Online Courses

Overview
“any time, any place,
any path, any pace”
- slogan of Florida Virtual School

“School is
where you
“Anyone can now are”
learn anything from - slogan of a
anyone at anytime.” PA public
-- Curtis Bonk, in his book The cyber school
World is Open.
 Objectives

 BACKGROUND INFORMATION
 ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES
 CONSIDERATIONS
 LEADING TOOLS
 OPEN SOURCE TOOLS
 EXAMPLES
 RESOURCES
Background Information

 DEFINITIONS
 TYPES OF ONLINE COURSES
 HISTORY
Background Information

 DEFINITIONS
Asynchronous vs. Synchronous

Courses vs. Tutorials

Brick and Mortar (b+m)

Blended Course

 TYPES OF ONLINE COURSES

Background Information

 DEFINITIONS
 TYPES OF ONLINE COURSES
Free vs. Cost
Academic
Youth and Adult
Business (required)
Personal Development / Lifelong Learning (optional)
 HISTORY
Background Information

 DEFINITIONS
 TYPES OF ONLINE COURSES
Free vs. Cost
Academic
K-12 and college
A la carte and full curriculums
Public and private
History of Online Learning
Advantages &
Disadvantages

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Time
Cost
Location

Consistency
Accessibility
 Remedial Algebra I Pre-Algebra
Math

Learning
Pre-
Can Be Calculus

Self-Paced

Photo by Michael Surran

 Limited
Topic fit? Teacher
Interaction

Mental
Disconnect

Lack of
motivation
 Considerations
When designing or selecting an online course

Handout
 Leading Tools

Adobe
Adobe Flash e-Learning Suite

Articulate Studio
Open Source Software

Claroline

OLAT

eFront
And some freebies . . .
Example #1

MOODLE
EXAMPLE

Teacher-
written

10 th grade
Lesson
Example #2

FLASH
EXAMPLE

K12, Inc.

6 th Grade
History
Lesson
ADDITIONAL

EXAMPLES
Study: Online Education Continues Its
Meteoric Growth
By Jeff Greer
Posted January 26, 2010 WHAT’S
“Onlinecollege education is
expanding—rapidly. More than 4.6 million
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college students were taking at least one online course
at the start of the 2008-2009 school year. That's more
than 1 in 4 college students, and it's a
17 percent increase from 2007. ”

“At last count, there were more than 1

million enrollments in K-12 online
schools in the United States. And according to
recent research, the number of students taking
courses online will jump to more than 10 photo by Sean Mcgrath

million in the next five years.”

-- David Nagel, 10/29/2009
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Students in GHCA’s computer lab, photo taken by

Michael Surran. photo by Sean Mcgrath
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Doctors
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Pottery
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