open nh & you 2011

e-Learning for Educators &

OPEN NH

Quality Online Professional Development in the 21st Century

Presented by

Stan Freeda NH e-Learning for Educators Project Coordinator

Office of Educational Technology

New Hampshire Department of Education

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- orientation to the project

- experience an online course

- flexibility discussion

- brainstorming

- wrap up

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• Introduce yourself by choosing an adjective to modify your name that starts with the same first letter.

• For additional fun, try to add your location, position, or another description that rhymes!

• Here’s mine!

Supportive Stan, the New Hampshire eLearning man.

Make sure your name/email on a small sticky note.

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New Hampshire e-Learning for Educators offers online professional

development courses through our Online Professional Educators

Network for NH (OPEN NH). Our 100% online courses allow you to

earn 35 contact hours that can be used to renew your current

educator credentials.

Optional graduate credits are available through Plymouth State

University for all our courses.

Project began as a 5 year Ready to Teach Grant awarded to

Alabama Public Television.

Multi-states initiative.

Partnership between state education agency and a state public

television station.

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Ten States participate in the initiative.

AL DE KY MD MO MS NC NH PA WV

In NH: 158 courses delivered in 5 years 1555 completers / 1682 registered (92.7%)

1. Delivering Online Professional Development Courses

OPEN NH Courses 2. Training Local Educators to Instruct and Develop Online

Professional Development Courses

Facilitator Training Course

Developer Training Course 3. Evaluating the Effect of Our Delivery of Online Professional

Development

Pre and Post Course Surveys 4. Conducting Research on the Effect of High Quality Online

Professional Development

Separate and isolated research courses

Accompanying surveys for students and teachers

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Focuses on content knowledge

Emphasizes active learning

Promotes coherence

Provides a large amount of training sustained over time

Encourages collaboration and collegiality among teachers

Aligns with teacher needs

Helps teachers apply to their practice (use student instructional materials and/or student work)

Involves the school administration

Includes mechanisms for assessing effectiveness and making mid course corrections (action research)

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Content

Web site explorations

Online videos

Other multimedia

Discussions over 7 weeks

Continuous

participation expected

Sustained immersion in

content

Discussions

• Key course component

• How content fits into

learners’ situation,

needs, experiences,

and comfort level

Authentic Project

• Relevant

• Complete over time

as course progresses

Multi-media

Content

7 Weeks

Discuss

Project

Sustained Discussion of Content &

Application of Knowledge

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Regular OPEN NH Sessions run four times each year.

◦ Fall (October – November)

◦ Winter (February – March)

◦ Spring (April – May)

◦ Summer (July – August)

Districts can order special delivery courses that will run on

their time schedule.

What do you think about the session

schedule and accessibility of OPEN

NH ?

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AR The Arts

BP Best Practices

CE Curriculum Enhancement

LA English Language Arts

HE Health Education

LT Literacy

MA Mathematics

SC Science

SS Social Studies

SE Special Education

TE Teaching Enhancement

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Classroom Teachers

Special Education

Teachers

Principals

Superintendents

Library Media

Specialists

Technology

Coordinators

Informal Educators

Department of

Education Staff

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Putting it online is Easy.

Developing Quality is a little more Challenging.

For your consideration….

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Go to www.opennh.net.

Scroll to the Header.

Look under .

Enter .

The course is set up using our course framework.

The content of the course highlights of our course model.

Visit the website and explore the

course if you have the opportunity.

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http://www.opennh.net/

1. Orienting Yourself to an Online Course

2. The Discussion-Based Model for Online Learning

3. Discovering Online Content Resources

4. Discussing Content with Your Classmates

5. Working on Authentic Projects

6. Using Feedback to Enhance Learning

7. Using Self Reflection to Enhance Learning

Visit the website and explore the

course if you have the opportunity.

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Content is Easy.

Education is a little more Challenging.

Questions? while you wait …

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Professional development opportunities through OPEN NH courses.

4 sessions each year.

District cohort special request.

