1. Spotlight on Emerging Technology: Online Learning in K-12 Schools Jeffery Hammond EDUC-6715I-1 New and Emerging Technologies

2. Learning Management System (LMS) LMS is an online learning system where the students work at their own pace and the teacher monitors their progress.

3. “While many students today are digital natives, the use of technology in schools has not met its full potential in preparing 21st century-citizens for this new world”( Cavanaugh & Clark, 2007)

4. Examples of LMS Moodle Rcampus eCollege Odysseyware

5. I chose to evaluate www.odysseyware.comwww.odysseyware.com

6. “While discipline and self-motivation are critical factors, at the secondary level students are still learning how to learn and can best develop responsibility and organization through participation in a structured online course”( Cavanaugh & Clark, 2007)

7. What instructional gaps might be filled with Odysseyware? Students progress at their own pace Homebound students to keep pace Used as a credit recovery tool Used as remediation Offer courses that would be not be offered

8. Students progress at their own pace Students would be allowed to complete work in a time comfortable to them Students would be allowed to receive more credits in variety of different subjects because they are not confined to a seven period day or block schedule

9. Homebound students to keep pace In case of a situation where a student can not attend school the student will still have the ability to work hand and hand with a certified teacher to fulfill their course requirements. Other example of homebound are: financial reasons, discipline, pregnancy, or severe injury

10. Used as a credit recovery tool In case a student fails a course then a odesseyware could be used to replace this course. This could eliminate summer school and the cost that goes with it

11. Used as remediation Using Odesseyware school could target at risk students and prepare them for state graduation tests

12. Offer courses that would be not be offered Do to budget cuts and the loss of teachers new courses could be offered Does not need an minimum number of students for a class to be offered

13. How can online learning modules support meaningful, authentic, student learning Differentiated Instruction Course Repair

14. Differentiated Instruction Odysseyware allows instructors to specialize each student’s lesson Instructors can implement audio and learning tools to each lesson Instructors have their choice of summary tool that best fits the student

15. Course Repair If a student fails a certain lesson in a traditional classroom then the teacher could reassign the lesson via odysseyware that the student could retake Allows the student to keep up with the class and keeps them from falling behind Also could be used as a preference to an upcoming lesson

16. “Today’s technologies are changing how we learn and teach, but for quality instruction a fundamental design process (such as the one described in Gagne’s Nine Events of Instruction) remains a bastion of learning and teaching.”(Johnston, 2007)

17. References Cavanaugh, C., & Clark, T. (2007). The Landscape of K- 12 Online Learning. In P. Adamson, B. Adamson, & N. Clausen-Grace, et al (Eds.), What Works in K-12 Online Learning (Chapter 1, pp. 5-19). Eugene, OR: International Society for Technology in Education Johnston, S. (2007). Developing Quality Virtual Courses: Selecting Instructional Models. In P. Adamson, B. Adamson, & N. Clausen-Grace, et al (Eds.),What Works in K-12 Online Learning (Chapter 2, pp. 21-31). Eugene, OR: International Society for Technology in Education.