Minnesota Learning Commons – What’s in it for me?

1. Minnesota Learning Commons – What’s in it for me? Minnesota eLearning Summit July 25, 2012 Todd Digby Gary Langer Mary Mehsikomer Jon Voss

3. Collaboration of … Strategic Partnerships Drivers for Collaboration • Soaring growth in online learning – K12 & higher ed • Limited Resources • Quality and ROI • Competition Mission - to provide access to effective and efficient online learning provided by Minnesota public education partners. MinnesotaOnline Digital Campus Online Learning Alliance ISEEK CareerOneStop College Readiness MnLC Online Learning Advisory Council MINITEX Learning Network of MN

4. P-16 Gateway to... What will it do? • Promote and advocate • Best practices • Access to online courses & programs • Digital resources and tools • Increase degree completions • Promote prior learning assessment • Share and educate • Joint development and sharing • Repository with federated search • Teacher & staff training • Develop and fund • Online support for students, educators, parents • Group licensing

6. History • 1996 Idea began • 1997 Legislation creating Mn Virtual University - MnVU • 1999 MnVU launched • 2000 ISEEK/MnVU Joint Powers ISEEK and MnVU merge operations • 2002-3 State Digital Learning Plan Study • 2003 1st eLearning Summit • 2004 MN Digital Learning Plan Report • 2004 Learning Innovations Council created by ISEEK • 2006-8 K-12 Online Learning Advisory Council • 2008 K-12 Online Learning Advisory Report • 2009 Mn Learning Commons (MnLC) created • 2009 MnLC Business Plan Source: Partnering in the Learning Marketplace by Duin, Baer and Starke-Meyering, 2001

7. What can you do with MnLC? • Find online programs/courses in public P-20 education • Learn about current local and national issues via regular Blog, Facebook & Twitter feeds • See skills needed to be an online student • Understand how courses transfer • Find options for completing your degree • Learn about free tools to assist in teaching and learning • Collaborate with colleagues on digital content

8. What can you do with MnLC? • Utilize free electronic portfolio system • Search through rich database of digital content and services • Access high quality, juried online courses through MnLC Hippocampus • Follow quality standards rubric for great interactive online courses • Store course content in shared repository • Work with fellow educators on web accessibility

9. What can you do with MnLC? • Get help via phone/email/chat 7 days/week • Find career planning information • Learn about PSEO options • Understand financing of online education • Browse through state showcase of key online sites (e.g., MnKnows) • Do a “Reality Check” on costs for living after graduating from college (student loan debt) • Save money through group leveraging

10. MINNESOTA LEARNING COMMONS UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ONLINE PROGRAMS & COURSES EDUCATORS EDUCATORS EDUCATORSADVISORS TOOLS & RESOURCES MnLC ADVISORS ADULT LEARNERS DIGITAL REPOSITORY PARENTS STUDENTS

11. Shared Resources • eFolioMinnesota • Libraries • Statewide Memberships/Subscriptions • Pachyderm and Lodestar • NROC / Hippocampus • MERLOT • MnCommons/Equella • Transfer • u.Select • Online Support Center • GradUate Minnesota • GPS Lifeplan • CENTSS • iTunes U • Eduventures • Quality Matters TM

12. Major efforts for FY12 • Deployment of MnCommons, EQUELLA digital repository • Market NROC HippoCampus & MERLOT statewide licenses • Continue Quality Matters training • Implement Year 2 of Blandin Grant Knowledge Worker course • Institute GradUate MN – baccalaureate degree completion campaign

13. Major efforts for FY12 • Web Accessibility • U.S. Dept. of Education State Authorization Regulation • Open Education Resources • Digital Literacy • Develop Professional Development ‘portal’ for online faculty/staff

14. Major efforts for FY12 • Minnesota eLearning Summit

17. Affordable Learning Solutions Minnesota Minnesota

25. Leverage Resources: eFolioMN

26. Items that you might select (often called artifacts or evidence of learning) can be… wiki Electronic Portfolio Content what you post is what will others will see …each electronic portfolio (site) displays selected items & reflections based on the owner’s choices.

27. MnCommons/Equella EQUELLA provides a variety of search and discovery options: • Basic keyword searching • Content type searching • Metadata field searching • Institution defined hierarchical browsing • Federated searching across external repositories, the internet and libraries

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29. Leverage Resources: NROC & lodeStar

30. HippoCampus for MnLC Members With premium membership – download content and assessments

31. HippoCampus for NROC Network Members

32. Contextualized Learning Objects Graphics Text Documents Interactive Exercise Newsreel Documentary Video www.hippocampus.org - History - WWII - Japanese

34. eLearning authoring tool – a wizard that allows instructors to quickly add • presentations • timelines • puzzles • games • webquests • slideshows • animations • other interactive content to learning systems.

35. Grades 6-12 Rubric –additional elements: • design of K–12 courses, such as the role of parents • greater concern with student privacy • teacher communication with students and other stakeholders

37. Leverage Resources:u.select (CAS)

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39. MINNESOTA DIGITAL LIBRARY Leverage Resources: Online Library Services

40. Online Library Services Research Databases Organizing it all for Students

41. Leverage Resources Online Support Center Services

43. For 90+ credit students Strategic Focus • Improve graduation rates across state public higher education • Increase the pool of educated workers to fill work force needs • Provide a seamless learning infrastructure state wide Features • Flexible options at MnSCU and U of M and skilled advisers to create a clear pathway for students • Online Support Center as a 1st Number to call for basic information and getting started • eFolio template and grad planner for tracking and completing chosen degree • u.Select to identify courses that fit into degree pathway • Credit for prior learning including military training • Financial options – student aid, clearing up old “holds,” student loan repayment – advisors • Monitoring or progress and personalize encouragement • Supported by the resources of the U of M’s Digital Campus, MnSCU’s MinnesotaOnline, and the Minnesota Learning Commons

46. Researched Based Standards for Quality • Integration of quality concepts are key to online courses and program development

47. Thank You! • www.MnLearningCommons.org • www.MnLC.project.mnscu.edu