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 Systems Cecil County Public Schools World History Consortium 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 MacFarland Presented by: Dr. Marcie Taylor-Thoma Best Practices in History Instruction

Katie Egan Progress Update

Budget Overview  Year 1: $428,  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 AnalysisDesignDevelopmentInternal ReviewPiloting External Review Implementation

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 9 th 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 21 st - webinar  Monday, February 8th - webinar  Tuesday, March 2 nd - webinar  Monday, March 15 th - webinar  Tuesday, April 13 th - webinar  Saturday, May 1 st – in person  Thursday, May 6 th - webinar  Thursday, June 24 th or Friday, June 25 th - - 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  Why Geography Matters

Wiki Space 

Kavita Mittapalli, Ph.D. Evaluation Plan

Design  Mixed methods approach  Process and Formative evaluation

Mixed Methods- diagrammatically speaking Adapted from Creswell, 2003 QualitativeQuantitative 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 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) Process and FormativeEvaluation

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 23 rd