Students, Parents & Teachers "Speak Up" about Online Learning: New Research on Values, Behaviors and Aspirations

In this session, we will share the latest data from the Speak Up 2008 online surveys of over 335,000 K-12 students, teachers, parents and administrators and discuss how the data findings on online learning, learning management systems and Web 2.0 learning tools has evolved and changed over the past six years. The data will provide a context for a panel discussion with high school students involved in a variety of online learning environments.

Julie Evans  President Project Tomorrow

Some selective data from 2008:

33% each from Urban, Rural, Suburban

Speak Up is an annual national research project facilitated by Project Tomorrow. The purpose of the project is to:

    * Collect and report the unfiltered feedback from students, parents and teachers on key educational issues.

    * Use the data to stimulate local conversations.

    * Raise national awareness about the importance of including the viewpoints of students, parents, and teachers in the education dialogue.

Quantitative survey results are available to participating schools and districts, online, free-of-charge, so that they can use the data for planning and community discussion. National findings are released through a variety of venues, including: a Congressional Briefing in Washington, DC, national and regional conferences, e-mail distribution, Project Tomorrow website, and our Speak Up partners.  Local, state and national stakeholders report using Speak Up data to inform their new programs and policies.

No gender differentiation in younger grades

Younger do online assessment

More fluent in virtual learning environment

Young students are adopting online learning

K-12 students are setting the pace for the rest of us

Tech trend setters

What arr e the next emerging trends?

1. 1.Mobile learnier
   

2. 2.Role of Web 2.0
   

3. 3.“I’ll take that class to go”
   

4. 4.Digital Content and texts
   

5. 5.Explore STEM careers
   

Digital disconnect is between what they learn and what they live

Between : students and teachers

students and students

girls and boys

older and younger students

What are students doing with technology?

Lots of game playing

creation of MM presentation

uL/dl data

online textbooks and classes emerging

Online interest is increasing, but priorities and availability is not keeping pace

By 2019 50% of all classes will be online

20% HS and 26% MS have taken an online class outside of their mainline school

Students that have not taken are still interested in taking

Almost a 50% increase of MS students wanting to take online

What is the #1 reason MS students want to take an online class: to get extra help

Online puts  them in control if their own learning

1/3 of teachers have taken online PD

1/5 jave participated regularly online

Only 13% of teachers are interested in teaching online...number has stayed flat for years.

Should students be required to take online classes:  Parents and teachers in favor

If you could design the ultimate school: what technologies would you use?

Most answered:

K-12  students say the same thing every year: Give me a laptop for my personal use at school and home  what they are really saying is “Give me control of my learning environment”

There is a wide gap between what teachers and students say are important

(the above presentation is very similar to her present today)

Example: Online learning: 21% adults want, 45% students want

Want: Untethered learning spaces

new learning spaces

enabled, engaing, empowered

    *  While only 7% of teachers in 2006 identified online classes as their preferred methodology for their own professional development, over 26% of teachers in 2007 chose online learning as their first choice for training

    * Over 41% of students believe online classes will have the greatest positive impact on their learning, a growth of over 20% from the 2006 data

    * More than 88% of education leaders say the effective implementation of instructional technology is core to their mission and 84% believe using technology enhances student achievement

If they were president of the US, what would you do:

Virtual Student Panel

www.blackboard.com/k12/education21c

Student panel:

How is learning online different from traditional classes: