How to build accessible online learning experiences

Note this upcoming webinar that may be of interest to some readers.

We all want the same thing—student success. How we achieve student success with equitable and accessible learning experiences is the challenge. That’s why we’re hosting a free webinar, Building Equitable and Accessible Learning Environments Utilizing the LMS. Join our panel of experts tomorrow at 1pm ET to discuss: the research-supported benefits of creating an institutional or programmatic LMS template how you can identify additional design strategies and teaching practices to create an inclusive learning experience how an LMS can be a powerful ally in building inclusive learning environments

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The educational landscape is rapidly evolving. Register today and learn how you can leverage your LMS to foster a more inclusive online learning environment.

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NCVPS E-lert for May 21, 2024 (All Final Grades Posted on Thursday, May 23)

An item from this US-based K-12 online learning program.

May 21, 2024 Greetings, everyone. We post final grades on Thursday! If you’re registering students for summer school, be sure to complete our summer contact form. Check out all the updates in This Week at NCVPS. See all the details below, and please forward this e-lert to any stakeholders who may need it. They can subscribe to the e-lert here. This Week at NCVPS Final Grades Posted Thursday, May 23 Final grades for both Early Start and Standard Start classes will be posted in our registration system on Thursday, May 23. 31-Day Teacher Break Beginning Friday, May 24, our teachers will begin their state-mandated 31-day break. All teachers will lose access to their NCVPS email accounts during that time. If you have a grade question after May 23, please open a ticket with our help desk. The grade question will be elevated to the appropriate instructional director, who will respond to your ticket. New Help Desk NCVPS will be implementing a new, simpler help desk beginning June 1, 2024. Look for the new link on our website on June 1. The features of our new help desk will be similar to our current help desk. However, you will not need to log in to create a ticket. The help desk response to your ticket will go to the email address you used to create the ticket. End-of-Semester Reminders Check out our End-of-Semester Reminders page for all the details on closing out your NCVPS semester. District Survey Our district survey is for school-level stakeholders. Please share with your ELAs, lab facilitators, classroom co-teachers, and other school personnel involved with NCVPS at your school. Access the survey here. Summer Contact Information Needed Districts and schools registering students for summer classes need to complete our NCVPS Summer 2024 ELA Contact Information form. NCVPS needs the contact information for each school that registers students for Summer 2024 classes. Students registered for summer classes will need to know who the contact is, as well. Students can drop through our 10th day of class, but they need to know who to contact at the school or district level so they can be dropped. Districts may elect to have just one contact for the entire district over the summer. Presently, you may not have any students enrolled in NCVPS summer courses, but if your school does enroll students in the coming weeks for Summer 2024, we will need this information. If districts have their school-level ELA contact information in an Excel document, they can copy and paste that into the contact box on the link above. Summer ESSER Funding – Registration Deductions Explained Each district and charter school has special ESSER funding for summer school. You will see summer enrollments deducted from your standard 2024-2025 allotment total; however, we will add those ESSER-funded enrollments back into your district or charter school’s account after summer enrollment has concluded. (See the full details on ESSER funding in the section below.) NCVPS in Real Time (IRT) In-Real Time (IRT is the synchronous class delivery program for North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVPS). The program model is a whole-class, middle school course, with required synchronous sessions with a NCVPS teacher. The IRT pilot for 8th-grade core instruction began in the Fall 2023 with selected schools. Course offerings were in 8th Grade ELA, Math, Social Studies, and Science. Currently, these course offerings have now been expanded to the 7th grade for the 2024-2025 academic year as a pilot for this grade level. Additionally, IRT will continue to be offered for 8th grade in all core content areas for the 2024-2025 academic year through our catalog. The high school Math 1 course has been added as a course offering for the program. This program is designed to support instruction by providing a certified NCVPS teacher to work alongside a substitute or beginning teacher to provide quality instruction for students. For more information about the program, please complete this interest form. We will be hosting an informational webinar on June 5th at 10 a.m. and June 6th at 2 p.m. To attend, please register for one of the events here: June 5th at 10 a.m. June 6th at 2 p.m. Learn more about our IRT program in this video: Program Spotlight Edvantage Tutoring + Recent Highlights Edvantage Tutoring Edvantage Tutoring, as part of North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVPS), is in the midst of another great semester, continuing to tutor students across NC. The semester is moving right along and exam time will be here soon! Consider allowing your students to participate in Edvantage for tutoring as they prepare for exams! NCVPS Edvantage Tutoring is offered in the following curriculum areas: • 7th & 8th Grade ELA • 7th & 8th Grade Math • 7th & 8th Grade Science • 8th Grade Math I • High School Math I • High School Math III • High School Biology • High School Chemistry *An asynchronous Writing Lab is offered Tutoring for the Spring is available Monday-Thursday, 4:00 PM-7:30 PM nightly through May 23rd. Daytime tutoring is also available per school/district request and may be utilized for students who are in ISS, suspended, homebound, absent, and/or working from home, McKinney-Vento, athletes needing extra support, etc. There is a flat fee of $35/hour for tutoring. And, all tutoring slots are available in 30-minute increments. Please take a few moments to complete the NCVPS Edvantage Tutoring: Districts/Schools Partnership form to sign-up. You may also send an email to learn more! Professional Development Our Digital Transition webinar series shares best practices for supporting students learning online. Participants leave with a toolkit of resources to bring to your face-to-face classroom into the virtual world. Programming Spotlights Please join us on May 21 for “Finance, this time it’s personal”. All are invited! If you haven’t been able to register yet, there is still time: https://ncvps.org/digital-transition/ Level Up with NCVPS NCVPS has four programs that will enhance your professional educational journey! North Carolina teachers have been transforming teaching and learning by engaging with our developmental and transformational programs. We aim to help educators bring innovation to their classrooms, schools, and districts. Let NCVPS help you elevate your work and campus. Start by choosing the program that’s right for you! Professional Development Courses Our Professional Development courses sharpen teaching skills. Courses are offered in a self-paced format. Digital Transition Webinar Series Navigate the shift to online and hybrid teaching digital with our Digital Transition Webinar series. Partnership Course Program In our Partnership Course Program, we provide the online courses and your district or school provides the teacher. Virtual Schools Network If you are part of a local virtual academy, join our Virtual Schools Network for resource-sharing and collaboration. Current Reporting What Grades Are Currently Posted? May 16 – Final Grades Posted for Early Start Spring Block and Early Start Yearlong Classes in the Registration System What’s Next on the Schedule? May 23- Final Grades Posted for Standard Start Spring Block and Standard Start Yearlong Classes in the Registration System Progress Report Action Steps What should your action steps be with our progress reports? We’re glad you asked! Visit our Progress Report Action Steps page for all the details. A Snapshot of NCVPS Grading Guidelines See our Snapshot of NCVPS Grading Guidelines for a quick overview of NCVPS’s grading and testing policies and procedures. Please note that NCVPS teachers must adhere to the NCVPS grading guidelines, practices, and procedures which can be found in our Grading and Testing Quick Reference Guide. NCVPS teachers cannot adjust their NCVPS grading guidelines, practices, and procedures based on a local school’s or district’s policy. Reporting Overview See our Grades and Testing Quick Reference Guide for an overview of our reporting. We have details on our Student Status (No-Show) Reports, Progress Reports, Final Grade Reports, and how we calculate grades. News Archive Reserve and Flexible Funds Requests Co-Teaching/Blended Course for Our Classroom Teachers NCVPS In-Real-Time Pilot AP Join Codes No-Show Reporting CTE Internships  OCS Enrollments – Adding a Second Classroom Teacher TOT2 (Teacher Online Training) Registration Is Open Did you miss an e-lert? Check out our previous news items and updates below. School Support Links 2023-2024 Guide Grade Reporting Office Hours Edvantage Tutoring Home and Private Schools ELA Orientation Student Life Get Involved! NCVPS offers many ways students can participate in extra-curricular activities. Check out our Culture Cafe series, the iWorkNC speaker series, our various clubs, and free tutoring! See our Student Life page for details. Connecting with Parents As virtual learning has become a part of everyday learning for most families across North Carolina, many parents, guardians, and mentors continue to struggle with how to support their online learners in blended and online classes. To provide resources and strategies for how to support not only our NCVPS students, but all online learners in North Carolina, NCVPS has created two Supporting Online Students (SOS) video courses in Canvas. Both courses are free, open to the public, and do not require login credentials. Please share both links with your educational communities and parent networks.  Supporting Students – All NC The first course, Supporting Online Students – All NC, is general in nature and is designed for parents, guardians, and mentors of any student who is participating in a blended or online course or is enrolled in a fully online program regardless of school or grade level. Supporting Students – NCVPS The second course, Supporting Online Students – NCVPS, is specific to NCVPS and includes specific examples, demonstrations, and resources for NC Virtual parents, guardians, and mentors. Get Our Apps! NCVPS has a mobile app, and Canvas has two mobile apps and a web portal. What does each one do? We’re glad you asked! Here you go: NCVPS App: Stay connected with what’s happening at NCVPS. Think of these as “front office” notifications. Canvas Apps and Web Portal: Connect with a student’s course, see grades, due dates, pacing guides, and message the teacher. Check out the guide on our Mobile Apps page to see when and where it’s best to use each app or portal. Mobile Apps Thank you, everyone! Your North Carolina students appreciate your dedication and hard work! {View as Webpage} | Subscribe

