LIU LearnOn

Webinar Series

Best Practices for Online Learning

Our Team

Educational Technology Services

Jared Mader - jpmader@iu12.org

Ben Smith - bsmith@iu12.org

Alan Moose - admoose@iu12.org

Nicole Bond - nabond@iu12.org

Brant Kenny - bakenny@iu12.org

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Special Education

Lynn Murphy - lamurphy@iu12.org

Danielle Messett - ddmessett@iu12.org

Brenda Hartman - bahartman@iu12.org

Kelly Jo Fox - kfox@iu12.org

Lori Wonders - lmwonders@iu12.org

Michelle Ludwig - mcludwig@iu12.org

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Educational Services

Brad Sterner - bdsterner@iu12.org

Laura McCusker - lbmccusker@iu12.org

Tanya Morret - thmorret@iu12.org

Charlie Trovato - cjtrovato@iu12.org

Melissa-Ann Pero - mapero@iu12.org

Matt McLaughlin - mpmclaughlin@iu12.org

Corinne Conner - ceconner@iu12.org

Des Arnold - daarnold@iu12.org

Becky Blahus - rablahus@iu12.org

Christina McLaughlin - cmmlaughlin@iu12.org

Phyllis Brown - plbrown@iu12.org

Lorrie Hyreck - llhyrcek@iu12.org

Jennifer Hagerman - jlhagerman@iu12.org

Melinda Krebs - makrebs@iu12.org

Jessica Miller - jamiller@iu12.org

Val Lill - valill@iu12.org

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Zoom Webinar Meeting Norms

• Chat, microphone, and camera has been disabled due to the large size of the attendee group.
• Use the Q&A to post questions, but remember that the responses will be visible to everyone.
• Please raise your hand if you’d like to use your microphone.
• Don’t leave before the Act 48 credit link is shared to you for completion.

LIU12 Resources

• Act 48 Credit
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• Our Resource Site
• http://learnon.iu12.org

Changing Expectations for Online Learning

• Continuity of Education
• FAPE (Free Appropriate Public Education) applies to all online instruction
• If a school provides educational services to the general education population, the school must ensure that students with disabilities have equal access to the same opportunities

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Webinar Outcomes

• Participants will understand and be ready to apply the best practices in online learning.
• Participants will know where to get extra supports.

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• Our Best Practices Page

Changing Expectations for Online Learning

• Less is More - Prioritize & Balance
• Video
• Importance of seeing your face (SEL)
• Limit Length: No more than 6 minutes
• Be Clear:
• Objectives & Expectations
• Identify Time to Complete Task
• Organize & Sequence Instructions

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It’s Complicated

• Follow your district guidelines
• Know the Lingo
• Synchronous vs Asynchronous
• Ask Questions - How do I do that?
• Don’t get trapped by paralysis by analysis

Social - Emotional

• Laugh & Be Yourself Online
• Check in with your students
• Say “Hello”
• Ask about Others
• Check in with yourself
• Designing begins with Empathy
• Put yourself in their shoes
• Consider the new Home life
• Think about SEL Education (CASEL)

Communication

• Be Honest
• Say I don’t know
• Give students a forum for questions
• Check in often (don’t set it and forget it)
• “Thanks for your work in this class”
• “I know this is a lot to manage”
• Make things easy to find
• Over Communicate
• Explain how Online Learning is Different

Set Expectations

• Think about converting F2F to online
• Look for Interactivity
• Create the Norms for your Class
• What to turn in
• Where to turn things in
• How to participate

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A New Syllabus

Organize & Sequence

• HyperDocs
• Be Consistent

Reality of Time

• Take the expected time x2
• Continuous Learning Task Force �(KS)
• Pre-K : 30 minutes
• Grades K-1: 45 minutes
• Grades 2-3: 60 minutes
• Grades 4-5: 90 minutes
• Grades 6-12: 30 minutes per teacher (3 hours max in a day)
• Time Shifting - The New Home Life

Video

• Let students see you; Live or Recorded
• Keep it short - Chunk Videos

Interactivity with a Caveat

UDL - Think About All Kids

• Special Education
• EL Learners
• Gifted Students
• Students without WiFi
• Students without Reliable Device
• Students watching their siblings
• The Littles

Pedagogy is King

• How to think about converting
• Designing begins with Empathy
• Put yourself in their shoes
• Model
• Your thinking as well as the work
• Provide lots of Examples
• Commit to Continuous Improvement
• Assessment = Feedback
• Less is More
• Choose the Right Tool the Right Way

Work Together

Reflection

What action steps will you take away from this webinar?

You can find the schedule of our IU12 webinars at:

http://learnon.iu12.org

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Empowering our customers to solve �their most challenging problems �that impact learning

and quality of life.

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