1. ONLINE LEARNING Chapter 5 By: Stephanie Szylejko Leo Ellison

2. HOMESCHOOL VS. ONLINE LEARNING  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8gslOhv_oM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8gslOhv_oM  A personal experience from a student who was homeschooled and took online learning classes

3. ONLINE LEARNING  Encourages outside learning  “springboard away from the machines”  Online learning is not supposed to be their online course work  In 2019 more than half of high school courses will be online

4. Looks at the increase in college students interest in online education http://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2012/02/16/Growing- number-of-college-students-choose-online-courses/stories/201202161337

5. GOOD ONLINE STUDENT  Motivation to succeed  Self-discipline  Independent worker  Support from parents

6. MOTIVATION TO SUCCEED  Willingness to learn  Making the effort to participate in class  Not just looking for the “A”

7. SELF-DISCIPLINE AND RESPONSIBILITY  They chose when they are prepared to do the work  Not limited to a specific time period  Take as much time as they need on tasks

8. INDEPENDENT WORKER  Less physical interaction with students  Self reliant  Less social

9. SUPPORT FROM PARENTS  Open communication with teacher and parent  Helping students stay focus  Get involved in student’s learning

10. BENEFITS OF TAKING ONLINE CLASSES  As a summer makeup class  Classes not available in certain schools  For extra credits to graduate  GED  Challenging courses  Home Schooling

11. GOOD ONLINE TEACHERS  Devotes time and energy  Always available  Creative  Breaks down lessons and Integrates curricula  Focus on concepts

12. DEVOTES TIME AND ENERGY  Put in time to make up the lessons  More work than traditional classroom  More effort in preparing helps students stay interested

13. ALWAYS AVAILABLE  Answering emails at anytime  Students can take class at anytime of day  Teachers available for questions and ideas 24/7  Set office hours as 8 a.m -5 p.m

14. CREATIVE  Keeps students engaged  Making it interesting  Giving options of how to learn and present projects  Move away from traditional teaching

15. BREAKS DOWN LESSONS AND INTEGRATES CURRICULA  Makes large units into smaller parts  Students decide how fast they want to move thru the units  Easily digested  Not overwhelming  Link lessons to web based activities  Not just text based assignments

16. FOCUS ON CONCEPTS  Focus on concepts not class time  Get there points across without time frame  Students know how they are doing faster

17. TED TALK  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRl9kmpNc6A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRl9kmpNc6A  This video talks about how online learning should be free and available to everyone  Feel free to watch!