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DLC Annual Report – Snapshot 2024: The Post-Pandemic Digital Learning Landscape Emerges

This scrolled across my electronic desk again yesterday.

Snapshot 2024

JUST RELEASED!

The DLC’s annual report Snapshot 2024: The post-pandemic digital learning landscape emerges unveils a year of unprecedented innovation in K-12 digital learning and look into the coming year.

🌐 Dive into the dynamic data and landscape of K-12 digital education.

📊 Explore the post-pandemic digital learning terrain and stay ahead of the curve with what to watch in 2024.

✨ Don’t miss out on this comprehensive overview of the evolving world of K-12 digital learning in the US.

Article Notice – Teachers’ experiences of teaching online during COVID-19: implications for postpandemic professional development

An article that scrolled across my electronic desk over the past few days.

Teachers’ experiences of teaching online during COVID-19: implications for postpandemic professional development

• February 2023
• Educational Technology Research and Development 71(1):1-24

• DOI: 10.1007/s11423-023-10200-9

• Carlos González
• Daniel Ponce
• Violeta Fernández

Abstract – As a result of the Great Online Transition (GOT) that occurred during COVID-19, it is increasingly necessary to understand the digital competencies that are required for online and blended learning in the postpandemic era. Postquarantine, higher education institutions must return to on-campus face-to-face learning, a situation which raises questions concerning how to retain the lessons learned from this period of the forced acquisition and innovation of online teaching competencies. In this article, we present the results of an interview-based study of teachers’ experiences of online teaching during the pandemic. One hundred fifty-one teachers were interviewed over a period of 2 years during the pandemic. We conducted a hybrid thematic analysis to systematize teachers’ experiences. Our results show that despite the problems faced due to the disruption caused by the pandemic, several lessons were learned: teachers employed an array of digital tools to maintain content delivery and promote interaction, deepened their understanding of course design and assessment, and developed an empathic disposition to understand students’ situations. We build upon these experiences to generate recommendations for developing digital competencies following the GOT.

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