Addressing the Need: Preparing K- 12 Teachers for the Online Classroom Jennifer Freed, Ph.D. Rio Salado College Tempe, AZ

"In education... we have not really seized upon the power and the tools that are now available to us in the Internet age.“ Eric Schmidt, Google CEO

"We can no longer ask our students to live in a world where they are immersed in technology in all parts of their lives except when they go to school. We must rewire education or we risk losing this generation of media- immersed, tech-savvy students.” Larry D. Rosen, Psychology Professor at California State University Author,, Rewired: Understanding the iGeneration and How They Learn

2 year old with her iPhone

2 year old with “her” iPad

What is the need? Teacher websites Portions of classes online Online courses Online virtual K-12 schools

How to address the need Courses to prepare current and future educators Teaching online Engaging students Designing online courses Course management issues

The curriculum process Rio Salado College is one of 10 in the Maricopa County Community College District District curriculum process Collaborative effort- curriculum department, Education faculty chair, eLearning Design faculty chair

Where to begin Create a list of potential courses Meet with curriculum experts to develop course competencies and outlines Send to Education Instructional Council for approval Send to District Curriculum Committee for final approval

Certificates Academic Certificate in K-12 eLearning Design (12 credits) Academic Certificate in K-12 Online Teaching (18 credits)

AC K-12 eLearning Design ELN100: Foundations of eLearning Design for K-12 ELN103: K-12 eLearning Technology and Media ELN121: Evaluating K-12 eLearning ELN122: K-12 eLearning Assessment ric/prog.php?loc=

Program Competencies 1. Summarize online discipline issues. 2. Evaluate strategies for involving parents in K-12 eLearning. 3. Describe parent-teacher communication issues in eLearning. 4. Review law and public policy related to compliance, student advocacy, and parental rights. 5. Explain legal issues and regulations regarding online classrooms. 6. Describe phases of eLearning. 7. Summarize engagement strategies for K-12 eLearning students. 8. Explain copyright and intellectual property issues in eLearning. 9. Create an online syllabus. 10. Design online classroom activities. 11. Assess online activities.

AC K-12 Online Teaching ELN105: Classroom management in K-12 eLearning - OR – ELN106: Discipline and Behavior in K-12 eLearning ELN107: Parent communication and involvement in K-12 eLearning ELN108: Legal issues in K-12 eLearning ELN109: Engaging K-12 eLearners ELN112: Building and facilitating eLearning for 9-12 learners ELN113: Building and facilitating eLearning for K-8 learners

Program Competencies 1. Review history, characteristics, and theories of eLearning. 2. Summarize design foundations for eLearning in the K-12 classroom. 3. Compare and contrast types of technology and media available in the eLearning environment. 4. Review limitations of technology and media in the eLearning environment. 5. Compare and contrast eLearning evaluation tools. 6. Evaluate K-12 eLearning. 7. Summarize procedures for assessing K-12 student interaction and collaboration. 8. Create student assessments. 9. Apply principles of eLearning instructional design.

Additional ELN courses ELN104: Web 2.0 in eLearning ELN111: K-12 eLearning environments ELN114: Building community with online learners ELN115: eLearning for multiple generations ELN116: Handheld devices as learning tools ELN117: Interactions in eLearning ELN118: Motivating the online learner ELN123: Assessing online learners

Involving the Department of Education 30 credit hours in computer-related courses One elementary and one secondary methods course Asked for approval of ELN courses Students complete both certificates = 30 hours Can use the other ELN courses as well

Technology Engaging the apprehensive teacher Challenging the tech-savvy teacher

Jing

Awesome Highlighter

CoboCards

Eyejot

Viddler

Textmarks

TeacherTube

Edublogs

PBWorks

Mashpedia

Gabcast

QuickTopic

PodBean

Other Technologies Used WIMBA ◦ Voice discussion boards ◦ Voice s Blogs Wikis Flash objects Quia/StudyMate Video/Audio Ning

Future endorsements? Endorsement in online teaching? Endorsement in online learning?

Brainstorming Other courses? Other technologies?