Tuesday, October 28
1:30 PM-2:30 PM
CDT
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Embracing the Shift: Creating a Personalized Learning Environment with the Next Generation of Stanford University’s Digital Education Programs

Roundtable ID: 43675
  1. Jan Keating
    Redbird Advanced Learning
  2. Nick Stutzman
    Redbird Advanced Learning
  3. Eli Kennedy
    Redbird Advanced Learning

Abstract: Utilizing the latest advances in adaptive instruction, gamification and digital project-based learning, teachers can now engage today’s technology-immersed students while preserving the educational integrity of courses, delivering media-rich, innovative student experiences that are deeply engaging, highly personalized, and sensitive to the preferences in learning modalities of digital natives. Through a unique collaboration between Stanford University and Redbird Advanced Learning the evolution of Stanford’s highly successful EPGY Mathematics and Language Arts adaptive digital curricula is in its second year. Participants will experience the newest version of these programs in a simulated blended learning classroom environment, work in teams to analyze student data generated by the program in order to plan intervention strategies, and learn about several of the university’s latest research projects in the areas of digital education and blended learning.

Objectives

Workshop Objectives Participants will: 1. Become familiar with Stanford University’s foundational research and implementation outcomes in the areas of adaptive digital curriculum and blended learning implementation. 2. Become familiar with the newly enhanced mathematics and language adaptive digital curriculum developed at Stanford University. 3. Learn about different successful blended learning models that have been developed and employed by Stanford University. 4. Learn strategies that are currently being employed by teachers to enhance the impact of adaptive digital curriculum in a blended learning classroom? 5. Better understand how to use student data generated by adaptive digital curriculum to inform intervention strategies. 6. Learn how teachers have overcome the initial challenges they faced during the transition from a traditional classroom model to a blended learning classroom model. 7. Discuss the potential impact of mastery learning on a student’s future success. 8. Learn strategies to help distinguish between programs that are effective at dramatically improving student mastery and student achievement on state level tests and those programs that are not effective.

Topical Outline

Topical Outline of Workshop Content 1. Introduction to the new Redbird Advanced Learning Mathematics Adaptive Curricula (formerly Stanford University’s EPGY Mathematics). a. Participants work on the EPGY Mathematics Program (Each participant will be working on their own laptop. They will be given specific lessons to review in order to gain a good understanding of how the program works, and then they will be allowed to explore the program independently. Presenters will be walking around the room answering questions.) 2. Presentation of Stanford’s foundational research and implementation outcomes in the areas of adaptive digital curriculum and blended learning implementation. 3. Introduction to the new Redbird Advanced Learning Language Arts Adaptive Curricula (formerly Stanford University’s EPGY Language Arts and Writing Program). a. Participants work on the EPGY Language Arts Program (Similar to the EPGY Mathematics Program, each participant will be working on their own laptop. They will be given specific lessons to review in order to gain a good understanding of how the program works, and then they will be allowed to explore the program independently. Presenters will be walking around the room answering questions.) 4. Participants will have an opportunity to analyze real student data that is generated when students work on both the Mathematics and Language Arts programs. Working in small groups, participants will generate multiple intervention strategies that address student(s) needs based on analysis of the student data. 5. Participants will explore the new Redbird Data Integration Platform that gives instructors simple, real-time, usable data to inform daily decisions. 6. Open discussion on the impact of mastery learning through the use of online adaptive curriculum on current public and private education models.

Prerequisites

No previous experience with adaptive online curriculum required. Participants need to bring their own laptops with wireless capability.

Experience Level

Beginner

Qualifications

Presenter Qualifications Matthew Fields CEO Redbird Advanced Learning President of Silicon Valley-based enterprise Redbird Advanced Learning and Co-Founder of Rocket Group, Matthew Mugo Fields is a long-time social entrepreneur and leader in education, committed to improving education through technology and innovation. In 2006, Matthew partnered with Hiram Pérez to establish Rocket Learning’s US operations. Under their successful leadership, Rocket Learning has served more than 250,000 students and established a new standard of excellence for delivering innovative literacy and math education products and services to students across the country. Rocket Learning continues to thrive under Rocket Group’s School Services division. While growing up in the Philadelphia area with limited resources, Matthew benefited from the support of an inspiring group of educators and mentors who helped him succeed academically and eventually become the first college graduate in his family. He would later simultaneously earn master’s degrees in business and education from Harvard University. Prior to earning his graduate degrees, Matthew graduated with honors from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Ga. where he later worked as a management consultant and developed several tutoring programs for the public schools system. Jason Green President, Advance Classrooms President of Advance Classrooms, Jason Green is a leader in providing education technology implementation services for schools and school districts. As a social entrepreneur, Jason has spent his career creating opportunities to effectuate positive change in education. In 2007, Jason joined the leadership team of Rocket Learning as vice president of South operations where he led the expansion of the territory from one state to five states. Since 2011, Jason has worked on Rocket Learning's initiative to deliver tablet-enabled instruction to over 60,000 students nationwide. Prior to joining Rocket Learning, Jason co-founded BEST Education Partners, one of the nation’s first Supplemental Educational Services (SES) providers. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Morehouse College, Jason is driven by the belief that all children have a right to a high-quality education. Jason holds an MBA from the Wharton School of Business and an M.S. from University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education. Jason has served as an adjunct professor, a board member for various non-profits and continues to be a lifelong learner. Dr. Jan Keating Founding Headmaster, Stanford Online High School Education Consultant, Redbird Advanced Learning Jan Keating has thirty years of administrative and teaching experience including leading Pacific Collegiate Charter School in Santa Cruz, (ranked the top performing charter high school in California in 2005 based on their API, and the #2 high school in the nation in 2007 by U.S. News & World Report for performance during the 2005-2006 school year), and launching the Stanford University Online High School. A pioneer in online education and expert in launching and leading high performing schools, Jan is a strong proponent of expanding student options through high quality online courses and enhancing student mastery through blended learning. In 2006, Jan was selected by the San Jose Business Journal to receive the Woman of Distinction Award for her work as President of the Silicon Valley K–12 Education Foundation. Jan holds bachelors degrees in Chemistry and Biology from the University of California at Irvine, and a MS in School Management and Administration and Ed.D. in Educational Leadership, Administration and Policy from Pepperdine University.
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