Lesson 1 Blueprint

Introduction

Welcome to INSYS 433, Teaching and Learning Online (TLO) in K-12 Settings. For many of us the idea of online teaching and learning in university settings is pretty familiar. After all, you’re taking an online course right now! So using online resources like ANGELand other learning management systems, dispensing information, engaging in online discussion forums, and sharing projects collaboratively across time and space has become more than reality - it’s commonplace among university students and instructors.

But doing these same activites in the K-12 setting has only recently become feasible and useful. For a variety of reasons, and with various pros and cons that you’ll explore in this lesson, TLO in K-12 is a new enterprise that quite clearly needs to be approached with the same caution and enthusiasm as all new ideas in the K-12 environment. This lesson will expose you to the basic ideas in TLO in K-12 and begin to build a critical element in your thinking about this innovation.

Objectives

Here are the objectives for this lesson.

• Describe different types of online learning in K-12 settings.
• Discuss pros and cons of different types of online learning in K-12 settings.
• Demonstrate a basic understanding of the financial impacts of cyberlearning in the public school system.

Activities

• Read Chapter 1: "The Landscape of K-12 Online Learning."
• Review all course materials for the lesson.
• Explore examples of K-12 TLO.
• Participate in the discussion forum on pros and cons.
• Establish relationships with your teaching team.

Academic Integrity

As student of Penn State, you are required and expected to understand and accept our policies on academic integrity and plagiarism. Although you may have read this information in other courses, you are required to reread and abide by this Academic Integrity Statement and submit the agreement form that follows it.