1.3 Literacy Online
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Description
Literacy Online is a suite of projects: Early Literacy Online (ELO) and Literacy Online-Stage 2 (LOL2). ELO supported Early Stage 1 and Stage 1 classroom teachers, and LOL2 supports Stage 2 classroom teachers. Literacy Online connects teachers' professional learning needs to a comprehensive action research change process focussed on improving student learning. This professional learning was delivered in an online environment over a year.
The activity was managed by a designated curriculum officer who took responsibility for the activity meeting the professional needs of participating teachers. An online course mentor provided support for course participants online at orientation teleconferences, throughout all of the coursework modules and at face-to-face course workshops.
Contacts
| Jenny Bashinsky email: Jenny.Bashinsky@det.nsw.edu.au Ph 02 9886 7221 Fax 02 9886 7654 Sector: DET |
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Outcomes
Through participation in this project, teachers will have strengthened the currency and depth of their pedagogical knowledge and skills.
Through participation in this project, teachers will have strengthened the currency and depth of their learning area knowledge and understandings.
Access
Targeted schools within NSW DET.
Design
The professional learning strategy for this activity included:
* Classroom based online modules that engaged teachers in workplace learning with their students that is based on a cycle of continuous improvement model.
* All teachers participating in funded activities were invited and supported to complete an online self assessment tool for ICT skills. Online self-pace ICT modules at https:detwww.det.nsw.edu.au/ict can be accessed to enhance teachers' capability to use ICT in teaching and learning.
* Flexible learning included components such as self-paced and facilitated online learning, face-to-face workshops, video and teleconferences, an online mentor, and online discussion groups about:
- Data collection and analysis
- Literacy planning and teaching for students in the early years
- Meeting the needs of early years students through the implementation of aspects of the NSW State Literacy Plan 2006-2008 and the NSW model of Quality teaching.
* Regional and/or state workshops and conferences that enabled participants to have their work publicly celebrated and critiqued.
Participant feedback from 2007 indicated the face to face one day workshop was beneficial in establishing a collegial online network for the course duration as well as familiarising the participants with navigating areas within the website In 2008 this was a statewide workshop at one location due to the spread of participants across all 10 regions.
Implementation
The implementation of the activity was supported by the following personnel: designated project officer, an online mentor, and collegial network and regional literacy personnel.
Delivery
Workplace learning, online learning, mentoring and workshops/course.
Timeline
By May 2009:
* participating individuals and/or schools selected for participation in ELO and LOL2 via online registration process
* resources distributed, online website orientations, and discussion processes set up, one day course workshop completed and online module course work in train
* teleconferences held to introduce participants and web site structure/content
* teachers and school teams working on professional learning modules, and literacy learning, strategies with the support of the designated project officer and online mentor
* Progress report submitted in May
By December 2009:
* teachers and school teams working on professional learning modules, and literacy learning, strategies with the support of the designated project officer and online mentor
* Course participant portfolios submitted for evaluation and certification
* Annual report submitted in December.
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