Online Learning Trends 2014

Trends in Digital Learning: Students' Views

on Innovative Classroom Models

Julie Evans, Project Tomorrow CEO

(c) Project Tomorrow 2014

A big thank you to:

www.blackboard.com/K12

Today’s Agenda:

Welcoming remarks

About Speak Up 2013

Highlights from the new report

Panel discussion

Speak Up 2013 National Research Project:

Views of K-12 Students, Parents, Teachers,

Librarians and Administrators

© 2013 Project Tomorrow

Panel of Experts


Gwinnett Online Campus - Georgia

Jane Ballar, 8th grade

Ryan O'Neill, 8th grade

Kamehameha School - Hawaii:

Keakealani Pacheco, 11th grade

Kalani Taniguchi, 11th grade

Kekanilehua Wagner Mason, 11th grade

Moananui Peleiholani-Blakenfield, 11th grade

Project Tomorrow, a national education nonprofit organization

Programs:

• Research & evaluation studies

• STEM education programs

• Advocacy for digital learning


Mission: To ensure that today’s

students are prepared to become

tomorrow’s leaders, innovators and

engaged citizens of the world.

Annual national research project

Using online surveys + focus groups

Surveys for: K-12 Students, Teachers, Parents,

Administrators, Community Members

Special: Pre-Service Teachers in Schools of Education

Open for all K-12 schools and schools of education

Schools, districts & colleges receive free report with

their own data

Inform policies, plans & programs

Local: your stakeholder data

State: state level data

Federal: national findings

Speak Up National Research Project

+ 3.4 million

surveys since

2003


Learning & Teaching with Technology

21st Century Skills: Digital Citizenship & Global Awareness

Math and Science Instruction / Digital Writing

Students’ Career Interests in STEM

Professional Development / Teacher Preparation

Internet Safety / Digital Footprints

Administrators’ Challenges / Bandwidth Capacity

Emerging Technologies both in & out of the Classroom

Mobile Devices, Online Learning, Digital Content, E-texts

Educational Games, Social Media tools and applications

Flipped Classroom, Print to Digital, Online Assessments

Designing the 21st Century School

Speak Up survey question themes


K-12 Students 325,279

Teachers & Librarians 32,151

Parents (in English & Spanish) 39,986

School/District Administrators 4,530

Community Members (new this year!) 1,346

About the participating schools & districts

o 9,005 schools and 2,710 districts o 90% public schools – 10% private/parochial/charter/other o 32% urban / 31% rural / 37% suburban o 30% school wide Title 1; 43% majority minority school o All 50 states + DC + Guam + DODEA schools

National Speak Up 2013 Participation: 403,292



Speak Up 2013

National Reports

A new collaborative report with

Blackboard, part of a continuing

series of leadership reports


2014 Trends in Digital Learning:

Students' Views on Innovative

Classroom Models


“When students are using digital resources,

building multi-media projects, collaborating

and connecting online and conducting online

research, they are more interested in school

work today, and feel more connected to

what their future holds tomorrow.”

Dr. Mark Edwards, Superintendent

Mooresville Graded School District, North Carolina


Why is this discussion about innovative

classroom models important today?

Common Core State Standards

Focus on college, career and civic readiness

Educators’ increased familiarity with digital tools

Emergence of the new digital parent - with new

demands for digital learning

New student expectations for different types of

learning processes


Why is this discussion about innovative

classroom models important today?

Common Core State Standards

Focus on college, career and civic readiness

Educators’ increased familiarity with digital tools

Emergence of the new digital parent - with new

demands for digital learning

New student expectations for different

types of learning processes

Focus on student perspectives

and aspirations


Key findings include:

Students use mobile devices in the classroom to both

make their existing schoolwork processes more effective

and to transform the way they approach learning.

Students are using digital tools to support collaborative

writing, both in and out of the classroom, reflecting the

importance of good writing skills as a prerequisite for

college and career readiness.

Students in online learning environments are more

interested in what they are learning at school, more

motivated to do well, and feel a stronger connection to their

school than other students.


Key findings include:

Students have a clear idea of the value of digital learning

within various innovative classroom models with high

interest in:

social media to provide opportunities for them to

connect and collaborate with peers and experts,

mobile devices that enable untethered learning

experiences, and

online, blended, and flipped classes that that marry

digitally rich content with real-world relevance.

Students’ perspectives on school



Panel of Experts


Gwinnett Online Campus - Georgia

Jane Ballar, 8th grade

Ryan O'Neill, 8th grade

Kamehameha School - Hawaii:

Keakealani Pacheco, 11th grade

Kalani Taniguchi, 11th grade

Kekanilehua Wagner Mason, 11th grade

Moananui Peleiholani-Blakenfield, 11th grade

National Speak Up Findings and reports Targeted and thematic reports

Digital learning trends Mobile learning & social media Print to digital migration Social learning Intelligent adaptive software Digital parent series

Presentations, podcasts and webinars Services: consulting, workshops, evaluation and efficacy studies

Speak Up 2014 opens on October 6


More Speak Up? www.tomorrow.org


A big thank you to:

www.blackboard.com/K12

Thank you.

Let’s continue this conversation.

Julie Evans

Project Tomorrow

[email protected]

949-609-4660 x15

Twitter: JulieEvans_PT

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