Students’ Vision, Parents’ Choice, Educators’ Reality:

© Project Tomorrow 2011

Students’ Vision, Parents’ Choice,

Educators’ Reality:

Are we on the same page?Are we on the same page?Are we on the same page?Are we on the same page?Twitter: #vss309s3

Julie Evans, Project Tomorrow CEO – November 10, 2011


Today’s Discussion: The Big Questions

• What is the vision of today’s students for online learning?

How do they define the “value proposition?”

• How does this student vision compare with the educators’ realities? What is the unique parent perspective on online

learning?

• What challenges or obstacles do educators face in

implementing online learning? What benefits are already being realized? What is holding back greater adoption?

• How can the students’ vision influence the next generation of online learning solutions?


Discussion Agenda:

� About the Speak Up Project

� Online Learning Trend Data

� Discussion with our Expert Panelists

� Conversation – your insights!

Speak Up 2010 National Findings Views of K-12 Students, Teachers,

Parents and Administrators


Meet our Panel of Experts!

Ashleigh Neier Student

Jazmyn Styles Student

Marcoy Boateng Student

Stephanie Neier Parent

Kaitlyn Belcher Teacher

LaToya Dix Administrator


Annual national research project

� Online surveys + focus groups

� Open for all K-12 schools and schools of education

� Institutions receive free report with their own data

Collect ideas ↔ Stimulate conversations

� K-12 Students, Teachers, Parents, Administrators, Librarians

� Pre-Service Teachers in Schools of Education

Inform policies & programs

� Analysis and reporting of findings and trends

� Consulting services to help transform teaching and learning

Speak Up National Research Project


Speak Up is facilitated annually

by Project Tomorrow

(formerly known as NetDay)

Project Tomorrow

(www.tomorrow.org)

is the leading education nonprofit

organization dedicated to the

empowerment of student voices in

education.


� Learning & Teaching with Technology

� 21st Century Skills: Digital Citizenship

� Science and Math Instruction / STEM Career Interests

� Professional Development / Teacher Preparation

� Internet Safety

� Administrators’ Challenges

� Emerging Technologies in the Classroom

� Online Learning, Mobile Devices, Digital Content

� Educational Games, Web 2.0 tools and

applications

� Designing the 21st Century School

Speak Up survey question themes


• Empowering authentic voices – since 2003:

� 1.9 million K-12 students

� 180,000 teachers and librarians

� 124,000 parents

� 15,500 school and district leaders

� 30,000 K-12 schools – from all 50 states, DC,

American military base schools, Canada, Mexico, Australia, int’l schools . . .

Speak Up National Research Project

2.2 million respondents


Saluting our Speak Up Sponsors


Many thanks to our K-12 National Champion Outreach Partners:


Calling all students, parents & educators to participate

in Speak Up 2011!

New online surveys for students,

parents & educators open for input:

October 10 - December 23

Data back to schools & districts –

use for grants & planning

February 2012

National data release –

inform national/state policies & funding:

March 2012

Learn more at www.tomorrow.org

Enable, engage, empower your

school’s stakeholder voices!


Activities, Attitudes & Aspirations

Disconnects & Differences

Trends & Leverage Points

Voices of K-12 StakeholdersSpeak Up 2010


� K-12 Students 294,399

� Teachers 35,525

� Librarians 2,135

� Parents (in English & Spanish) 42,267

� School/District Administrators 3,578

� Technology Leaders 1,391

� Schools / Districts 6,541 / 1,340

Top 12 participating states:

TX, CA, AL, AZ, FL, NC, IL, MD, IN, NV, PA, WI

About Speak Up participating schools:

� 51% Title 1 eligible – indicating community poverty

� 34% urban, 29% suburban, 37% rural

National Speak Up 2010 Participation: 379,355


Key Findings: Speak Up 2003 – 2010

� Students function as a “Digital Advance Team”

� Students regularly adopt and adapt emerging technologies

for learning

� Students’ frustrations with the unsophisticated use of

technologies within education

� Lack of relevancy in education exacerbated

� Persistent digital disconnect between students and adults


Administrators: Increased interestin emerging technologies such as online learning

Why?

1. Many more educators are tech users

2. Increased student and parent demand

3. Budget woes driving creative thinking


What can the Speak Up

findings tell us about the

future of learning?


• Student vision for tech use mirrors desires for learning in general

• Educators have potential to enable, engage and empower this new learning vision

• By examining the synergies and the disconnects we can develop a shared vision for the future of learning

What can the Speak Up data tell us about the

future of learning?


Result:

A new uniquely “student vision” for leveraging emerging

technologies to drive achievement and educational productivity


The Student Vision for 21st Century Learning

Social–based learning

Un–tethered learning

Digitally–rich learning





Online learning addresses all 3 essential elements!



The New 3 E’s of Education:

Enabled, Engaged, Empowered

Report #1: How today’s students are leveraging

emerging technologies for learning

Report #2: How today’s educators are advancing a

new vision for teaching and learning

Speak Up 2010 National Findings

Two national releases in Washington DC

April 1 and May 11, 2011


The New 3 E’s of Education: Enabled, Engaged, Empowered

Key Trends:

� Mobile Learning

� Online Learning

� E-Textbooks and Digital Content


A special report:

Learning in the 21st Century:

2011 Trends Update

Released in June 2011 in

collaboration with Blackboard, Inc.


The New 3 E’s of Education: Enabled, Engaged, Empowered

Key Trends: Online Learning


“Online learning enables a greater personalization

of the learning process for both students and

educators and facilitates opportunities to

collaborate with peers and experts, thus

empowering a new sense of

personal ownership of the learning process.”

Learning in the 21st Century: 2011 Trends Update

A special collaboration with Blackboard, Inc.


