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January 16, 2012
Online learning resources
- Michael BarbourÂ
- iNACOL
- Keeping Pace
- SREB
- PBS: Is online learning beneficial for students?
- SLOAN-C (higher ed)
- Effective practices
- Annual surveys (32% of higher ed students now take at least one online course)
- E-mail newsletter
- Other publications and resources
- My online learning bookmarks
- Iowa Learning Online
- Iowa’s ARRA grant (professional development re: effective online teaching)
- Workplace eLearning
Some structural considerations
- Devices
- Bandwidth
- Time/location flex issues
Marketing / leadership
- Bolman and Deal leadership frames
- Points of resistance
- Initiative name?
- Tagline?
- Stats and other developments?
- Governor Branstad and DE are seeking to expand Iowa Learning Online
- Michigan requires an online learning experience for every student
- See also Alabama, Florida, Idaho, Minnesota, and Virginia
- MOOCs
- Online training in workplaces (‘eLearning’)
- Stories?
- WCF Courier 1, WCF Courier 2
- My video with ISD 287 (Minnesota)Â [VIDEO]
- The elearning revolution [VIDEO]
- The basics of blended learning [VIDEO]