Office of eLearning Professional Development Opportunities

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Office of eLearningProfessional Development
Opportunities
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Office of eLearning

• Online Professional Development

Operating Programs

• Web Conferencing Services

• Training Tutorials

eLearning SC (SCOPD) Instructional Technology

• Online Registration System

• Workshops

• Teacher Developed

StreamlineSC

Virtual School
ITV

Educator

• Commercial Courses

Video-on-demand

• EDC

ITV Recertification
ePortfolio Instructional Technology Coaches

• Online PD

• Teacher Created

• Online Recertification Courses

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Online Opportunities

• Through a variety of professional developments,
  we have been able to assist in many different
  aspects of training in South Carolina
• We have reached teachers, counselors, SCDE
  employees, and other educational professionals to
  assist with improving technology skills and
  meeting the mandates of Proviso 1.25

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Examples of Courses offered through eLearningSC PD
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eLearningSC PD Registration
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eLearningSC PD Graduate

• We will begin offering graduate courses during
  the Summer 2009 session through The College of
  Charleston. Currently we are working with The
  College of Charleston to have additional courses
  approved for graduate credit.
• Starting in the 2009 Summer Semester, graduate
  courses will be 75.00 in addition to the 30.00
  registration fee. The total cost for a graduate
  course will be 105.00 per graduate course. The
  renewal credit courses will remain the same of
  30.00 per course.
• Four course are approved and 3 more are being
  submitted for approval. One of those courses is a
  SMART Board course.

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eLearningSC PD completion Rate

• Listed below is a breakdown of completion rates
  for the 2008-2009 eLearningSC PD courses. The
  summer semester will run from 6/8/09 7/27/09.
  After grades are submitted, then we will update
  the completion.

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Who, What, When Where and

• Who Moodle
• What Moodle is an Open Source Learning
  Management System
• When We are piloting Moodle for the Office of
  eLearning, Office of Leadership, and Office of
  Transportation
• Where -- Across the state for educators, bus
  drivers, coaches with CDE licenses, etc

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Why --

• We began evaluating our LMS about 2 years ago to
  determine the TCO, Total Cost of Ownership
• Finding
• We needed to look at open source solutions due to
  cost effectiveness and determine if the product
  could produce our expected outcomes
• We looked at many different systems, Listed below
  are a few

• Desire 2 Learn
• Blackboard
• Angel

• Moodle
• Sakai
• Get Course-Work

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Moodle Projected Outcomes

• We are testing Moodle for the 2009-2010 school
  year
• Possible Projected Outcomes
• Convert all programs to Moodle to reduce the cost
  of our LMS Moodle is ¼ the cost of the current
  LMS system cost
• Host it externally for the first year and then
  determine the pros and cons of bringing Moodle in
  house
• Currently we have run the Spring and Summer
  eLearning SC PD courses in Moodle
• Summer 09 we will add 3 SCVSP courses to Moodle
• Fall 09 run all eLearningSC PD and SCVSP courses
  through Moodle

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Moodle URL

• http//scde.mrooms.org/
• We have created videos and documents to assist
  online participants with utilizing the new system

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Feedback from Online Participants and Teachers

• The transition to Moodle for me as an instructor
  was seamless. The content is cleaner and easier
  to locate for online participants.
• Moodle was more user friendly after I understood
  how to navigate through the site. I didn't see
  any major changes though learning how to navigate
  through Moodle was adjustment

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Feedback from Online Participants and Teachers

• Moodle is so user friendly and I am excited about
  all of the new features that enhance courses.
• I know users will find it easy and I look forward
  to further work with it.
• The set up and functions of Moodle took some
  getting used to after having previously used
  Blackboard but it wasn't a big adjustment.
• Blackboard was more difficult to navigate around
  in. Once I used Moodle, it was much more
  intuitive for me.
• I like the layout of Moodle better more user
  friendly

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Moodle Course Example
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Additional Courses we are evaluating/building

• Course Title Possible Graduate Credit 
• Instructing Virtual School Courses 3
• Effective Online Course Management 3
• Moodle Basics 1
• Moodle Basics 2 1
• Moodle Magic 1
• Moodle Magic 2 1

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Electronic Registrar Online

• ERO workshops/ courses/seminars have increased
  each year.
• ERO allows for tracking of participants and events

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New this yearOffice of Transportation with an
online presence

• Each bus driver is required to complete a minimum
  of 10 hours of in-service every year to maintain
  their certification as a school bus driver
• Traditionally the training has been done in a
  classroom setting or through meetings in an
  auditorium but the Office of Transportation has
  implemented a pilot program to reach additional
  bus drivers
• With the new online in-service opportunity, bus
  drivers now have a flexible option for their
  in-Service requirements

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Office of Transportation 2008-2009 Online Courses

• Online Bus Driver Course has been created and
  implemented in the 2008-2009 school year for
  existing drivers.
• Currently this course has 224 drivers being
  trained
• This course is being run on the Moodle LMS system
• The Office of Transportation is also creating a
  course for new drivers as well.

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• eLearningSC has made many strives to reach
  educators in South Carolina. We have built a
  foundation to enhance technology skills and
  improve the implementation of technology.
• We will continue to implement effective
  professional development and add additional
  graduate courses. A few examples of courses we
  are working on are --
• 4 Moodle courses for 1 graduate credit
• A SMART Board for 2 graduate credit
• An Online Facilitator course for 3 graduate
  credits
• An Online Course Management course for 3 graduate
  credit
• eLearningSC will work to offer any courses that
  are beneficial to teachers and their environment
• eLearningSC staff will assist any office or
  division in the creation of online workshops,
  courses work, online assessments, and social
  networking.

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Contact Information

• Terri Ann 843-522-1671
• tbennett_at_ed.sc.gov