Who is learning online today?

Audience 2008 2010

Administrators 21% 36%

Teachers 49% 53%

Traditional students 24% 40%

Home-schooled students 5% 13%

Students in continuation schools 3% 18%

At risk students 10% 16%

Administrators: Who is your primary audience for online learning?



Administrators: Types of Online Learning Provided to Students

9%

7%

14%

4%

13%

9%

27%

6%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30%

100% class - our teachers

100% class - other teachers

Blended class

Self directed class

2009 2010



Growth in student participation in online classes

Type of online participation

Middle School Students

High School Students

2010 2009 2008 2010 2009 2008

Took an online class for

school 19% 13% 9% 30% 18% 10%

Took an online class for

personal interest 5% 8% 7% 8% 9% 4%


What is the unmet demand for online learning?

If you have not taken an online class, would you like to?

Yes! Students in Gr 3-5 30%Students in Gr 6-8 34%Students in Gr 9-12 38%

What would you recommend as a good investment to enhance student achievement?

34% of parents say “online classes”


What is propelling this new interest?

Value of Online Learning for Students

Value of Online Learning PrincipalsDistrict

Administrators

Keeping students engaged in school 37% 46%

Increasing graduation rates 32% 44%

Offering academic remediation 32% 39%

Providing scheduling alternatives 25% 37%

Programs for at risk students 23% 29%

Offer dual enrollment courses 15% 20%

Provide advanced coursework 14% 25%


26% of teachers now say online is

their preferred method for PD

36% of administrators say they have taken an

online class for their own PD

27% of teachers and 50% of librarians have taken an

online class for PD

What is propelling this new interest?

34% of administrators want pre-service teachers to

have had an online learning experience; 17% want

experience in teaching an online class before hiring


Can online learning transform the learning process?

For high school students, traditional reasons:

scheduling and college credit.

For middle school students, it’s about changing the

learning paradigm.

Students: Why do you want to take an online class?


Why do you want to take an online class?

For high school students, traditional reasons: scheduling and

college credit.

For middle school students, it’s about changing the learning

paradigm.

� Get extra help in a tough subject

� More comfortable asking questions

� In control of my own learning

� More motivated to learn

� Work at my own pace

� Review class materials whenever I want

� Share ideas with my classmates


Students say they face barriers in accessing online classes

“I don’t know about the classes offered at my school” (34%)

“My school does not offer online classes” (29%)

“I don’t know how to sign up for online classes” (24%)

“I don’t know how to find out about online classes” (23%)

“I can’t afford to pay for an online class” (17%)


Given the demand and the interest, what is standing in the way of greater adoption?

Administrators' identify barriers to offering online courses

14%

21%

20%

17%

8%

36%

12%

14%

15%

18%

26%

30%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%

Teachers are reluctant to teach online classes

Teachers are not comfortable teaching online courses

Teacher compensation

Lack of expertise to create online courses

Evaluating quality of online courses or curriculum

Limited state funding

2009 2010



Administrators' identify barriers to offering online courses

14%

21%

20%

17%

8%

36%

12%

14%

15%

18%

26%

30%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%

Teachers are reluctant to teach online classes

Teachers are not comfortable teaching online courses

Teacher compensation

Lack of expertise to create online courses

Evaluating quality of online courses or curriculum

Limited state funding

2009 2010


Which factors are most important when evaluating online course quality?

Administrators say:

1. Standards alignment 77%

2. Ease of use by students and teachers 63%

3. Student achievement results 54%

4. Source = teachers/curriculum specialists 42%

5. Includes imbedded assessments 36%


Teachers' Interest in Online Teaching

(Based on years experience)

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50%

Taught 100% online class

Taught blended online class

Researched teaching online class

Interested: teaching online class

Not interested: teaching online class

1-3 years 4-10 years 11-15 years 16+ years








Imagine you are designing the ultimate school.

Which technology tools and services would have the greatest positive impact

on learning?


Imagine you are designing the ultimate school.

Which technology tools and services would have the greatest positive impact

on learning?

Are we all on the same page?


Ultimate School: Are we on the same page?

Ultimate School: Engaging Social-based Learning

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

Chat rooms for students

Collaboration tools

Online classes

Online tutors

Gr 6-8 Students Gr 9-12 Students Parents Administrators


What is the bottom line?

Today’s students

want learning that is:

Enabled

Engaging

Empowered


• National Speak Up Findings and reports

• Additional data analysis from Speak Up 2010

• Presentations, podcasts and webinars

• Evaluation services

• Reports and white papers

• Participate in Speak Up 2011!

More Speak Up? www.tomorrow.org


Today’s Discussion: The Big Questions

• What is the vision of today’s students for online learning?

How do they define the “value proposition?”

• How does this student vision compare with the educators’ realities? What is the unique parent perspective on online

learning?

• What challenges or obstacles do educators face in

implementing online learning? What benefits are already being realized? What is holding back greater adoption?

• How can the students’ vision influence the next generation of online learning solutions?


Meet our Panel of Experts!

Ashleigh Neier Student

Jazmyn Styles Student

Marcoy Boateng Student

Stephanie Neier Parent

Kaitlyn Belcher Teacher

LaToya Dix Administrator


Calling all students, parents & educators to participate

in Speak Up 2011!

New online surveys for students,

parents & educators open for input:

October 10 - December 23

Data back to schools & districts –

use for grants & planning

February 2012

National data release –

inform national/state policies & funding:

March 2012

Learn more at www.tomorrow.org

Enable, engage, empower your

school’s stakeholder voices!


Thank you. Let’s continue this conversation.

Julie EvansProject Tomorrow

[email protected] x15

Twitter: JulieEvans_PT

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