1. Using Technology to Offer Learning Opportunities Beyond the Classroom Walls Blair Roy, Project Specialist broy@otan.us Outreach & Technical Assistance Network (OTAN)

2. Objectives Reflect on personal experiences with online learning Explore the opportunities of teaching online Consider your next steps to offering online opportunities

3. What Experience Do You Have with Online Learning or Teaching? What do you think of when you hear “online”? Have you taken an online class? Have you created an online class? Have you administered an online class? Have you created a Web site for your students? What are your expectations for this presentation?

4. Are we ready for the changes? Barbara Treacy, EdTech Leaders Online “The change we are in the middle of isn't minor and isn't optional” – Clay Shirky, author and professor, NYU The illiterate of the 21 st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. Alvin Toffler & Herbert Gerjuoy

5. But We Don’t Have Access! everyoneon.org Low cost Internet service providers Low cost equipment Other great resources on Web site Digital literacy training

6. What does online learning look like? CMS/LMS – course/learning management system provides a secure environment for teachers and learners to interact with the environment and one another to construct knowledge with and for one another independently or collaboratively – Examples – Moodle, Angel, BlackBoard, Deisre2Learn (D2L), Sakai, etc.

7. Definition of online learning Allen & Seaman, Class Differences – Online Education in the United States, 2010

8. How to Host Your Course? Hosting Free OTAN for adult educators in California Your school district? Fee GoDaddy Remote Learner And many more

9. About Moodle for a Minute Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment Free, open source software package Designed to help educators create effective online learning communities One of many choices out there to get you and your learners online. The course is built around the course content, using CMS tools or any Web 2.0 tools.

10. Opportunities of Online Learning Learners construct, collaborate, connect, and work separately Flexibility – anytime, anyplace learning, synchronous, and asynchronous Access - to experts and resources that may not be available locally: – Hippocampus.org – USALearns.org Personalization - Customizable to meet individual needs and learning styles Reflection – learners have time to reflect before responding Pacing – individualized as allowed by the teacher Learners can take charge of their learning

11. More opportunities… Depository Your content Publisher content Always on Scheduling Secure Participation Digital literacy Grading Record keeping Communication in one place with history

12. Key Elements for a Successful Online Environment Provide thorough directions Respond in a timely manner Teachers need to be present Stay engaged to keep the learners engaged Use a variety of activities and resources Consistency Consider file formats Monitor learner progress Building community is crucial

13. What do your students need?

14. What can you have in your online class? Books Files Videos Images Assessments Assignments Communication Grades Web pages Links to Web sites Recordings ???

15. What can you do in your online course? Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing activities Vocabulary building Record an audio file and upload to course Language Practice Link to relevant videos What is blocked at school, is open at home Secure site for students to upload files

16. ADULTEDCOURSES.ORG

17. Let’s Take a Closer Look

18. Organization - Dashboard

19. Organization - Calendar

20. Communication - messaging

21. Communication – e-mail

22. Communication – Chats Easy to use Save sessions Meet with one Meet with all Students meet

23. Communication – News forum

24. Recordings - PoodLL *Specialized feature Listening activities Student recordings Dictation Video recordings

25. PoodLL Sample

26. PoodLL – Student View

27. Online Meetings - synchronous *Specialized feature – Adobe Connect Tutorials Demonstrations Meetings Recordable for later viewing Share documents and Web sites

28. Adobe Connect Online Meetings

29. Assessments Assignments Lessons Forums for reflection Choice for one question feedback Quizzes

30. Assignments Upload a single file or multiple files Any file type can be uploaded Inline text can be typed Offline activity as a grade placeholder Students can submit individually or as a group

31. Assignments

32. Assignment grading summary

33. Assignments submitted

34. Assignments Grading page

35. Assignment graded student view

36. Assignment Creation

38. Lesson Example

39. LESSONS – Deliver content, check for comprehension, provide different branches based on answers

40. Lesson Questions

41. Lesson Check for understanding with immediate feedback

42. Lesson – immediate grading

43. Forums for discussion, reflection, testing

44. Choice Activity for Feedback or Survey

45. Quizzes Quizzes created within CMS Hot Potatoes quizzes CMS scores all but essay questions CMS does the math for you Adds grades to gradebook

