Innovation in:K12 Online and Blended LearningVerena Roberts @verenanz

How we Learn…

Flexible Learning: Current Landscape

Seamless ClassroomF2F

Virtual

OnlineCohort

Self Paced

Community OutreachHome Schooling

BlendedNew Traditional

Flex BlockTeam Teaching

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Time Pace Space

Flexible Learning

Flexible Learning is enabling learners to learn when they want (frequency, timing, duration), how they want (modes of

learning), and what they want (that is, learners can define what constitutes learning to them).

Van den Brande (1993)

When They Want to

Learn

How They Want to Learn

What They Want to

learn

What does Flexible Learning

Look like?“Learning is Learning”

Change in Teacher mindset

Rethinking: How We Teach

What would these teams look like?Team Teaching

Cross – Curricular Teams

Specialized Teams

Content Specialist

Master and Mentorship Teams

Team Innovation

Role of Teacher

Role of TeacherModel Teacher creates a model of cognitive functioning in the subjects / course content

Diagnostic Teacher observes and examines the students' reaction, activities in e-learning and e-teaching context, he assesses the student on the basis of these reactions

Planner Teacher creates the plan of e-teaching, integrates tasks and outcomes, creates plan of teaching/learning content, educational means, e-learning strategies.

Manager Teacher organizes his own and learners' activities in e-teaching context, communication canals, selects e-teaching content and procedures

Initiator Teacher drives learning process, initiates different e-resources applications

Author, creator Teacher develops e-teaching/e-learning curriculum, creates e-teaching scenarios

Motivator Teacher motivates the students

Partner Teacher cooperates with learners, uses indirect e-teaching communications, creates clearly and individualized feedback

Instructor, educator Teacher makes direction to knowledge process by the e-learning programmes, makes directions to us the other links

Supervisor Teacher monitors students' progress and problem solving through the utiltzation of E-teaching material

Administrator Teacher selects, classifies, reports about learners' achievement, dynamic of progress, difficulties in e-learning materials

Evaluator Teachers creates procedures to monitoring learner achievement, evaluates and assesses learning process, analyzes the norms of e-teaching, evaluates the e-teaching contents and procedures

Mediator Teacher mediates between the content and learners, uses ICT and e-technologies to mediate in process of learner learning, moderates among of the learners in teaching process

Adviser Teacher supports students, supports the process of cognitives difficulties resolving, directs the learners to use specific knowledge and skills without e-teaching

Self-assessor Teacher monitors his or her own progress, estimates his or her own efficiency in conducting e-teaching, makes decisions concerning changes in e-teaching

Learner Explores the possibilities of improving work, learns course content, learns about e-education

Self-realisator Expresses his or her own personality, expresses his or her own ideas about e-learning content and e-learning designhttp://concepcioprocesaprenentatgeg8.wikispaces.com/Com+a+e-teacher

Adult Learning Style

Adult Learning Style

Learning Pathways

Back to Basics – No technology

Do you need Digital Tools in Flexible Learning?

Does Technology benefit a program?

bingewatching

Where is the research to support an asynchronous anyplace anytime online model?

Are we doing students a disservice by offering an option that does not meet the needs of the majority of students?

Is anyplace, anytime learning actually possible, feasible or sustainable?

According to Forbes magazine, The 10 Skills Employers Most want in 2015 Graduates”

1. Ability to work in a team structure2. Ability to make decisions and solve problems (tie)3. Ability to communicate verbally with people inside and outside an organization4. Ability to plan, organize and prioritize work5. Ability to obtain and process information6. Ability to analyze quantitative data7. Technical knowledge related to the job8. Proficiency with computer software programs9. Ability to create and/or edit written reports10. Ability to sell and influence othershttp://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2014/11/12/the-10-skills-employers-most-want-in-2015-graduates/

The rise of the Introverts ?

BINGEREADING

Literacy Connections…

Making Games, programming and the Maker movement

“Natural”……Cross Curricular Learning

Mastery learningdeveloping a digital identitytransitioning to a career

Rethinking: what we are learning

• Curriculum ReDesign• Professional Learning• Instructional Design

Virtual F2F

Rethinking: how we are learning it

From: Wes Fryer

Rethinking:how we are demonstrating evidence of learning

Rethinking:how we are demonstrating evidence of learning

Learning analytics – using data

Too Much? In progress?

Competency Based Learning

Verena Robertsverenanz@gmail.com

Twitter: @verenanz