2013 Annual Meeting Preview

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	Tuesday, April 30, 2013 Welcome to Day 4 of the AERA Annual Meeting. Each morning, AM2013 Preview will provide tips on major sessions and events, as well as other updates. Join the conversation: Use the conference hashtag #AERA13, and follow AERA on Twitter at @AERA_EdResearch and @AERA13. Questions during your stay? Email AERA staff at annualmtg@aera.net. Highlighted Sessions – Tuesday, April 30 AERA Early Career Award (2012) Lecture: Maisha T. Winn “Agitating, Educating, Organizing.” Toward a Theory of Black Literate Lives Time: Tue, Apr 30 – 8:00 – 9:30 am Place: Hilton Union Square, Lobby Level – Plaza B AERA Distinguished Lecture: Pedro A. Noguera (#AERAFuture) Education, Racial Inequality, and the Future of American Democracy Time: Tue, Apr 30 – 10:20 – 11:50 am Place: Hilton Union Square, Ballroom Level – Continental 5 Drawing on research from a variety of studies, Pedro Noguera of New York University will discuss how schools can be transformed to counter social (and racial) inequality to promote mobility and community development. In addition to research carried out in schools throughout the United States, Noguera will also include lessons derived from recent experiences of developing new educational models in cities such as New York; Union City, N.J.; Port of Spain, Trinidad; and Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Can’t attend the session? Register to watch the livestream. AERA Task Force on the Prevention of Bullying in Schools, Colleges, and Universities: A Report Time: Tue, Apr 30 – 10:20 – 11:50 am Place: Hilton Union Square, Lobby Level – Plaza A The AERA Task Force on the Prevention of Bullying in Schools, Colleges, and Universities was mandated to prepare and present to the AERA Council practical short-term and long-term recommendations to address bullying of children and youth. The report was adopted by the Council in February 2013, and is being released in book form at the Annual Meeting. It addresses legislative, policy and procedural matters with pragmatic and practical strategies. What Is the Role for Teachers’ Unions in School District Reforms? (#AERAUnions) Time: Tue, Apr 30 – 12:10 – 1:40 pm Place: Hilton Union Square, Ballroom Level – Continental 5 Chair: Frederick Hess, American Enterprise Institute Discussant: Richard Carranza, San Francisco Unified School District Participants: Susan M. Johnson, Harvard Graduate School of Education; Terry M. Moe, Stanford University; Katharine O. Strunk, University of Southern California; Randi Weingarten, American Federation of Teachers Can’t attend the session? Register to watch the livestream. International Handbook of Research in Environmental Education (IHREE): A New AERA Publication Time: Tue, Apr 30 – 2:00 – 3:30 pm Place: Hilton Union Square, Yosemite B The environment and contested notions of sustainability are increasingly topics of public interest, political debate, and legislation across the world. Environmental education journals now publish research from a wide variety of methodological traditions that show linkages between the environment, health, development, and education. The growth in scholarship makes this an opportune time to review and synthesize the knowledge base of the environmental education (EE) field. Invited Special Address: U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan (#AERASec) Choosing the Right Battles: Remarks and a Conversation Time: Tue, Apr 30 – 3:45 – 4:45 pm Place: Hilton Union Square – Continental 4-6 Education Secretary Arne Duncan will give a major talk on K-12 student assessment and take audience questions. Can’t attend the session? Register to watch the livestream. New in 2013 Tour GLIDE Memorial Church AERA meeting attendees are invited to visit and see how Glide members engage the local community. The tour of Glide’s educational outreach activities will include the Youth and Childcare Center today from 10:30 a.m.- noon or 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. Register to attend. Mobile Mac Lab Fund Inspired to give back to the San Francisco community? Consider a donation to GLIDE’s MacBook Learning Lab, a mobile unit that enhances youth and children’s learning in areas of literacy, nutrition, tutoring, creative arts, wellness, media awareness, and digital arts. Community Cashmob Why not check out a local restaurant committed to social good? Each day of the conference we’ll share a location that has been selected as a “community cashmob.” We hope you’ll visit the site and support their work in the San Francisco community. Mission Chinese is more than just fast delivery food; they donate .75¢ from each entrée to the Food Bank. Menu | Entrees: $10-$18 AERA Film Festival The Association’s Film Festival features contemporary films related to the conference theme, “Education and Poverty: Theory, Research, Policy, and Praxis,” and to other critical issues in education. Films run throughout the Annual Meeting, and some will include post-viewing discussions led by educators, filmmakers, and researchers. All film festival events take place in Hilton Union Square, Fourth Level – Union Square 22. Today’s films include Brooklyn Castle, Pariah, Growing Up Is Activism, Adelante, and Precious Knowledge. AERA ED Talks AERA ED Talks will enable education researchers to use the TEDx format for “ideas worth spreading.” Presenters will address the conference theme or some other compelling aspect of the practice of education research. See how educational researchers tackle the topic “Poverty, Education, and Justice” today, 2:00 – 3:30 pm, in Hilton Union Square, Lobby Level, Plaza A.
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AERA 2013 – A Year in Review: An Evaluation of an Online Blended Science Curriculum Model in One Urban District

Im at the 2013 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, taking place from 27 April to 01 May 2013 in San Francisco, and as best I can I will be blogging the K-12 online learning presentations that I identified from searching the program. The sixth session I am blogging is:

