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Best Practices (Teaching and Leadership)

Oregon's Distance Learning Pilot Toolkit and Early Findings:A research effort to identify core drivers of online learning and providing resources.

Tuesday, February 25, 2025
2:00 PM – 2:45 PM East Coast USA Time
Location: L506/507
Session Type: Explore and Engage

    Presenter(s)

  • Aaron Cooke (he/him/his)

    Program Manager for Data & Integrated Instruction
    Southern Oregon ESD
    Medford, OR, United States

  • TC

    Tim Chase

    Online Learning Implementation
    Southern Oregon ESD
    Medford, Oregon, United States

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Abstract Description :

Join us for an engaging session exploring better practices in online learning, featuring insights from the Oregon Distance Learning Project. Led by Southern Oregon ESD in partnership with Douglas and Multnomah ESDs and a grant from the Oregon Department of Education, this initiative focuses on identifying key drivers of effective online education and developing supportive resources. 

We’ll introduce the project, highlight key findings, and discuss what constitutes "better practice" in virtual learning. Participants are encouraged to share their experiences in an interactive discussion aim at fostering collaborative dialogue. We'll also outline next steps, including launching our Toolkit and offering professional development opportunities.

If someone was doing a search for your session in the program what 5 words might they use to search for and find your session.: Oregon collaborative better practice Toolkit

Learning Objectives:

  • Learn about an effort to establish drivers of better practice in online learning and the development of resources to aid startup and operations of virtual programs.
  • Utilize Oregon’s efforts to support better practice in their program.
  • Learn the collaberative practeces used to develope the Toolkit