Online Learning Tools Tutorial
An online presentation for teachers to better understand various online learning tools.
District Virtual Learning Time Template
District plan for building a virtual learning plan, in worksheet form.
eLearning Days: A scan of policy and guidance
This report reviews emerging policy and practice to help policymakers and educators considering or implementing eLearning days.
Rhode Island eLearning Planning Guide
This document provides a comprehensive overview of how a district can plan for eLearning Days.
Virtual Instructional Day Plan Checklist (RI)
A virtual instructional day checklist developed by Rhode Island Department of Education.
Marshall Public Schools, Minnesota e-Learning Days Resources
The Minnesota Department of Education approved this e-Learning opportunity to use, if needed, for days missed due to inclement weather.
School Closure Planning Document
Curated by Nicole Zumpano, from the Learning Technology Center (ltcillinois.org) this is a comprehensive planning document for districts to plan for school closures with resources for planning, implementation and communication.
School Closure Readiness Rubric
From Michigan: School Closure Learning Continuity Readiness Rubric
National Standards for Quality Online Teaching (K-12) Literature Review
This literature review has been conducted to inform the work of the National Standards for Quality Online Teaching revisions, a project led by a partnership between Quality Matters and the Virtual Learning Leadership Alliance. It includes a short summary of the relevant research literature followed by an alphabetical listing of the resources correlated to the National Standards for Quality Online Teaching to which they apply. This review includes an appendix that lists additional standards sets, which can be consulted as resources, as well as abstracts for most of the references listed.
Online Learning Key Terms and Definitions
Online Learning Key Terms and Definitions
As the number of online learners across the country continues to grow and the group of stakeholders in online and blended learning expands – teachers, administrators, parents and legislators, commercial providers – the need for a common vocabulary increases. The field is becoming jargon heavy, with different segments of digital learning community using some unique terms interchangeably, or misrepresenting aspects on online and blended learning through a simply misunderstanding the most widely accepted definition of a key term.
A quick search of the web provides a number of truncated lists of key terms and definitions for online and blended learning. We have attempted to assemble a more complete list of key terms and definitions in an attempt to help standardize the language around online and blended, and make research in to digital learning space more convenient. The members of the Virtual Learning Leadership Alliance hope you find this aggregated set of key terms and definitions useful.