Best Practices for Selecting Learning Technologies

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Libby-LawrieImplementation-Consultant

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Best%Practices%for%Selecting%Learning%Technologies

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Timeline• What%does%an%18>month%discovery,%planning%and%implementation%timeline%look%like?

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Build%your%selection%team%

• Identify%key%stakeholders%(teachers,%parents,%curriculum,%technology)

Focus-on-the-learner

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Discovery Phase

• Define where you want to go (goals)• Put pedagogy over technology• Identify what changes need to be made• Build change management strategy (ADKAR)• Develop communications plan

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Conduct%Needs%Analysis%and%Requirements%Gathering%

• Identify%successful%peers%and%research%thought%leaders%from%other%districts,%case%studies

• Identify the%tools%and%partners%that%can%help%you%get%to%where%you%want%to%go

• Identify%what%is%important• Review%free,%freemium%and%enterprise%level%options

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Evaluate%Solutions%

• Perhaps%you%need%to%go%to%RFP/RFI%or%similar%process• Write%specs%for%RFP/RFI• Conduct%demonstrations• Call%references• Visit%reference%sites• Calculate%ROI%and%Total%Cost%of%Ownership

RFP-Process• Designing%the%RFP• Focus%on%goals• Creating%a%scoring%rubric

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Select%Solution%

• Choose%a%vendor%that%can%get%you%to%where%you%want%to%go• Sign%contract

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Initial%Set%Up%

• Set%up%implementation%team%with%project%plan,%milestones• Agree%on%and%track%success%factors%(how%will%we%know%if%we’ve%succeeded)

• Set%up%teams%for%each%project%(SIS%integration,%PD,%curriculum%design%and%migration)

• Integrate%SIS• Develop%training%and%support%plan

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Curriculum%Building%Phase

• Integrate%publisher%content• Create%course%templates• Create%digital%object%repository• Training

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Full%Implementation%Phase% |% Go%Live!

• Users%in%the%platform• Communicate%best%practices• Encourage%collaboration• Continue%professional%development

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Evaluation

• This%is%when%your%outcomes%will%be%realized%and%visible• Review%implementation• Create%plan%for%further%expansion• Continue%to%communicate%best%practices• Continue%to%offer%and%reinforce%training%and%PD

Key-Factors-in-Selecting-an-LMS

Which%vendors%offer:• Tailored%training%and%implementation%services%

• Change%management%experience• A%commitment%to%your%vision%• Understanding%and%support%of%your%pedagogical%strategies

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More%than%just%an%LMS…

…your%digital%learning%hub

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Seek-a-true-partnership-over-a-typical-vendor-relationship

Why-not-free?

Enterprise%solutions%vs.%classroom%solutions%(free/freemium%vs.%an%end%to%end%solution)

• What%is%free%today%may%not%be%free%tomorrow

• Time%is%money.%In%the%long%run,%will%using%this%product%be%a%good%investment%of%your%time?

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Why-not-free?

Benefits%of%an%Enterprise%Solution

• Better%curriculum,%content,%and%standards%alignment%across%the%district.%

• Improved%engagement• A%strong%and%effective%curriculum• Savings%of%time%and%money• An%IT%department%that%spends%less%time%

maintaining%multiple,%unrelated%systems• More%effective%professional%development• Better%communication%tools• Improved%teacher%efficiency%and%retention

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