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[ProfessionalDevelopment 2728] Re: Online Teaching PD WorkgroupLobaccaro Gina (DOC) Gina.Lobaccaro at state.de.usWed Dec 31 08:20:56 EST 2008
I am also looking forward to participating in this group. I am a correctional educator in southern Delaware. I manage the Correctional Education page on the Adult Literacy Education Wiki - http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/Corrections_Education I am also working on my doctorate in Educational Technology. I have a very strong interest in online communities of practice for professional development; I wish I could figure a way to use the concept - perhaps with my local colleagues -for my doctoral writing. But, apart from that, I would very much like to participate in this group. I do not have a sense yet how we will look, how this group will look... how we will collaborate/work together. But I offer my experience and time. I am here to help! :) Gina Greatness is not in where we stand, but in what direction we are moving. We must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it - but sail we must and not drift, nor lie at anchor. (Oliver Wendell Holmes) Gina W Lobaccaro Sussex Correctional Institution Prison Education Program PO Box 500 Georgetown, DE 19947 302-856-5282 x 6204 gina.lobaccaro at state.de.us ________________________________ From: professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of cherbert at hcc.mass.edu Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 2:04 PM To: The Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 2722] Re: Online Teaching PD Workgroup Hi All, I don't frequent this list much but couldn't help but nibble on this topic. I'm a tech coordinator for SABES and have been dipping my toes in various forms of online PD, as has SABES as a whole. I'd be interested in a workgroup as well. Charlie Herbert SABES West Technology Coordinator (413) 552-2019 cherbert at hcc.mass.edu SABES: Training leaders in Adult Basic Education For more information on the System for Adult Basic Education Support (SABES) please go to: www.sabes.org For more information on upcoming SABES offerings or to register for events please go to: http://calendar.sabes.org/west ----- Original Message ----- From: djrosen1 <djrosen1 at gmail.com> Date: Monday, December 29, 2008 1:12 pm Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 2711] Online Teaching PD Workgroup To: The Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List <professionaldevelopment at nifl.gov> > Hi Crystal, > > Thanks for your informative post. Does GED-i also provide GED-i > teachers with training online (or in a blended training model) > to > teach GED-i students online? Although it may not have been clear, > I > was suggesting that there may be a small group of PD-ers > interested > in working to develop a design or a model for training teachers to > > teach online students, a design that is aligned with the newly > developed AALPD PD standards and that also draws on best > practicies > from those who have been training teachers (online) to teach > students > online or in blended learning models. > > So far, I have heard from three people who are interested in > forming > such an (online) work group. Crystal, would you also like to join > > this work group? Are there others who would like to join? If so, > email me and I will be glad to send everyone who is interested an > email with the names and email addresses of those who are > interested > so we can get started. > > David J. Rosen > djrosen1 at gmail.com > > On Dec 29, 2008, at 11:04 AM, Crystal Hack wrote: > > > Hello All, > > > > I would be more than willing to be a part of a small discussion > > group on this. > > > > The GED-i does almost all of our PD online or at a distance. We > > > began to offer PD online/at-a-distance as a direct response to > the > > cut in our adult education budgets, our limited PD staff time > > available to travel around the state of IL and to other states. > We > > needed to save our project $s and time and save our adult ed > > provider $s and time away from the classroom as well. > > > > We provide the following at a distance PD and have provided it > to > > IL and our other partner state users for several years. > > A variety of phone conference PD opportunities (these are very > well > > received and attended). > > Several online chat opportunities using tappedin.org (we used to > > > use yahoo but have switched to tappedin for a variety of reasons > > > that I can share). > > Email follow up to F2F trainings to extend the learning process > and > > provide further support to our users. > > Online email trainings that range in length from 3 weeks to 6 > weeks > > that are geared toward administrators (program leadership), > > coordinators, and instructors. > > Full day, half day, and one hour video conference trainings and > > training follow ups are also a part of our offerings as well. > > Online email mentoring for a 12 week period that follows our F2F > > > training or our email trainings. > > Two online courses are also available, although they are fairly > > labor intensive and require a much higher level of commitment > than > > the other at-a-distance offerings we provide our users. > > When we started this we had a hard time filling our at a > distance > > PD and offered about a equal amount of F2F and at a distance > > trainings. Now we offer about 90% online and have waiting lists > > > for our PD and have to go as far as having repeat offerings that > > > were unscheduled to accommodate those who want to take part. We > > > have learned a lot offering PD at a distance. We have > definitely > > evolved our registration, training, tracking, and follow up > > processes as well as the structure of the PD we do. > > > > Let me know if there are questions and if you would like me to > be > > involved in further discussion of this topic. > > > > Crystal > > > > -- > > Center for the Application of Information Technologies > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "djrosen1" <djrosen1 at gmail.com> > > To: "The Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion > List" > > <professionaldevelopment at nifl.gov> > > Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2008 8:12:26 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada > > Central > > Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 2703] Re: Economic Stimulus > and > > Professional Development > > > > Colleagues, > > > > On Dec 27, 2008, at 3:05 PM, Jackie A. Taylor wrote: > > > > So, a few questions: > > > > What are the considerations for professional development if the > > $500 million stimulus for adult education became an immediate > reality?> > > * Massachusetts many years ago decided that 10% of its state and > > > federal adult education funding should be used for professional > > development. I think that's a guideline that should be > recommended > > to other states in all new federal funding. > > > > * We (professional developers, practitioners) need federal > funding > > for a national research center specifically for adult literacy > > education (like NCSALL). > > > > What additional models already exist that we can learn from? > > > > One of the adult literacy education delivery models that has > great > > promise, but that will require significant new and additional > > professional development ,is online learning. This is especially > > > useful for programs that involve initial face-to-face training > and/ > > or education and then job placement, where there is still need > for > > continued education once the person is working, but because of > the > > work schedule there is not much opportunity to attend classes. A > > > blended model, that involves some face-to-face, perhaps one or > two > > Saturdays a month, and 4-10 hours a week of online learning > might > > be an ideal model for some people in this situation. Currently > > there are very few adult literacy education teachers who have > been > > trained to do online learning well. If online or blended > learning > > significantly expands, there will be a "labor shortage" of these > > > teachers. > > > > How would we get up and running as quickly as possible? > > > > We are now close to having final AALPD standards for > professional > > development. Using those standards as a touchstone, and the > > knowledge gained by Project IDEAL, the Health Care Learning > Network > > in Massachusetts, The McDonald's Corporation's English Under the > > > Arches, programs that have used English for All (and now USA > > Learns) and other online and blended learning models, perhaps we > > > could discuss here -- and archive on the ALE Wiki -- some design > > > principles, objectives and content areas for > training/professional > > development in online teaching. Has someone already done (or > begun) > > that? > > > > If there were a small group of people who were interested not > just > > in discussing this, but also working on developing a PD design > for > > online adult literacy education teaching, perhaps they could > > organize themselves in an online workgroup (using Officezilla, > > Community Zero, a Google or Yahoo group and/or a wiki). We could > > > discuss that here, too. > > > > > > David J. Rosen > > DJRosen at theworld.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > David J. 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