Online CoursesOverview

“Anyone can now learn anything from anyone at anytime.” -- Curtis Bonk, in his book

The World is Open.

“any time, any place, any path, any pace” - slogan of Florida Virtual School

“School is where you are”

- slogan of a PA public

cyber school

BACKGROUND INFORMATION ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES CONSIDERATIONS LEADING TOOLS OPEN SOURCE TOOLS EXAMPLES RESOURCES

Objectives

DEFINITIONS TYPES OF ONLINE COURSES HISTORY

Background Information

DEFINITIONS

Asynchronous vs. Synchronous

Courses vs. Tutorials

Brick and Mortar (b+m)

Blended Course

TYPES OF ONLINE COURSES

Background Information

D E F I N I T I O N S T Y P E S O F O N L I N E C O U R S E S

Free vs. Cost

Academic

Youth and Adult

Business (required)

Personal Development / Lifelong Learning (optional) H I ST O RY

Background Information

DEFINITIONS TYPES OF ONLINE COURSES

Free vs. Cost

Academic

K-12 and college

A la carte and full curriculums

Public and private

Background Information

History of Online Learning

Advantages & Disadvantages

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Advantages

Time

Consistency

Accessibility

Location

Cost

Advantages

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Pre-AlgebraAlgebra I

Pre-Calculus

Remedial Math

Learning

Can Be

Self-Paced

Potential Disadvantages

Limited Teacher

Interaction

< Social

Learning

Equipmentcomputer, dial-up

vs. high-speed

Cheatingis it really an issue?

Topic fit?

Mental Disconnec

tLack of

motivation

ConsiderationsWhen designing or selecting an online course

Handout

Leading Tools

Adobe Flash

Articulate Studio

Adobe e-Learning Suite

Open Source Software

Claroline

eFront

OLAT

And some freebies . . .

MOODLE EXAMPLE

Teacher-written

10 th grade Lesson

Example #1

FLASH EXAMPLE

K12, Inc.

6 th Grade History Lesson

Example #2

ADDITIONAL

EXAMPLES

Study: Online Education Continues Its Meteoric GrowthBy Jeff Greer Posted January 26, 2010

“Online college education is expanding—rapidly. More than 4.6 million college students were taking at least one online course at the start of the 2008-2009 school year. That's more than 1 in 4 college students, and it's a

17 percent increase from 2007. ”“At last count, there were more than 1 million enrollments in K-12 online schools in the United States. And according to recent research, the number of students taking courses online will jump to more than 10 million in the next five years.”

-- David Nagel, 10/29/2009

WHAT’S NEXT ?

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