face expulsion or may receive sanctions, due to the circumstances of the violation. If a student continues to remain in the university system, ones integrity will be continuous questioned while attending the same institution. The Oxford University Scholarship Online Press states, “Moral responsibility as operating at a different...
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