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Back **Think Globally, Advocate Locally: Online Learning Issues and Trends in 2009 - Mickey Revenaugh** media type="custom" key="6702827" Recording: @https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2009-11-16.0847.M.94E057063954CAC214E5EB4ADC0D52.vcr //Online learning issues keep cropping up all over, from Oregon to Florida, Ohio to Arizona, the federal stimulus to local budget battles. In this special session, the iNACOL Advocacy and Issues Committee will illuminate key national and global trends in online learning policy, and then organize participants in round robin sharing sessions. Participants will learn what might lie ahead for their programs, and share strategies for broadening online learning opportunities for all students.//

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[|standards for teachers]

Teacher Quality in virtual teaching: //Notes taken by Dave Saba, CEO ABCTE//
 * Role has changed – from developer to implementer
 * Brick and mortar quality does not equal great virtual teacher
 * Have to meet federal standards if highly qualified in order
 * Have to have a great interest in working in an online delivery system
 * Well trained teachers still need mentor teachers
 * In any start-up there is that high initial turn-over until you get the people who are very comfortable with online teaching
 * iNACOL has standards for teachers of online content
 * ABCTE working on creating an online certificate based on those standards
 * Need solid evaluations in order to ensure the quality is there
 * Allowing teachers to be ‘students’ in online learning is a key start – then become the facilitator
 * To be successful in the virtual classroom have to build relationships with every student
 * Regulations – need to be careful of being too prescriptive
 * Need to reduce barriers to fully leverage our math and science teachers nationwide
 * Florida: student teaching done ½ brick and mortar and ½ virtual!
 * Teacher preparation is still vital – need to have those training
 * Teacher preparation creates high costs that are prohibitive – would be helpful to allow virtual schools to build programs to train teachers so that they really understand the tools we are using
 * Blended learning model creates even a great need for training teachers
 * Have to look at the quality of the teaching divorced from the quality of the delivery as well - the voice online is absolutely critical
 * Technical, pedagogy, social and management are the critical four areas

Improving Low Performing Schools: //Notes taken by Themistocles Sparangis, Chief Technology Director, Los Angeles Unified School District.//
 * It's about getting each student to proficiency or higher levels. Need to be careful of aggregate numbers. Finding the average will yield average results.
 * It's about an instructional program for each student.
 * Online learning and the associated applications help to address the individualization of student learning.
 * The US Dept of Ed study on online learning showed the biggest benefit to classroom learning was a hybrid model of instruction (face-to-face and online used together). We should not be surprised that this is the case.
 * Need to address the quality of teacher and to maximize good instruction.
 * What does the impact of online learning mean for new teachers, retired teachers?
 * Need to use the teacher as an enabler.
 * Need to better use the blended model in professional development of teachers.
 * Need to develop a growth model to get students from below basic to proficient.
 * Should look at value added measures.
 * Teachers can be anywhere in the nation. What does this mean about state boundaries for standards, teacher retirement, etc.?
 * Look at how we are addressing the needs of students.
 * Going beyond text-based instruction.
 * Varying learning styles.
 * Should not cut out the face-to-face teachers.
 * Need good quality inservice, professional development, show what makes it good.
 * Effectively use ongoing coaching/mentoring to transform instructional practice.
 * Teachers need to be changing/adapting constantly.
 * Need to address dropout/recovery and use online learning to help (together with other technologies).
 * Address legislative and union barriers. What are they? How can they be overcome? Look for common platforms.

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