Building a Statewide Commons

Minnesota Learning Commons

Strategic Partnerships & Leveraging Resources

Collaboration of …

Strategic Partnerships

Digital CampusMinnesotaOnline

Online Learning AllianceISEEKCareerOneStopCollege Readiness

MindquestLearning Network of MNGetSTEMMnMN-STEM

Collaborations

MnLCInternet 2

The need results from…

Growth in online learning K12 and post-secondary

Value of education technology investments Limited state investments with budget crunch Competition among states and among nations

MnLC Purpose

P-16 Gateway to provide … Access to online courses & programs Digital resources and tools Teacher & staff training Online support for Students, Educators,

Parents and Citizens of Minnesota Joint development and sharing Best practices Group licensing

What will it do?

Promote and advocate

Share and educate

Develop and fund

MnLC Mission

The mission of the Minnesota Learning Commons is to provide access to effective and efficient online learning provided by

Minnesota public education partners.

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4 major efforts this year

1. Deployment of EQUELLA

digital repository pilot

2. Statewide NROC license

3. Statewide Quality Matters license

4. Statewide MERLOT license

Plan Goal One

Goal One: Enhancing relationships among the MnLC partners.

Outcomes: Increase coordination and communication of

online learning initiatives across the Minnesota P-16 community

Share a statewide digital repository Augment online support across systems for

information advising and communications Advance recognition of credit for prior learning

Plan Goal Two

Goal Two: Delivering expanded access to online programs and services which support the needs of the Minnesota learner.

Outcomes: Increase the number of courses, programs and

services available online Increase the number of open source digital

objects available to educators at no cost Increase public education enrollments, retention

and graduation Increase access to education for under-served

populations

Plan Goal ThreeGoal Three: Establishing a sustainable

organization that increases access to public Minnesota P-16 education.

Outcomes: Provide increased awareness of online learning Create policies and practices that facilitate seamless

online learning programs and services Support development of formal and informal

professional development and technical support opportunities for educators

Conduct ongoing dialogue with users through studies and analyze information and make recommendations for quality improvement

Facilitate a shared services approach to providing instructional technologies in a cost-savings manner

MINNESOTA LEARNING COMMONS

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ADVISORS

EDUCATORS

PARENTS

MnLC

ONLINE PROGRAMS & COURSES

TOOLS & RESOURCES

DIGITAL REPOSITOR

YSTUDENTS

UNIVERSITY OF

MINNESOTA

MINNESOTA STATE

COLLEGES AND

UNIVERSITIES

MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT

OF EDUCATION

PUBLIC EMPLOYEE

Training

Project LegacyProject Legacy

Resources

eFolioMinnesota Pachyderm LOREC – Learning Object Repository Education Consortium

EQUELLA Hippocampus/NROC Transfer

u.Select Course Equivalency Builder

Libraries Online Support Center

Quality Emphasis Integration of quality

concepts are key to online courses and program development