1. Synthesizing the Research to Inform Practice: What's New? Marie Larcara, Ed. D Canisius College

2. Using Quality to Guide Disruption Institutional Level Program Level Course/Instructor Level

3. Three Texts *Note: If you have read any of these, please choose that group as it may help with the literature circle

7. Roles Lesson Plan 1.Choose group (5) 2.Assign Roles (3) 3.Record Roles (2) 4.Read and Discuss (35) 5.Whole group report and discuss (10) 6.Next steps? (5) Discussion Director-List questions to consider, keep conversation going. Connector-Find connections between text and professional work. Literary Luminary-Choose a paragraph or section to focus the group; spotlight something interesting, powerful, challenging, or important. Vocabulary Enricher- Look for important words, words which may be puzzling, need clarification, etc. Summarizer- Prepare a summary of the reading for the whole group. Don’t tell it all, just focus on key points.

8. What have we learned? Instructor/Classroom Program Institutional The three levels: Institutional, program, classroom/instructor

9. References Christensen, C. M., Horn, M. B., Caldera, L., & Soares, L. (2011). Disrupting college: How disruptive innovation can deliver quality and affordability to postsecondary education. Center for American Progress. Retrieved from http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2011/02/pdf/disrupting_college.pdf http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2011/02/pdf/disrupting_college.pdf Distance education programs: Interregional guidelines for the evaluation of distance education (online learning). Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Retrieved from http://www.msche.org/publications/Guidelines-for- the-Evaluation-of-Distance-Education.pdfhttp://www.msche.org/publications/Guidelines-for- the-Evaluation-of-Distance-Education.pdf Online literature circles and virtual book clubs. (2009). Retrieved from http://blog.classroomteacher.ca/452/educircles-online-literature-circles/ http://blog.classroomteacher.ca/452/educircles-online-literature-circles/ “Quality on the line: Benchmarks for success in Internet-based distance education. (2000). The Institute for Higher Education Policy. Retrieved from http://www.ihep.org/assets/files/publications/m-r/QualityOnTheLine.pdf http://www.ihep.org/assets/files/publications/m-r/QualityOnTheLine.pdf Rizopoulos, L.A., & McCarthy, P. (2009). Using online threaded discussions: Best practices for the digital learner. Journal of Educational Technology Systems. Retrieved from http://web2integration.pbworks.com/f/USING+ONLINE+THREADED+DISCUSSION S-+BEST+PRACTICES+FOR+THE+DIGITAL+LEARNER.pdf http://web2integration.pbworks.com/f/USING+ONLINE+THREADED+DISCUSSION S-+BEST+PRACTICES+FOR+THE+DIGITAL+LEARNER.pdf