Reflective Questions and Steps to Start on eLearning Days
This is a short list of questions and considerations when planning to launch eLearning Days.
Sample Early Learning Lesson Plan Template
These schedules are meant to be templates that you could adopt as in or copy and modify to better suit the needs of your children, classroom or district.
12 E-Learning Lesson Ideas
Wondering how to make our e-learning day as meaningful as an in-class session? Check out twelve lesson ideas.
OER Commons
OER Commons is a public digital library of open educational resources. Explore, create, and collaborate with educators around the world to improve curriculum.
CAST UDL Exchange
What is CAST UDL Exchange?
It is a place to browse and build resources, lessons and collections. You can use and share these materials to support instruction guided by the UDL principles.
eLearning Days Planning Documents and Lessons
Lesson Organization and Communication
Essential Elements for eLearning
Essential Elements for eLearning is a free professional learning community that provides policy makers, school administrators and educator leaders a better understanding of policies and practices related to online learning, digital content, and eLearning days.
SETDA Coalition for eLearning
Just launched! – SETDA’s Coalition for eLearning, with support and resources for states and districts ramping up for virtual learning opportunities. Visit http://coalitions.setda.org/elearning
The power of SETDA is in collective action. SETDA represents the collective capacity and resources of digital learning leaders from all U.S. states and territories, as well as affiliate members and private sector partners. SETDA Coalitions are examples of how leaders can focus a powerful network of policy makers, influencers, and thought leaders to produce solutions on a national scale.
Resources for school districts include:
- Rationale and research on why limiting disruption to learning opportunities is critical
- Communication tools for state, district and school stakeholders
- Access to partner solutions: an aggregation of free or reduced-price solutions including content, online tools, broadband/device access and webinar tools
- Examples of state and district policies for eLearning days
- District pilot examples from at least three states
National Standards for Quality Online Learning
The National Standards for Quality Online Courses, Online Teaching and Online Programs have been the benchmark for online programs, districts and state agencies since their creation in 2007. The three standard sets were updated in 2019 and can be downloaded at the NSQ website (https://nsqol.org).
Framing the Evidence
Through the Framing the Evidence Program, SETDA intends to expertly advise, scaffold and support both schools and districts, as well as the ed tech companies that serve them, by democratizing the piloting process and providing a gold standard for the industry. In order to be valuable, piloting must be democratized….. professionally supported, high quality, evidence-based, and equitably available to all schools and districts, especially those in rural areas of the United States or those serving high needs or underserved populations. SETDA has identified a need to democratize the pilot process to enable schools and districts to assess the efficacy of educational technology to impact teaching and learning.