Online Learning: A Collaborative

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Online LearningA Collaborative Scalable Model

• www.digitaldistricts.org
• http//beta.digitaldistricts.org

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Digital Districts Online(One Stop Shopping
Model!)
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Student Courses

• 100 and growing Courses, covering core,
  elective and AP subjects
• High school focus with a growing middle school
  catalog
• Courses represent a range of vendors, with each
  course individually evaluated before being added
  to the catalog
• One course developed by DDO Six Traits Writing

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Staff Courses

• Courses which prepare staff in the area of online
  learning
• Online Teaching and Facilitation
• Spinning Your Web Classroom
• Mentoring courses
• Beginning online awareness courses
• Array of other courses
• Some from vendors and some locally developed.
• Courses range from 2-hour technology application
  courses to 10-hour courses carrying college
  credit

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Policy, Procedure Quality Assurance

• Curriculum Evaluation Teams
• DDO Policy and Procedures
• Local Teacher Handbook
• Local Teacher Certification
• Checklists and Forms
• Student Handbook
• Student Virtual Drivers License
• Checklists and Forms

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Digital Repository

• Repository contains 700 learning objects which
  have been evaluated, meta-tagged and prepared for
  use in learning management systems ready for Fall
  2005
• Learning Objects Awareness courses ready in Fall
  2005
• Learning Objects Development teams formed in
  summer 2005
• K-20 Learning Objects Advisory Team composed of
  state stakeholders

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Data Collection and Reporting

• Administrative and local teacher access levels to
  the Portal
• Student data granulated by individual, school,
  and district regarding all courses taken from all
  vendors
• Staff reports of courses taken reported three
  times a year to districts
• Array of reporting structures to address
  customized district queries

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District Support and Efficiency

• One stop shopping for juried courses through
  multiple vendors
• Training for district contacts and teams
• Knowledge base and consultants to customize needs
  in locating courses, developing courses, training
  staff, project collaboration, etc.
• Customized portal options through branding,
  custom catalogs, etc.

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Next Steps

• Scale membership to leverage purchasing and
  collaborative power
• Continue to expand student and professional
  development catalog
• Expand Learning Objects Repository and seek
  online curricular intervention modules

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Next Steps (contd)

• Explore group purchases of online services such
  as online tutoring, online test preps, online
  survey instruments, etc.
• Address common needs across member districts
  (professional development with college credit,
  etc.)
• Develop plans for communication, marketing and
  revenue