Professional Development: Orienting Teacher to NROC

Mary SchlegelmilcheLearning Supervisor

Omaha Public Schools, NE

Karen KaemmerlingDirector of Training and Professional

DevelopmentCCCOnline, CO

Session Goals

Brainstorming ideas for introducing teachers to the tools to maximize NROC usage

Sharing some existing models How can the NROC Network facilitate and support your efforts?

Other goals from the group?

CCCOnline Training and Professional Development

Karen KaemmerlingDirector of Training and Professional

Development

March 2, 2009

Who is CCCOnline?

CCCOnline is an extension of and a service to 13 Colorado Community Colleges offering students another learning option and greater access to a community college education.

Who do we train?

We offer training and professional development to more than 300 CCCOnline adjunct faculty and staff.

We also provide training to faculty and staff from the 13 affiliated colleges.

Offer Variety

Synchronous Webinars Face To Face

Asynchronous Online Workshops Faculty Wiki and Tutorials Self-Paced

Required Workshops Before teaching Faculty are expected to complete Getting Started Basic LMS

In their first year after hire, faculty must complete Managing Discussions Advanced LMS

More Online Workshops Faculty must earn one training credit a year but method is up to them and their Chair

Other Asynchronous Workshops we offer: Learning Styles Rubrics Measuring What Matters Virtual Teams Course Mapping Study Mate/Respondus-Self-paced

Synchronous Options Face to Face Sessions are rarely offered due to greater cost and difficulty finding a central location, loading computers, and time. Used only when a big move occurs and large masses must be trained quickly

Webinars are offered on timely topics like Plagiarism, Making Interactive Mind-Maps, Web 2.0 technology. Attendance earns credit, but these are recorded for faculty who can’t attend or return to when needed.

Tutorials and Interactive Learning Objects Just in time training available while faculty are in workshops and anytime on the wiki

Some Objects include FERPA ADA Blooms Technical skills to complete teaching tasks like using gradebook

Mentoring Programs

All new hires are assigned a Mentor who also teaches that course to offer advice and field questions

When we move to a new LMS we hire faculty volunteers to mentor faculty in a department on the technical aspects of the new LMS

Visit Us

Karen.kaemmerling@cccs.edu

CCCOnline Faculty Wiki http://www.facultywiki.ccconline.org/index.php?title=Portal:Training_and_Professional_Development

Discussion

CCCO Model100% Virtual Instruction

Post-secondary Education

Omaha Public Schools Training and Professional Development

Mary SchlegelmilcheLearning Supervisor

March 2, 2009

OPS eLearning Mission

Provide staff with a comprehensive, integrated set of curriculum tools in the area of Curriculum, Assessment, and Learning Management that will streamline the development, delivery, and dissemination of the OPS K-12 curriculum content and data.

System to supplement and deliver curriculum to students

Curriculum Content and Resource Repository Professional Development Opportunities

Fundamental Redesign of the Instructional Model

Shift from lecture to student centered instruction….student becomes active and interactive learners

Increase in interaction between Student - Instructor Student - Student Student - Content Student - Outside Resources

Integrated formative and summative assessment

Dziuban, C., Hartman, J., Moskal, P., “Blended Learning,” EDUCAUSE Review, volume 2004, Issue 7, 2004,

High School Support

Advanced Placement Supplemental Course for supplemental resources and test preparation activities

Independent Study Teachers use Master Course and differentiate for student needs

Adult High School Credit Recovery 1x week classroom experience with 24/7 access to assignments and multimedia lessons

Use of NROC Content

Learning Objects in Digital Repository (LOR)

Learning Objects inserted into Master Course

NROC Courses and Podcasts on Web Server

HippoCampus

HippoCampus

•Teacher Use for Classroom Support

•Student Use

•Afterschool Programs

Academic Coaches

Learning Objects housed in LMS

Repository

Learning Objects inserted into Master

Course

NROC Courses on Web Server

E-Course Enrollment and Student Participation;

Summer 2007 and 2008

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Enrollments/Students

CourseEnrollment

IndividualStudents

2008 Summer School

Credit Recovery Results

1,427 course enrollments made by 737 individual students 66% of the courses students enrolled in were passed 28% of the courses students enrolled in are still “in progress” 5% of the courses students were enrolled in were failed 1% of the courses students were enrolled in were dropped

Visit Us

mary.schlegelmilch@ops.org

Omaha Public Schools

Department of Curriculum & Learning

Discussion

Omaha ModelBlended, Face-to-Face, Online

Secondary Education

Wrap-Up

How can we support one another’s efforts as a learning community?