I wanted to bring to your attention -- on Friday, March 05, 2010, the United States Department of Education announced the release of the National Education Technology Plan (NETP).
The link to the NETP: http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/os/technology/index.html
FYI - Education Week published an article today on the new Plan mentioning online learning (iNACOL was quoted below):
“Time-based education goals—for example, judging a student’s completion of a course based, at least in part, on how much time he or she spends sitting in class—may need to be reconsidered, as well as how students are organized into groups. Both are changes that advocates for online education have supported exploring.
The plan cites online learning as a way to “extend the learning day, week, or year.
Susan Patrick, the president and chief executive officer of the Vienna, Va.-based International Association for K-12 Online Learning, believes online learning goes hand in hand with increased productivity in education.
“The federal government needs to take a leadership role in providing incentives and removing artificial barriers such as enrollment caps, seat-time requirements, and de facto policies that do not allow any student, regardless of geography, to access high-quality courses taught by high-quality teachers online,” she said.” (Katie Ash, Education Week, March 5, 2010)
iNACOL will be conducting a review of the Plan and analyzing online learning components – more to come . . .
Please let me know if you have any feedback or issues regarding the NETP, as iNACOL is taking a leadership role on advocacy. The Department is calling the NETP a “draft” -- noting they want feedback, but also stating the NETP is “unlikely to change”.
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