Scaling Quality Topic 1
Adoption & Implementation: What are the biggest pain points of adopting new tools? How can we overcome them? What would school look like if testing and implementation were fun?
For a quality online program to be scaled it should include the capability to:
- Integrate into existing data systems
- Follow a locally established adoption timeline
- Modify content to reflect local (school) cultural, language, etc. perspectives and state/local requirements
- Be implemented in a blended or fully online environment
- Implement authentic and multiple assessments to demonstrate mastery
- Adapt to individual learning needs
Rough consensus, running code: whatever it is that is being adopted or implemented should be able to be adapted continuously to reflect users’ feedback
This is important because:
- Equity in access to quality education and content
- Technology provides opportunity for better instruction for more students
- The use of technology to deliver quality online instruction leads to increased success for our students
- Technology is an essential tool in enhancing the education of our students K-12
- Design Principles:
- Adaptable to student learning needs
- Ease of use/ease of learning
- Data aligned to state or Common Core standards
- Multiple options to demonstrate mastery
Challenges include:
- Policies do not exist yet to support this transformation
- Many of the students that would benefit greatly from this vision are those who are those who are most at-risk and lack the reading, time management, study skills.
- Teacher training/capacity
- What would school look like if testing and implementation were fun?
- Embedded assessments, informal, learning expeditions
- Students have learning opportunities that are not limited to their “assigned” school
- Learning is personalized for the student, student feels ownership of their learning process.
- User Experience/Interface: “teacher” language and interface; written in a language that is common to K-12 teachers – accessible with very little professional development, with embedded supports for both teachers and students