A Year in Review: An Evaluation of an Online Blended Science Curriculum Model in One Urban District

Presenters/Authors: Virginia Walker Snodgrass Rangel (Rice University), Jarrett Reid Whitaker (Rice University)

Scheduled Time: 10:35am – 12:05pm
Building/Room: Parc 55, Fourth Level – Cyril Magnin Foyer
In Session: Online Teaching and Learning Posters: Design and Pedagogy, and Blended Learning

Abstract: Online learning is rapidly expanding in U.S. public schools. Yet, most online programs remain understudied and it is unclear what the impact of these programs is on learning. The purpose of this study is to evaluate one online model, X STEM. This study draws on the science inquiry and the online learning literatures. The study compares student science achievement in elementary schools with X STEM to that in elementary schools without X STEM. Hierarchical linear modeling techniques will be used to analyze student performance on the 5th grade science exam in one large urban district, while controlling for classroom- and school-level factors. Early descriptive results are positive, suggesting that average scores are higher for students in X STEM classrooms.

As I have my own poster session going on at this time, and since this is a poster session, let me display the images I took of this poster.

Click on any image to enlarge.

Apologies for the quality of the images – it was VERY low light and taken using my iPhone.

AERA 2013 – A Blended Approach to Canadian First Nations Education: The Sunchild E-Learning Community

Im at the 2013 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, taking place from 27 April to 01 May 2013 in San Francisco, and as best I can I will be blogging the K-12 online learning presentations that I identified from searching the program. The fifth session I am blogging is:

A Blended Approach to Canadian First Nations Education: The Sunchild E-Learning Community

Presenter/Author: Norman Davis Vaughan (Mount Royal University)

Scheduled Time: 10:35am – 12:05pm
Building/Room: Parc 55, Fourth Level – Cyril Magnin Foyer
In Session: Online Teaching and Learning Posters: Design and Pedagogy, and Blended Learning

Abstract: The purpose of this research study was to investigate if and how a blended approach to Canadian First Nations education could be used to foster student engagement and success. The study examined the Sunchild E-Learning Community program (2012) through the lens of the Seven Principles of Effective Teaching (Chickering & Gamson, 1999). Data was collected via an online survey, interviews, and site visits. The study participants indicated that the deliberate and intentional integration of local learning centers and mentors with online teachers, who provide synchronous tutorials through the use of a web-based learning management system and conferencing tool, was the key to academic success.

As I have my own poster session going on at this time, and since this is a poster session, let me display the images I took of this poster.

Click on any of the images to enlarge them.

Apologies for the quality of the images – it was VERY low light and taken using my iPhone.

AERA 2013 – Virtual Learning in New Zealand: Examples of Networked Schools

Im at the 2013 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, taking place from 27 April to 01 May 2013 in San Francisco, and as best I can I will be blogging the K-12 online learning presentations that I identified from searching the program. The fourth session I am blogging is:

Virtual Learning in New Zealand: Examples of Networked Schools

Presenters/Authors: Michael Kristopher Barbour (Wayne State University), Derek Wenmoth (Core Education Ltd), Niki Davis (University of Canterbury)

Scheduled Time: 10:35am – 12:05pm
Building/Room: Parc 55, Fourth Level – Cyril Magnin Foyer
In Session: Online Teaching and Learning Posters: Design and Pedagogy, and Blended Learning

Abstract: This proposal describes a study into the development of virtual learning in New Zealand, specifically to identify examples of networked schools. Using a variety of data collection methods, the researchers identified four examples where e-learning clusters acted as a change agent to reform classroom instruction and how schools were organised. These included where teaching online changed teachers’ classroom pedagogy, allowing flexibility within the school timetable so students could enroll in courses regardless of when the course was being “taught,” a transformation of the role of the school-based teacher from a subject matter specialist to generalist responsible for facilitating students’ learning, and re-considering the physical space to accommodate student learning in a twenty-first century networked school.

As this is my own poster session, let me simply embed the slides.

SITE 2013 – Examining The Research Related To The Role Of The Teacher In The K-12 Online Learning Environment from Michael Barbour

AERA 2013 – Improving the Course Design Process at a Virtual High School

Im at the 2013 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, taking place from 27 April to 01 May 2013 in San Francisco, and as best I can I will be blogging the K-12 online learning presentations that I identified from searching the program. The third session I am blogging is:

Improving the Course Design Process at a Virtual High SchoolPresenters/Authors: David Adelstein (Wayne State University), Jonathan Morrison (Wayne State University), Michael Kristopher Barbour (Wayne State University)

Scheduled Time: 8:15am – 9:45am
Building/Room: Sir Francis Drake, Second Level – Empire
In Session: The Design Behind Learning Management Systems, Virtual High Schools, Technology Uses, and Military Instruction

Abstract: This proposal discusses a study conducted at the Illinois Virtual High School on the creation process of student courses. Using data collected from document analysis, surveys and interviews, the research highlighted the positive experience developers had in creating virtual courses but stressed a need for structure in both design and professional development. The results presented are important not just to IVHS but other virtual high schools wishing to avoid the pitfalls of design.

As this was my own session, let me share the paper that I provided for this roundtable discussion.

Adelstein, D., Morrison, J., & Barbour, M. K. (2013, April). Improving the course design process at a virtual high school. A roundtable discussion presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.