1. North Dakota Center for Distance Education College Lab for English and Math (CLEM) A College Prep Program That Works A Program That Is Representative of Software That Adapts to the Learner A Program Representative of New Capabilities That Make Possible New Ways to Lead Education

2. North Dakota Center for Distance Education CLEM is an individualized online learning program that utilizes a customized version of MyFoundationsLab (MFL) with Knewton, a web- based adaptive learning technology from Pearson CLEM’s primary purpose is to help high school students improve their competency in Math and English. Student development within CLEM is aligned with ACT and Compass Tests. Students who have participated in CLEM raised ACT scores by an average of 2-3 points. WHAT IS CLEM?

3. North Dakota Center for Distance Education Lessons Learned Evolution of teaching Adaptive learning technology Are we finally realizing promised benefits of technology in education?

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5. North Dakota Center for Distance Education The new digital content and curriculum has been built to serve the student. Some of it is highly interactive, many with gaming features built in to “gate” forward a student once an objective is achieved, all wrapped up in nice management features and more. It puts the student on a personally charted knowledge path. And—here is the pedagogical shift—the teacher is no longer standing in front of the class as the source of knowledge. He or she is mobile, working with each student or groups of students, facilitating. The great redemption of this is that the teacher is now remarkably more efficient in delivering personalized learning to each student. Dr. David Kafitz, VP School Relations & Consulting The Learning Counsel

6. North Dakota Center for Distance Education Adaptive Learning Breaking down grade level barriers Allows for on-going remediation Supports Common Core Pathway to college/workplace readiness

7. North Dakota Center for Distance Education + Competency-based and aligned with standards Focused on mastery, rather than how long it takes to complete work Students are able to complete work at their own pace Allows variable, flexible class structure Students can test out of subject matter at different levels

8. North Dakota Center for Distance Education + Knowledge does not = competency Competency = ability to effectively apply knowledge Content is focused on application Requires teacher transformation Students can test out of subject matter at different levels

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10. Where Do We Go From Here? Revolutionary changes in online curriculum design Adaptive learning will soon become the standard in core online courses for K-12 Adaptive learning and management technologies and processes already becoming standard in higher ed and industry

11. North Dakota Center for Distance Education New curriculum design model: An adaptive, flexible, continuous process…

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13. Source: NMC Horizon Report 2014

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