Designing an Educational Ecosystem
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The question of interoperability and data flows is a problem of systems. We envision an open, adaptable system that will enable access to high quality materials from diverse sources, support effective data flows and provide analytics that inform teaching and learning practices. The big picture is a massive ecosystem with large platforms and data flows. In the micro view, we imagine enabling engaging instruction design, communications and productivity. Does authentication/access to systems and data gathering in your district seem overwhelming? This deck explores system layers and discuss solutions for different districts’ needs.
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- 1. COLLEGE-READY LEARNER CRITICAL THINKER ADAPTABLE & PRODUCTIVE LEADER RESPONSIBLE DECISION MAKER SKILLED COMMUNICATORHISD AN EDUCATIONAL ECOSYSTEM Specific Technologies Districts Need to Support the New Digital Landscape Beatriz Arnillas and Christina Masick
- 2. HISD GLOBAL GRADUATE SESSION OVERVIEW • Districts are pressed to support: – Mastery-based learning (pace, UDL, data) – Easy and controlled access to digital, on-demand content to provide learner preferences and choice of learning methods • High user expectations: technology “just works” and systems communicate data • What systems are needed to support the new digital landscape? • Discuss Houston ISD’s framework and core components in response to changing needs 2
- 3. HISD GLOBAL GRADUATE HISD AT-A-GLANCE 3
- 4. HISD GLOBAL GRADUATE HISD AT-A-GLANCE 4
- 5. HISD GLOBAL GRADUATE AN HISD GLOBAL GRADUATE IS … 5
- 6. HISD GLOBAL GRADUATE DIGITAL LANDSCAPE DRIVERS Students interact with technology as part of the learning experience and expect quality digital tools with the ultimate goal being active learning (learner-centered instruction) 6 Teachers Students Principals HISD Central Parents Teachers have access to quality digital resources. Instruction shifts from teacher-centered to facilitated models that support learner agency (active learning) HISD Central Administration lays the foundation of systems, data and communications, to enable flexible learning spaces and UDL Principals determine school level content needs and make educated decisions about digital resources Parents partner with students and their schools to access and interact with digital content to support anytime, anywhere learning
- 7. HISD GLOBAL GRADUATE EDUCATIONAL ECOSYSTEM VISION What are we building? • Digital Living oPersonally oProfessionally • Personalized Learning • Differentiated Learning • Creativity/ Critical Thinking • Collaboration • Engagement
- 8. Houston ISD Teaching & Learning Eco-System Teachers User types: Students/pa rents Admin Principals Designers DTLP LOR CMS LMS Performance Feedback Formative Assessment Recommendations Engine and other Personalized Features TEA Applications/Systems: College Board EVAAS Career Platform Formative Assessment SIS • Statistical and predictive analysis • College readiness • Intervention recommendations • Past performance Board Enterprise Level Dashboards: Superintendent CSOs/SSOs Teachers Principals Students/Parents User’s DTLP Dashboard: 8 Integrated Data Warehouse
- 9. ANALYTICS FOR EDUCATION (A4E) – DASH BOARDS • Data-driven decision- making • Dashboard data varies by role • Absenteeism • Budgetary decisions • TEKs mastery by class • Teacher performance and feedback 9
- 10. HISD GLOBAL GRADUATE DIGITAL CONTENT STRATEGY – LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (LMS) • Implemented DTLP and digital tools interoperability standards – On the way to personalizing instruction • Learning accessible and easy for all teachers, students and parents in one platform – Linked to various sets of standards – Guided by HISD curriculum materials • Provide accurate and consistent data to teachers, Principals and district leaders for decision-making 10
- 11. HISD GLOBAL GRADUATE STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM • Gradebook, system of record • Flexible, configurable system • Volume, diverse organizations and scalability • Engagement and support – Parent/student Portal provide learner data to all stakeholder • OneRoster/interoperability 11
- 12. HISD GLOBAL GRADUATE ASSESSMENT STRATEGY AND LEVELS • Check for understanding/formative • Snapshots (predictive & interventions) • Benchmarking (district & state) • State Testing and results • Other considerations: ESSA and special interest groups 12
- 13. ACADEMIC DATA FLOW DIAGRAM Record Keeping Scheduling School Administration SIS EDW HUB (LMS) 3rd Party Vendors Student Assessment TEA Integrations Analysis Reporting Content Delivery Teaching/Learning Curriculum Planning Chancery SMS Data Warehouse, A4E Dashboards, PWR Ad Hoc Student,Teacher,School OperationalData SAP HCM
- 14. THE ROLE OF INTEROPERABILITY • Why are standards needed? – Competing priorities – Constrained public funding – Immature industry solutions driven by vendors • Need: Shift to partnership models • IMS Global – LTI, Common Cartridge and thin Common Cartridge – QTI – OneRoster • Platforms – expanding options – Non-profit, vendor agnostic platforms vs proprietary platforms – LORs, content curation 14
- 15. HISD GLOBAL GRADUATE GAP – WHAT DO WE NEED TO ACHIEVE OUR VISION? • How are you providing data to all your stakeholders? • What will we do with assessments, in light of new developments? • What keeps you from building a coherent ecosystem? (gaps) • What about Analytics? • 15
- 16. HISD GLOBAL GRADUATE THANK YOU
Editor's Notes
- K-12 education is going through an unprecedented transformation. Districts are being pushed to support student advancement based on mastery, increased demand for digital, on-demand content all within an environment of high user expectations that district technology “just works.” As such, districts must have specific technologies to support the new digital landscape. In this session, participants will discu core components of the educational ecosystem and a proposed framework for consideration.
