Online Learning And Teaching Across Schoolboard Boundaries

Ministère de l’Éducation

Ministère de l’Éducation

ONLINE LEARNING AND TEACHING ACROSS SCHOOLBOARD

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Hubert Lalande, Consultanthlalande@sympatico.ca

Ministère de l’Éducation

• Ontario at a Glance• Provincial e.Learning Strategy• SCOT Project• Available Courses• Statistics• Surveys

Au Menu!

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• Population: 500 000 (5%)• 1998: 12 French school boards 2008: 290 elementary schools (66 000 students) 2008: 88 secondary schools (24 000 students)

• 1999: New Curriculum

• Sept. 2000 : SAMFO Project

• Dec. 2006 : e.learning Ontario

French Ontario

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• December 2006

• Its « raison d’être… »

• Provincial Standards and Guidelines

• Provincial LMS & LOR

• Online Learning Communities

• Training and Professional Development

Ontario’s e.Learning Strategy

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The provincial e-learning strategy provides school boards with:

• Access to quality e-learning credit courses

• Access to quality classroom resources from Kindergarten through Grade 12, in accordance with the provincial curriculum

• Free access to the provincial Learning Management System and the Ontario Educational Resource Bank

Benefits to Boards

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• Access to customized courses that take into account regional and local needs • Access to specialized teachers and resources in small, rural, and isolated schools where such resources may not be readily available

• The possibility of collaborating with other boards to enrol students in their e-learning courses

Benefits to Boards

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• Access to face-to-face and online professional development for e-learning teachers

• Access to an online professional learning community where teachers can share their experiences and strategies

Benefits to Boards

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• Student Success Strategy• Learning to 18• Literacy and Numeracy Strategy• Rural Student Success Program• High Skills Major • Aboriginal Education • Politique d’Aménagement Linguistique

Ontario's Education Priorities

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• Retaining and increasing enrolment

• Expanding course choices

• Reducing the gap in the number of single courses offered in French & English schools (53 vs101)

• Having 85% of students graduating from high school

Priorities of Ontario Education

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Services provided by the CFORP in relation to the e.Learning Provincial Strategy:

Conceptualization and production of selected courses and resources Management of online courses Professional development Online registration Access to online courses.

Role and Responsibilities of the CFORP

Ministère de l’ÉducationThe SCOT Project

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• An initiative of the 12 FLSB

• Subsidized by the Ministry of Education

• Pilot project from 2004 to 2006

• Managed by the CFORP for the 12 FLSB

The SCOT Project

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• Developed in the context of the provincial e.learning strategy

• Involved 2 provincial consultation committees

• Allows students from more than one SB to take the same course; students may be from one SB and teachers from another

The SCOT Project

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ONLINE TEACHING

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Services provided by CFORP in the context of the SCOT project:

Hiring of online teachers Registration for online courses

To online teachers: Tutoring Training

Role and Responsibilities of the CFORP

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• Each board supplies one subject specialist teacher

• Schools provide local support to student

The SCOT Project

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The SCOT project provides a teaching model that is different from Virtual School :

• Student are enrolled in their home school

• Home schools still receive full funding for their students

• Student remain in their home school to take the online course

The SCOT Project

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• Online courses are part of the student’s regular timetable

• Teachers work from their home school

The SCOT Project

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• Guidance counsellors have access to the online registration system from their school

• An open registration process is provided.

• Registration per course: Maximum of 45 students/teacher/semester

• Waiting list

The SCOT Project

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The Dream Team!

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• Teaching and evaluation

• Monitoring of students

• Communicating with parents, local contacts, etc.

• Adaptation of course content

Online Teacher’s Responsabilities

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Every online teacher is provided with:

• An office• A laptop computer with

scanner/printer/etc.• A 800 Phone line• A High speed Internet connection • Skype (pedagogical team)• Adobe Connect (teacher/students)

Logistic

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Testimonial

Monique Bélanger, CECLFCEProvincial Online Teacher (SCOT Project)

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The Scot project offers many solutions by:

• Providing flexibility in a student’s timetable and resolving scheduling conflicts

• Providing courses that are unavailable in the student’s home school

• Giving students who can’t attend their home school (health reasons, etc.) the opportunity to take courses

The SCOT Project

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Advantages

Flexibility:

• Anywhere and anytime

• More courses available • For each board and school, 12 additional specialist teachers available

Testimonial

Dominique Noël, Student, Grade 11

20 Courses for Grades 9, 10, 11

17 Courses for Grade 12

Statistics

Statistics

Statistics

Survey (Dec.07)

• Response: 54.05% (227/420)• Course started in Sept.: 71,36%• Time Management:

Up to date = 37% One week late = 25%

• Work load: Equivalent to regular course = 60%

Survey (Dec.07)

• Work place: Regular classroom = 33%

• Communication: Email = 68% Phone = 19% Frequency : 1 to 5 per week = 88%

• Level of satisfaction reg. retroaction: Excellent = 46% Adequate = 36%

Testimony

Carole Lafrenière-Noël, parent d’élève

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Q & A

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Hubert LalandeHubert LalandeConsultantConsultant

(613) 747-8000 Ext 260(613) 747-8000 Ext 260hlalande@sympatico.cahlalande@sympatico.ca

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