HEAPs Professional Development Distance Learning Initiative

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HEAPs Professional Development Distance Learning
Initiative

• Presented by
• Paul J. Giguere, Ed.D. Yonca Ural, M.A.
• Health Human Development Programs
• Education Development Center, Inc.

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Goals of the Initiative

• Convert face-to-face professional development
  training into a web-based training format
• Provide training and technical assistance
  regarding distance learning to member states
• Develop capacity with states to expand their
  ability to implement distance learning

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Accomplishments in 2003-2004

• Converted the HEAPs three professional
  development modules to an online format
• Developed customizable sections in the course for
  state specific resources
• Conducted a review
• Pilot-tested the online training
• Evaluated the pilot

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Features of the Online Modules

• The course can be duplicated for each state
• Each state can modify/add additional resources as
  needed
• States can run their course as many times as they
  wish
• States can manage their own course and learners
  independently

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Pilot Test - Background

• Pilot was conducted with teachers in Baltimore
  County, Maryland
• Pilot consisted of 16 participants, all 16
  completed a pretest evaluation form (100) and 10
  (63) completed a posttest evaluation form
• The pilot ran for 2 weeks (6/7/2004 6/18/2004)

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Pilot Test - Results

• Overall satisfaction with the course was somewhat
  satisfied (44) or very satisfied (56)
• Overall, 89 of respondents indicated that the
  information/ideas provided in the online course
  would be either fairly useful (22) or very
  useful (67) to them
• All of the respondents indicated that they would
  either probably recommend (44) or definitely
  recommend (56) the online course to other people
  who do similar work
• All of the respondents indicated that it was
  either fairly easy (67) or very easy (33) to
  navigate around the online course

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Pilot Test Results cont.

• Respondents demonstrated positive changes in
  knowledge from pretest to posttest on the
  majority of items (11 of the 15)
• Respondents felt the course was most successful
  at
• providing an understanding of the components of
  good assessment (mean 3.78)
• examining the purpose of grades and assessment
  (3.67)
• reviewing how participants state framework for
  health education aligns with the National
  Education Standards (3.44)
• providing information about HEAP and HEAPs
  resources (3.22)

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Scope of work for 2004-2005

• Distance Learning Center web site for all HEAP
  members
• Training and technical assistance to 11 member
  states (AK, CA, HI, MD, MI, NC, NH, PA, SD, VT,
  WY)
• customization and use of the online modules in
  the HTMLeZ learning management system (LMS)
• best practices re web-based learning,
  facilitation, etc.
• Assistance to states in transferring the online
  modules to their LMS (if necessary)
• Assisting states with planning
• Converting two new HEAP modules
• Evaluating the HEAPs distance learning effort

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Three Levels of Participation in Distance
Learning Initiative

• Implementers (7)
• Piloting the online professional development
  modules with teachers in their own states.
• Planners (3)
• Planning for eventual implementation in the
  second half of 2005.
• Users (1)
• Adapting the professional development modules to
  their Learning Management System (LMS)

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Distance Learning Workshops

• Introduction to Web-Based Learning November
  2004
• How to Use HTMLeZ December 2004
• How to Facilitate Asynchronous Discussions
  March 2005
• How to Facilitate Live Chats April 2005
• Other Distance Learning Technology May, 2005

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Questions/Comments
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For more information, contact. . .

• Paul J. Giguere
• Health Human Development Programs
• Education Development Center, Inc.
• 55 Chapel Street
• Newton, MA 02458-1060
• Phone [phone]
• Email pgiguere_at_edc.org
• Nancy Hudson
• SCASS Health Education Assessment Project
• Council of Chief State School Officers
• One Massachusetts Ave. N.W., Suite 700
• Washington D.C.  20001
• Phone [phone]
• Email nancyh_at_ccsso.org