Professional development opportunities through OPEN NH teacher enhancement courses.

Facilitating an Online Professional Development Course

Developing Effective Courses for Online and Blended Learning

District Deals for cohorts.

OPEN NH Cadre of trained facilitators available.

OPEN NH Cadre of trained developers available

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Courses for educator professional Development.

Courses for teaching enhancement.

Online and Face to Face delivery.

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ITEM COST PARTICIPANTS Online professional development

course

$130

($120 early registration)

Individual registration

Online professional development

course district cohort

$440/district cohort

($110/cohort participant)

$2625/district cohort

($105/cohort participant)

4 participants

25 participants

7 week Facilitated Online Course

training in online course

facilitation.

$325/ participant

$4500/ district cohort

Individual registration

Up to 15 participants

7 week Facilitated Online course

training in hybrid and online

course development and design

$325/ participant

$4500/ district cohort

individual

Up to 15 participant

Face to Face training on variety of

topics related to virtual learning

and virtual learning environments

$500/ half day (3 hours)

$800/ full day (6 hours)


Blended online and onsite training

on variety of topics related to

virtual learning and virtual learning

environments

$500 for online space plus

$500 onsite half day training


Space to run online courses.

Space for online collaboration or professional learning community.

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ITEM COST PARTICIPANTS

Online Collaboration

Space Annual

Membership

$30 per participant Unlimited

Online Course $650 per course Up to 25 participants

Collaboration spaces.

Facilitated or non-facilitated content modules.

Facilitated courses or non-facilitated tutorials and courses.

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ITEM COST PARTICIPANTS Online Collaboration Space $300 / space N/A

Adapt existing training material

or content into an Open NH 7

week online PD course format.

$2000 N/A

Adapt existing training material

or content into a generic online

course format to be exported.

$5000 for up to 7 units

$300 for each additional

unit

N/A

Non-facilitated Modules $300 for first

$200 each subsequent

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Non-facilitated Tutorials $500 for first

$300 each subsequent

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Data evaluation and collection, summary and enhanced reporting.

Additional online services as needed.

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ITEM COST PARTICIPANTS Evaluation – Data collection and

brief summary reporting

$2500 Evaluation – Data

collection and brief

summary reporting

Evaluation – Data collection and

extensive reporting

TBA; priced per project Evaluation – Data

collection and

extensive reporting

Additional online services TBA; priced per project Based on project.

Doing things online is Easy.

Meaningful activity is a little more Challenging.


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Ground Rules of the Game:

◦ Everybody has at least 1 general comment.

◦ Everybody responds to at least 2 other comments.

Here is the framework for the Discussion:

◦ Based on what you know about the OPEN NH, our course design

and delivery model, and quality learning, in what ways can e-

Learning for Educators help you, your school, and district provide

a coherent and effective professional development program?

Support your answers with at least one fact or idea from the

presentation.

Note! No one is taking score!

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Asking Questions is easy.

Thoughtful discussion is a little more Challenging.


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NH Educators Online | www.nheon.org

Online Learning in NH | www.nheon.org/onlinelearning

OPEN NH website | www.opennh.org

OPEN NH course site | www.opennh.net

OPEN NH You Tube Channel | www.youtube.com/user/opennh

OPEN NH eLearning Blog | www.nheon.org/elearn

MSSLE Conference wiki | www.mssle09.pbworks.com

Video on 10 State e-Learning for Educators Project

http://www.aptv.org/APTPLUS/elearning/index.asp

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http://www.nheon.org/

http://www.nheon.org/onlinelearning

http://www.opennh.org/

http://www.opennh.net/

http://www.youtube.com/user/opennh

http://www.nheon.org/elearn

http://www.mssle09.pbworks.com/

http://www.aptv.org/APTPLUS/elearning/index.asp

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e-Learning is mighty cool courses!

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For more information

Stan Freeda Educational Technology and Online Learning

Office of Educational Technology

NH Department of Education

[email protected]

603.271.5132

mailto:[email protected]