speaking up about online learning: listening to the student, parent and teacher point of view

© Project Tomorrow 2011

Julie Evans, Project Tomorrow CEO June 27, 2012

Speak Up 2011 National Results

Speaking Up about Online Learning:

Listening to the Student, Parent and

Teacher Point of View


Annual national research project

Online surveys + focus groups

Open for all K-12 schools and schools of education

Institutions receive free report with their own data

Collect ideas ↔ Stimulate conversations

K-12 Students, Teachers, Parents, Administrators

Pre-Service Teachers in Schools of Education

Inform policies & programs

Analysis and reporting of findings and trends

Consulting services to help transform teaching and learning

Speak Up National Research Project

+ 2.6 million surveys since 2003


Learning & Teaching with Technology

21st Century Skills: Digital Citizenship

Science and Math Instruction

Career Interests in STEM and Teaching

Professional Development / Teacher Preparation

Internet Safety

Administrators’ Challenges

Emerging Technologies in the Classroom

Mobile Devices, Online Learning, Digital Content, E-textbooks

Educational Games, Web 2.0 tools and applications

Designing the 21st Century School

Speak Up survey question themes


Speak Up 2011 Congressional Briefings

Washington DC

April 24 and May 23, 2012


Enabled, Engaged, Empowered

Key Trends: Online Learning


Administrators’ Realities

Impact of recent fiscal crisis on budgets

What tech solutions are you considering to help with

your budget situation?

1. Digital textbooks 43%

2. Tablets instead of laptops for students 39%

3. Online teacher PD 37%

4. Cloud computing solutions 35%

5. Online classes for students 30%

6. Allowing student use of personal devices 27%


Who is learning online?

Types of online learning experiences

Students: Gr 6-8

Students: Gr 9-12

100% online school 7% 6%

Online self study class 10% 13%

Teacher led online class 10% 13%

Online class for personal interests

9% 10%


Both students and parents are interested in

online learning

If you have not taken an online class, would you

like to?

Yes! Students in Grades 3-5 27%

Students in Grades 6-8 47%

Students in Grades 9-12 45%

What would you recommend as a good investment

to enhance student achievement?

36% of parents say “online classes”


Student interest in taking an online class

5 year retrospective

24%

47%

33%

45%

53%

38%

42%

32%

Students Gr 6-8(2007)




Yes I am interested No I am not interested


Parents’ views on the benefits of online learning for

their child


Why take an online class?

For high school students, traditional reasons:

scheduling and college credit.

For middle school students, it’s about changing the

learning paradigm.

Get extra help in a tough subject

More comfortable asking questions

In control of my own learning

More motivated to learn

Work at my own pace

Review class materials whenever I want

Share ideas with my classmates


MATH

43% - Gr 6-8 Students

32% - Gr 9-12 Students

Interest in an online class? What course?


Yes, students should be required to take an online

class for graduation

31% 26%

36%

27%

49%

40%

46%

69%

Students Gr 6-8 Students Gr 9-12 Parents Administrators

2008 2011


Educators’ experiences with online learning

Online Learning

Experience

Teachers School Site

Administrators

District

Administrators

Taught a fully online

class

6% 6% 14%

Taught a blended

online class

5% 3% 9%

Took a fully online

class for PD

52% 52% 65%

Took a blended

online class for PD

18% 25% 30%


61%

57%

20%

34%

46%

34%

36%

88%

52%

56%

13%

26%

44%

27%

28%

89%

58%

62%

17%

32%

50%

33%

34%

90%

29%

33%

5%

12%

28%

8%

11%

62%

Ability to customize learning

Review materials as needed

More connected to profession

Just in time training

Saves time

Supports learning style

Learning community value

Fits schedule

No online involvement Taken blended online PD

Taken fully online PD Taught online class

Relationship between online learning experiences

and value proposition


Teachers’ wish list for tech-enabled professional

learning communities

Tools for collaboration with teachers at my school

(43%)

Tools for collaboration with teachers at other schools

(42%)

Online courses (42%)

Easy access to student data that I can use to inform

my teaching (39%)

Centralized repository of teaching resources (38%)


Device use by online experience

65%

34%

86%

70% 63%

30%

77%

64%

45%

20%

57% 56%

Smart phones Tablet Smart phones Tablet

Teachers Administrators

I have taught an online course I have taken an online course for PD

No involvement or interest


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Thank you.

Let’s continue this conversation.

Julie Evans

Project Tomorrow

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