WORLD HISTORY HYBRID COURSE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

Welcome!

Meeting Objectives

summarize the grant proposal discuss the World History curriculum discuss best practices in history

instruction summarize draft plan of operation discuss key evaluation questions

Introduction to Project

Consortium will produce a process guide for hybrid courses and, using the guide, develop a hybrid course. 9 Local School SystemsCecil County Public SchoolsWorld HistoryConsortium Members/Stakeholders

Consortium

Cecil County, Lead Baltimore City Baltimore County Calvert Carroll Kent Prince Georges Washington Worcester

Introduction to Team

Grant Director – Kyle Rickansrud Project Manager – Katie Egan Project Evaluator – Kavita Mittapalli MSDE Social Studies Coordinator,

Dr. Marcie Taylor-Thoma MSDE Instructional Technology/Online

Learning, Wil Hawk

Partnership

Social Studies Instructional Technology

Dr. Marcie Taylor-Thoma

Curriculum

Mary MacFarlandPresented by: Dr. Marcie Taylor-Thoma

Best Practices in History Instruction

Katie Egan

Progress Update

Budget Overview

Year 1: $428,887.00 10%: Evaluation Activities 25%: Professional Development

Content Writers/Subject Matter Experts Portfolios Hybrid Instruction Software – Articulate

65%: Other Development Costs Management

Plan of Operation

Toolbox for hybrid instruction

develop process guide

Toolbox of resources for World History

Design and develop hybrid World History course

Process Guide Hybrid Course

Example

Toolbox for hybrid instruction Generic image

bank Generic Flash

template Generic lesson

template

Toolbox of resources for World History World History image

bank Interactive map

Flash template World History

lesson template

Process Guide Hybrid Course

Process

Content Team

Lead Content Writer – Shannon Pugh Lead Content Writer – Angela Stevenson Content Reviewer – Sue Spencer eCommunity Facilitator – Lisa Katz Content Writers (13 Teachers)

Development Team

Graphics Designer/HTML Low End Flash (Articulate) Developer Style Editor Technical Lead HTML Developers High End Flash Developer Accessibility Reviewer Copyright Manager

Summary of January 9th PD

Curriculum Information/Scope and Sequence

Introduction to eCommunity and Project Tools Desire2Learn (D2L) Basecamp

Selection and Evaluation of Resources Professional Development

Timeline - February

Content Writers (SMEs) Selection and Evaluation of Resources Metatagging and Publishing Resources Lesson Template

Development Team Course Design Elements (Banner, etc.) Image Bank (Icons) Style Sheet Sample Lesson

Timeline - March

Content Writers (SMEs) Searching Resources Best Practices Lesson 1

Development Team Flash Templates Finalizing Style Sheet Image Bank

Professional Development Plan Thursday, January 21st - webinar Monday, February 8th - webinar Tuesday, March 2nd - webinar Monday, March 15th - webinar Tuesday, April 13th - webinar Saturday, May 1st – in person Thursday, May 6th - webinar Thursday, June 24th or Friday, June 25th - -

in person

Materials

USB (Flash) Drive Headset for Webinars How students learn: History in the classroom. Teaching online: A practical guide. Historical thinking and other unnatural acts:

Charting the future of teaching the past. The human web: A bird's eye view of world history. Worlds of history: A comparative reader, volume

two: Since 1400. Why Geography Matters

Wiki Space

https://hcdppc.wikispaces.com/

Kavita Mittapalli, Ph.D.

Evaluation Plan

Design

Mixed methods approach

Process and Formative evaluation

Mixed Methods- diagrammatically speaking

Adapted from Creswell, 2003

Qualitative Quantitative

Qualitative Data Collection

Qualitative Data Analyses

Quantitative Data Collection

Quantitative Data Analyses

Data Results Compared

Evaluation Questions

To what extent is the project meeting the pre-determined goals or objectives for the year?

What is the current status of the project’s progress toward achieving the goals/objectives?

Are the objectives and goals being achieved according to the timelines specified in the program implementation or operations plan? If not, why?

How effective is the trainings and meetings of the stakeholders (content writers/consortium partners)? How can they be modified to meet the desired outcomes?

What are some of the challenges, if any, to project implementation to date? (e.g., resources, time, budget, planning, collaboration issues among stakeholders, technology, training, facilities).

Is there a need to change priorities (e.g., timelines, training needs) to add more focus on achieving the goals?

Should any tasks/activities be added or removed? Why? (formative evaluation) How should goals or objectives be established in the future? What do stakeholders and targeted audience/end users (teachers) consider

being the strengths of the process guide? What are the recommendations to improve the process and the product?

Evaluation approach

Evaluation

Implementation Designing and Developing

Planning

HYBRID COURSE DEVELOPMENT

Needs

Goals and objectives

Logic Model

Contextual Influences (Student, Teacher and School characteristics)

Inputs (Current Literature, Needs in LEAs, Trainee needs)

Planning/Activities (Setting goals and objectives)Professional Development activities

Intermediate Outputs (Draft course assignments, PD/TA)

Intermediate Outcomes (Revision, Final materials)

Final Outcome (Process guide)

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Introduction to Team

Questions/Comments

MSDE Updates

Questions and Next Steps

Materials for Writers Meeting Evaluation Review PD Schedule/Elluminate

Instructions Join Wiki Next Consortium Meeting: Online -

February 23rd