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HISTORY OF E-COURSES
The University of London claims to be the first university to
offer distance learning degrees, establishing its External
Programme in 1858. (Wikipedia. 2011).
In 1996 Jones International University was launched and claims to
be the first fully online university accredited by a regional
accrediting association in the US. (wiki.ask.com).
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3. Why e-PD?
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Access: e-Learning is available for FREE on the Internet.
Convenience: e-Learning can take place anytime and any place there
is Internet access.
Choice: e-Learning increases professional development opportunities
for teachers.
Simplicity: visit the Web site to enroll, complete the course, take
an assessment, perform the follow-up activities, then incorporate
what you learn into the classroom.
http://www2.ed.gov/teachers/how/tools/initiative/e-learning.html
Flexibility of Time and Place
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RESEARCH
What research organization or people developed a solution to this
problem or need?
e-Learning for Educators (efe) Project. ([email protected].)
RESEARCH
What were their findings?
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this study provides a body of evidence that teachers participation
in a coordinated series of OPD courses have effects that translate
into improvements in targeted student outcomes.
What seems to be lacking is a system for helping educators to
continually learn about new educational resources and more
effectively keep track of and inform each other about the best
practices for technology supported learning.
Using online communities for professional development at a distance
can help reduce isolation in the classroom (Schlager, Fusco &
Schank, 2002)
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What problem or need existed that gave rise to your
innovation?
Student/Enrollment Trends
The current higher education infrastructure cannot accommodate the
growing college-aged population and enrollments, making more
distance education programs necessary.
Students are shopping for courses that meet their schedules and
circumstances.
Higher-education learner profiles, including online,
information-age, and adult learners, are changing.
Retention rates concern administrators and faculty members.
Faculty Trends
Traditional faculty roles are shifting or unbundling.
The need for faculty development, support, and training is
growing.
Faculty tenure is being challenged, allowing for more
non-traditional faculty roles in distance education.
Faculty members who participate in distance education courses
develop better attitudes toward distance education and
technology.
Retrieved from:
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Who were the lead thinkers for this innovation?
"We want to provide teachers with strategies that are proven to
work. And teachers want to hear from other teachers who are getting
real results in the classroom. That's why professional development
through e-Learning is such an important part of the No Child Left
Behind Act." U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings
How did they convince a manufacturer to produce it?
http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=yOpH1aOuopcC&oi=fnd&pg=PR6&dq=research+and+development+about+E-learning+technology&ots=jvB2_Zj_Ln&sig=8tkx5RymbTYOzrODAkn_qlDRSUs#v=onepage&q=research%20and%20development%20about%20E-learning%20technology&f=false
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7. Computers & EducationVolume 51, Issue 2, September 2008,
Pages 955-967
http://www.newman.ac.uk/Students_Websites/~m.m.friel/index.htm
E-learning: emerging uses, empirical results and future
directions
Elizabeth T. Welsh,
Connie R. Wanberg,
Kenneth G. Brown,
Marcia J. Simmering
Article first published online: 14 NOV 2003
DOI:10.1046/j.1360-3736.2003.00184.x
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10. E-PD
DEVELOPMENT
What problems did your innovation encounter in the development
process?
It depends on the individual, she says. Just like online learning
isnt for all students, its not for all teachers either.(Davis.
2009).
CPD activities should:
be spread over time
be collaborative
use active learning
be delivered to groups of teachers
include periods of practice, coaching, and follow-up promote
reflective practice
encourage experimentation, and
respond to teachers needs.[7][8][9]
^ see: Snow-Renner and Lauer, Professional Development Analysis
(synthesis of 54 studies), McREL, 2005 ^ see Garet, Porter,
Desmoine, Birman, Kwang, What makes professional development
effective? American Education Research Journal 38(4) 915-946. 2001
^ see General Teaching Council for England ,Teachers Professional
Learning, London, 2005.
DEVELOPMENT
Who was the intended audience for your innovation?
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The National Staff Development Council has provided leadership in
the creation and dissemination of standards that provide a
framework for guiding planning and providing professional growth.
These guidelines reflect the research and identify several key
components for effective professional development. Those components
include:
Organize adults into learning communities whose goals are aligned
with those of the school and district.
Provide skillful school and district leaders who guide continuous
instructional improvement.
Use technology as a resource to support adult learning and
collaboration.
Disaggregated data and monitoring progress helps to sustain
continuous improvement.
Multiple sources of information and knowledge are needed.
Educators should be prepared to apply research to decision making,
and to use research-based strategies.
http://www.cehd.umn.edu/EdPA/licensure/leader/2005Fall/CPS.html
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COMMERCIALIZATION
Production
Professional Learning
is differentiated
includes teacher collaboration
is job-embedded that is supported by a coach, whether live or
virtual
includes learning built into activities teachers and leaders are
already doing during the school day
includes the use of technology
COMMERCIALIZATION
Manufacturing
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12. COMMERCIALIZATION
Marketing
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E-PD
COMMERCIALIZATION
Packaging
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RESOURCES
COMMERCIALIZATION
Distribution of your innovation.
Ravitz, J. & Hoadley. C. Supporting change and scholarship
through review of online resources in professional development
settings. Schlager British Journal of Educational Technology March,
2005.
M., Fusco, J. & Schank, P. (2002). Evolution of an online
education community of practice. In K. Renninger and W. Shumar
(Eds.), Building virtual communities: Learning and change in
cyberspace. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press,
129-158.
Davis. M.R. (2009) Online professional development weighed as
cost-saving tactic.IT Management. Retrieved from
Kezar. S. (2011). 21st Century Teaching and Learning Online Best
Practices: Professional Development (PD) Support for Individuals,
Schools, and Districts - Sylva Kezar, ASCD . Notes from TCEA 2011
Session. Retrieved from
ODwyer, L.M., Masters, J.,Dash, S., De Kramer, R.M.,
Humez, A., & Russel, M.,(2010). e-Learning for Educators
Effects of On-Line Professional Development on Teachers and their
Students:Executive Summary
of Four Randomized Trials.Retrieved from
http://www.bc.edu/research/intasc/PDF/EFE_Findings2010_ExecutiveSummary.pdf
Because traditional face-to-face professional development gathers
people in one place at one time, it cant reach as many educators.
(Davis. 2009).
As part of its popular Teacher-to-Teacher Initiative, the U.S.
Department of Education launched the groundbreaking e-Learning
professional development Web site.
Teachers receive free training focused on content knowledge and
instructional skills.
Thirty-two digital workshops are currently available on a wide
variety of topics, including elementary-level reading, vocabulary,
reading in content areas, algebra, turning data into information,
and differentiated instruction.
The Department's Web site has a searchable database of over 1,500
free teaching resources and lesson plans.
To date, the e-Learning site has logged more than 300,000
visits
http://www2.ed.gov/teachers/how/tools/initiative/e-learning.html
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14. Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, Volume VI,
NumberIII, Fall2003State University of West Georgia, Distance
Education Center.retrieved from
http://www.westga.edu/~distance/ojdla/fall63/howell63.html
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