ontario strategic alliance for elearning winter conference january 11-12, 2007 hamilton, ontario

Ontario Strategic Alliance for eLearning

Winter ConferenceJanuary 11-12, 2007

Hamilton, Ontario

THE NEXT 5PAST PRESENT FUTURE

Todd A. HitchcockVice President

Florida Virtual School

Forget What You Knowthink you

THAT WAS THEN

A Brief History of Time

1981 1984 1990 2007

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Think About It1984 CAGR 2007

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Forget What You Knowthink you

THIS IS NOW

12 States have neither state-led programs nor state policies

National Overview12 States with state led programs and state policies

12 States with state led programs and no significant state policies

14 States with significant state led policies but no state led programs

Source: Evergreen Consulting and Associates

National OverviewThe Pioneers

FLVS OverviewFlorida Virtual School

• Performance Based Funding• School House Operations• Target Audiences

• Rural• Low-Performing• High Minority

• Out-of-State Partnerships• Content• Tuition• Systems• Training

• ‘Cooperative’ Model

District / School Global Services

2006-2007 Projections

* 1.0 and 0.5 Credits Not Separated During Initial Years

*

Successful Completers

Demographic SnapshotStudent Completions

Public & Charter 82%

Home School 13%

Private 5%

DiversityCaucasian 66%

Minority 34%

Female 60%

Male 40%

Top Courses (2005-2006)

Life Management Skills 10%

Personal Fitness 8%

World History 8%

Geometry 6%

Spanish I 4%

Economics 4%

Marine Science 4%

English II 3%

English III 3%

English I 3%

Demographic SnapshotStaffing

Full Time Teachers 304

Adjuncts 133

Support Personal 121

Student Interns 11

Total 569

GeographyAlabama 1

Arizona 1

California 1

Georgia 8

Indiana 1

Maryland 1

Michigan 1

Mississippi 1

North Carolina 5

New Jersey 1

Minnesota 2

Nevada 1

GeographyOhio 2

Rhode Island 1

South Carolina 2

Tennessee 2

Texas 1

Virginia 2

Washington 1

Wisconsin 1

Florida 533

AP Score Comparison

FLVS STATE Delta NATIONAL Delta

Qualify % Qualify %   Qualify %  

AP Art History 57.7% 41.0% 16.7% 56.7% 1.0%

AP Biology 62.5% 45.6% 16.9% 61.1% 1.4%

AP Calculus AB 69.7% 54.4% 15.3% 61.3% 8.4%

AP Computer Science A 94.9% 45.0% 49.9% 59.5% 35.4%

AP Computer Science AB 100.0% 75.8% 24.2% 70.6% 29.4%

AP Eng. Lang. and Composition 56.4% 44.5% 11.9% 50.9% 5.5%

AP Eng. Lit. and Composition 65.6% 51.7% 13.9% 62.1% 3.5%

AP Macroeconomics 55.2% 31.3% 23.9% 53.6% 1.6%

AP Microeconomics 56.8% 38.5% 18.3% 63.2% -6.4%

AP United States Government and Politics 67.9% 37.8% 30.1% 54.8% 13.1%

AP United States History 36.6% 40.7% -4.1% 53.1% -16.5%

* Based on the National AP Exam

TOMORROW

Space Adventures

Forget What You Know

TOP 7 4 THE NEXT 5

#7 Gaming

Roles

Adaptive

AlwaysOn

Challenge Fun

CompetitionRelevant

PERFORMANCE

#6 Immediacy

#5 Learning Objects

#4 Prescriptive Learning

Post-Test

Pre - Test

Assess

Deliver

Assess

Deliver

#3 Location Based Learning

#2 Customer Created Content

#1

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#1

Customer Service

#1

Forget What You Know

THANK YOU!!!

Todd A. HitchcockVice President, Global Services

e: thitchcock@flvs.neto: 407.317.3326 ext. 2335c: 321.662.6924

445 W. Amelia Street Suite 301 Orlando, Florida 32801