Importance and Benefits of
Advanced Training for
Online Instructors
Kathy Cox, State Superintendent of Schools
“We will lead the nation in improving student achievement.”
Why is advanced training important?
Address the Needs of Digital Learners
Provide the Necessary Expertise for
Creating/Developing Relevant, Authentic Learning
Opportunities for Students
Mastery Level Competence
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Kathy Cox, State Superintendent of Schools
“We will lead the nation in improving student achievement.”
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12th Graders’ Attitudes Toward School
Engagement
Relevance
How often school
work is interesting
How often school
work is meaningful
How important
school learning is
later in life
quite/
very
very/
slightly
dull
often/
always
seldom/
never
quite/
very
not/
slightly
1983
34.6%
19.8%
40.2%
18.3%
50.5%
19.9%
2005
21.2%
33.3%
27.5%
28.2%
37.1%
28.8%
Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research (2005).
from Dr. William Wraga’s presentation at Brasstown Valley (06/08)
The differences between digital native learners and digital immigrant teachers.
*Ian Jukes and Anita Dosaj, The InfoSavvy Group, February 2003
Retrieved from Apple Web Site
Digital Native Learners
Digital Immigrant Teachers
Prefer receiving information quickly from
multiple multimedia sources.
Prefer slow and controlled release of
information from limited sources.
Prefer parallel processing and multitasking.
Prefer singular processing and single or limited
tasking.
Prefer processing pictures, sounds and video
Prefer to provide text before pictures, sounds
before text.
and video.
Prefer random access to hyperlinked multimedia Prefer to provide information linearly, logically
information.
and sequentially.
Prefer to interact/network simultaneously with Prefer students to work independently rather
many others.
than network and interact.
Prefer to learn “just-in-time.”
Prefer to teach “just-in-case” (it’s on the exam).
Prefer instant gratification and instant rewards. Prefer deferred gratification and deferred
rewards.
Prefer learning that is relevant, instantly useful Prefer to teach to the curriculum guide and
and fun.
standardized tests.
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Model of Learning
William Howell (1982) describes the four stages of competence at a
task/profession/et cetera :
"Unconscious incompetence - this is the stage where you are not even
aware that you do not have a particular competence. Conscious
incompetence - this is when you know that you want to learn how to do
something but you are incompetent at doing it. Conscious competence this is when you can achieve this particular task but you are very
conscious about everything you do. Unconscious competence - this is
when you finally master it and you do not even think about what you have
such as when you have learned to ride a bike very successfully"
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Kathy Cox, State Superintendent of Schools
“We will lead the nation in improving student achievement.”
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Rate Yourself…
Unconsciously
Incompetent
I have no idea
why the
students in my
class are not
successful.
Consciously
Incompetent
I know how
important online
learning is, but
as an online
instructor I am
really not yet
effective in …
If I were able to
…. that would
greatly improve
my instruction.
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Consciously
Competent
I can effectively
teach online
because I make
sure that I remind
myself to follow the
best practices I
learned when I was
oriented to teaching
online. I don’t need
assistance with my
courses. I can
demonstrate to
others what I do
during the course of
a semester.
Unconsciously
Competent
Online teaching is 'second
nature‘ for me
I can monitor my online
course while I am
watching television
I think I am a great online
instructor, but I am not
sure why.
Kathy Cox, State Superintendent of Schools
“We will lead the nation in improving student achievement.”
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Mastery
Unconscious-Conscious Competence
Conscious Competence
Unconscious Competence
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“We will lead the nation in improving student achievement.”
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Why is Online Education Important?
As I travel to other countries and visit with their ministries of education, I am deeply
concerned about the United States falling behind in our approach to education. Other
countries are centering their educational strategies on expanding access using e-learning.
What’s more, countries from Singapore to Mexico are training every K–12 teacher how to
teach online, as a way to give them the needed experience in effective use of
educational technology in face-to-face environments and to prepare them to teach
virtually. China is digitizing its entire curriculum and Mexico already did, five years ago, in its
Enciclomedia project. Singapore has 100 percent of secondary schools using online
learning. And as part of its pandemic preparedness program, Singapore goes so far as to
hold “E-learning Week,” where school closes down for an entire week; this ensures every
teacher knows how to continue teaching online and every student knows how to utilize
online learning.
Susan Patrick Chief Executive Officer, North American Council for Online Learning
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Kathy Cox, State Superintendent of Schools
“We will lead the nation in improving student achievement.”
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How Can the Online Endorsement
Benefit Me?
Online Instructors
Become unconsciously-consciously competent – a
master of your craft
Recognition of “additional expertise”
Participate in a network of online instructors and
educational technologists
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Kathy Cox, State Superintendent of Schools
“We will lead the nation in improving student achievement.”
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How Can the Online Endorsement
Benefit Me?
Brick and Mortar Instructors
Research shows that the skills learned by online
instructors transfer back to the face-to-face
classroom in a very powerful and productive way.
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Kathy Cox, State Superintendent of Schools
“We will lead the nation in improving student achievement.”
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How Can the Online Endorsement
Benefit Me?
Practices that translate to the face-to-face classroom (just to
name a few)…
Developing/Using Rubrics
Developing/Using Authentic Assessments and Performance Tasks
Utilizing Backward Design
Incorporating Multimedia Assignments/Using Multimedia in Delivery of Instruction
Differentiating Instruction (formative assessment, learning profiles, etc.)
Including Peer Assessment/Collaboration (intra-school and inter-school)
Including Student Reflection/Journaling
Including Better Quality Feedback to Students (Explicit, Aligned to Standards)
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Kathy Cox, State Superintendent of Schools
“We will lead the nation in improving student achievement.”
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How Can the Online Endorsement
Benefit Me?
Educational Leaders (Administrative, Media,
Technology)
Demonstrate more skilled instructional leadership
“By 2019 about 50 percent of high school courses will
be delivered online.” (Christensen)
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Kathy Cox, State Superintendent of Schools
“We will lead the nation in improving student achievement.”
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Online Teaching Facilitates Tiered
Interventions for Student Learning
Online learning provides differentiated instruction
using online tools and resources that support
collaborative student-centered learning. Online
thinking tools are active learning places where
students engage in robust discussions, pursue
investigations, analyze complex information, and
solve problems.
Tier 1
STANDARDS-BASED
CLASSROOM LEARNING:
All students participate in general
education learning that includes:
•Implementation of the Georgia Performance
Standards (GPS) through research-based
practices
•Use of differentiation of instruction such as flexible grouping, varied
instructional strategies
•Monitoring progress of learning through multiple formative
assessments and analysis of student work
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to learn more about the Online Teaching Endorsement
Kathy Cox, State Superintendent of Schools
“We will lead the nation in improving student achievement.”
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