- K-12 education is going through an unprecedented transformation. Districts are being pushed to support student advancement based on mastery, increased demand for digital, on-demand content all within an environment of high user expectations that district technology “just works.” As such, districts must have specific technologies to support the new digital landscape. In this session, participants will learn the core components of the educational ecosystem and a proposed framework for consideration.
- Our district’s characteristics and challenges. What are yours?
- Challenges force us to collaborate across departments to seek the best solutions
- The design of our ecosystems must start with the final desired outcome. Our outcome is to ensure each one of our graduates is prepared for the career, college and life choices they desire. We’ve heard from the business community & higher-ed that students need to graduate with specific competencies to be ready for the next level. As such, HISD has developed the profile of our global graduate which is in a sense our strategic plan.
- Where we want to be on the other side of our digital transformation is: Students using technology for anytime, anywhere learning Teachers easily accessing targeted digital content Principals will have many options from which to make decisions Parents as partners can access and support their students in their learning
- We are creating an integrated multi-system platform with the potential to create a number of customizable user roles, such as central office leadership and admins, platform administrators, school administrators, principals, designers, teachers, assistant instructors, auditors, students, parents, etc. - and a learning environment with the tools to create adaptive and personalized learning plans. This design shows only the basic communication and report interface between two systems: the Digital Teaching and Learning Platform (includes an LMS, LOR and Curriculum Management) and the Enterprise Data Warehouse, which produces enterprise data dashboards based on user role CMS: a flexible database with the capacity to store several sets of standards and the tools to develop planning guides, lesson plans, sequence scope and calendar LOR, Library or Resources Center: Public and private storage area with the potential to create designer communities and the capacity to search learning objects by key word, standard and rating tool LMS: The teaching and learning space where courses are created, to include a variety of teaching and learning tools, including but not limited to: content in a variety of media, discussion boards, email, announcements, calendar, chats, wikis, blogs, groups, assessments, drop boxes, online meeting rooms, etc. The three systems are linked, and connected to other learning and management systems (digital content and assessments providers, SIS and Business systems so that administrators, teachers and students can search, reuse, assess, rate, modify an update content, as needed. Communication plan – the thread throughout our presentation will be to think of, and include all stakeholders every step of the way.
- Example of an enterprise data dashboard. All fields are linked to actual data to drill down.
- The strategic reason why we have purchased a Digital Teaching and Learning Platform (DTLP) and developed digital content interoperability standards is that we believe that we can bring every child to reading and math grade levels, no matter their background or family conditions, by personalizing instruction. The main tactical reason is because (a) we want to make learning accessible and easy to use for all teachers, students and parents by making all content accessible in one platform, linked to various sets of standards and guided by HISD’s curriculum materials, and (b) providing accurate and constant data to teachers, schools leaders and administrators, so we can make informed decisions
- System of Record – report cards Highly customizable and configurable to support various scheduling models, a very diverse student population and special needs 215,000 students, 283 schools, demographics, plus trustee of 20 private schools, contract schools and charters in Houston, Student registration, verifiable by district, and collection of all educational and health student data for view by stakeholders (by role) to enable effective parent/school communications close working partnership with LMS, committed to data interoperability. OneRoster provides all pertinent authentication and access information to more than 150 instructional applications
- How data flows today and how we want it to flow in the near future
- What are the data flow challenges your districts face today to provide just-in-time information to teachers, parents and students? What are some of the challenges we face as K12 practitioners, administrators and parents and how can we overcome the fractured nature of today’s K12 digital ecosystem?
- Meta tagging, machine readable standards and other