Overview of eLearning Days – District
This is a district website with a variety of resources from an introductory video to planning tools for teachers.
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.
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.
School Closure Readiness Rubric
From Michigan: School Closure Learning Continuity Readiness Rubric
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 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.
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).