46. Moodle made quiz – Student View

47. Quiz – multiple choice

48. Quiz - essay

49. Hot potatoes quiz http://hotpot.uvic.ca/ http://hotpot.uvic.ca/

50. Glossaries to reinforce vocabulary and provide interactive activities by students

51. Glossary with listening

52. Books for content

53. Learn360 Multimedia *Specialized feature Provides access to thousands of educational videos to add seamlessly into course Teacher creates – students logs into course – instant access with no additional login to view video Watch the video as many times as needed

54. Learn360 sample

55. Digital badges have arrived! Teachers can award badges throughout the course and for course completion Students can move badges to their personal backpacks to share digitally

56. Gradebook Powerful Flexible Automatic! Exportable Customizable

57. Gradebook – teacher view

58. Administrative Tools Change the settings of your course, Topic vs Date Back up your course (import easily to another LMS) Reports – see course activity, who signed on, what they did Manage users and grades Manage Questions Banks for Quizzes

59. Conditionals and Activity Completion Teachers can guide the students through the content Conditions must be met to move on Once conditions are met, activities are complete, resources and activities automatically open

60. Editing a Moodle course

61. Backup, Restore, Reset, Import Back up all or some content Restore your course if needed Reset each semester to remove student data Teachers with multiple courses can import items from one course to another

62. OTAN Courses for Share Advanced ESL USA Learns Wrap Around Course Advanced ESL 2: Additional Topics Developmental English College Transition & Career Development

63. OTAN Courses for Share EL Civics through Distance Learning ESL Citizenship Preparation Course Getting Ready for College The Write Stuff Writing Pathways to Career Success

64. And a few more…OTAN Courses for Share High School Diploma Math Prep Developmental Math Digital Citizenship Digital Photography Professional & Interpersonal Skills

65. Advanced ESL by Francisca Wentworth of Jefferson Adult School 18 units Lessons Assignments Quizzes Hot potatoes quizzes forums

66. USALearns Wrap Around Course by Kate Crawford 20 Units USA Learns content Glossaries Quizzes Assignments Forums

67. College Transition & Career Development by Debbie Jensen of BPACE (Some Adv ESL teachers are using this course) Personal Success in Writing Path A Transition to Higher Education Path B Transition to Job Prep

68. EL Civics Through Distance Learning by Susan Escobar of Elk Grove Adult School 9 EL Civics topics suitable for English learners at the high-intermediate to advanced levels requires some basic computer navigation skills Susan’s requirements students must obtain a score of 211 or higher on the CASAS reading test have a personal email account to register for this class.

69. ESL Citizenship Preparation by Kay Johnson of Jefferson Adult School 14 topics Assignments Forums Glossaries Hot Potatoes Lessons Quizzes

70. The Write Stuff by Francisca Wentworth of Jefferson Adult School 9 writing sections Intermediate and Advanced ESL

71. Considerations Time Rethinking how to accomplish objectives Resistance to change

72. Could You Use an Online Course? Discussion Is using an online course viable for your classes? Would an online course enhance student persistence? What do you perceive as barriers to adding an online course to your classroom? Other Comments? Suggestions?

73. Resources Free communities with support YouTube videos abound for tutorials OER - Open Educational Resources Oercommons.org for content Commercial support Moodle demonstration site / Moodle documentation / http://www.oercommons.org/

74. What can OTAN do for you? For Adult Ed agencies who are WIOA funded: Free hosting for your online courses Free Moodle training Face-to-Face workshops Online workshops

75. Are you ready? OTAN Free Professional Development Face to face workshops at your site Online workshops Online Resources -http://goo.gl/oHvJmqhttp://goo.gl/oHvJmq Feel free to contact me: Thank you! Blair Roy, OTAN broy@otan.us (916) 228-2580