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Distance Learning in Secondary Education (Public schools)

Distance Learning in Secondary Education (Public schools) . Valenta Wade. Distance Learning programs for High School Students. Need. Need: What problem or need existed that gave rise to your innovation? Decrease in “highly qualified” teachers in urban locations.

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Distance Learning in Secondary Education (Public schools)

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  1. Distance Learning in Secondary Education (Public schools) Valenta Wade

  2. Distance Learning programs for High School Students

  3. Need • Need: What problem or need existed that gave rise to your innovation? • Decrease in “highly qualified” teachersin urban locations. • Distance learning options for high school students would allow students to connect to a classroom with a highly qualified teacher. • Increase in high school dropout. • If students knew they could take some of their courses from home (during their Junior and Senior years, they may be less likely to dropout of school. • Increase in bullying. • Although bullying should never be tolerate, it is a known fact that some students are more prone to bullying. Distance learning options could help students that are being bullied to focus on their schoolwork.

  4. Commercialization • Today, many states offer distance learning/online classes for their students in middle and high schools. Some of these programs are limited to a few selections while some states offer an entire distance learning curriculum. These programs are typically funded by their local government.

  5. Commercialization • North Carolina Virtual Public Schools • Virtual Learning Academy Charter School-NH • Texas Virtual Schools

  6. Development • What problems did your innovation encounter in the development process? • Finding a program that provided social skills within their curriculum • Who was the intended audience for your innovation? • The intended audience are parents and government officials.

  7. Innovation-Decision Timeline

  8. S-Curve High school drop-out rate: Traditional schools vs. distance learning

  9. S-Curve Teacher Retention Rate: Traditional school without distance learning options vs. High school with distance learning option

  10. Adopter Categories and Attributes for Achieving Critical Mass

  11. Change Agent The seven roles of a change agent can be used in implementing distance learning in secondary schools: • Develop a need for change. • Establish an information-exchange relationship.   • Diagnose problems. • Create an intent in the client to change. • Translate an intent to action. • Stabilize adoption and prevent discontinuance. • Achieve a terminal relationship.

  12. Reaching Critical Mass • ➢ Target highly respected people for initial adoption • ➢ Communicate the inevitability of adoption and the impending occurrence of critical mass • ➢ Introduce the innovation to groups who are more innovative • ➢ Provide incentives for early adoption

  13. Need • Offering online classes in secondary schools is important because it will: • Allow students that opportunity to work on school work from home-which will cause the dropout rates to decline • Provide equality in instruction • Reduce teenage bullying • Reduce educational cost

  14. References/Research Cavanaugh, C.. (2009). Effectiveness of Cyber Charter Schools: A Review of Research on Learnings. TechTrends, 53(4), 28-31.  Retrieved July 2, 2011, from ProQuest Central. (Document ID: 1846353001). Luis A Huerta, Chad d'Entremont, & María-FernandaGonzález. (2006). Cyber Charter Schools: Can Accountability Keep Pace with Innovation? Phi Delta Kappan, 88(1), 23-30.  Retrieved July 2, 2011, from ProQuest Central. (Document ID: 1125382771).

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