In August 2010 The Digital Learning Council was launched, which included a diverse group of leaders who came together to develop a roadmap of education reform.
Below are the 10 ELEMENTS OF HIGH QUALITY DIGITAL LEARNING
1. Student Eligibility: All students are digital learners.
Actions for lawmakers and policymakers:
• State ensures access to high quality digital content and online courses to all students.
• State ensures access to high quality digital content and online courses to students in K-12 at any time in their academic career.
2. Student Access: All students have access to high quality digital content and online courses.
Actions for lawmakers and policymakers:
• State does not restrict access to high quality digital content and online courses with policies such as class size ratios and caps on enrollment or budget.
• State does not restrict access to high quality digital content and online courses based on geography, such as school district, county, or state.
• State requires students take high quality online college-or career-prep courses to earn a high school diploma.
3. Personalized Learning: All students can customize their education using digital content through an approved provider.
Actions for lawmakers and policymakers:
• State allows students to take online classes full-time, part-time or by individual course.
• State allows students to enroll with multiple providers and blend online courses with onsite learning.
• State allows rolling enrollment year round.
• State does not limit the number credits earned online.
• State does not limit provider options for delivering instruction.
4. Advancement: Students progress based on demonstrated competency.
Actions for lawmakers and policymakers:
• State requires matriculation based on demonstrated competency.
• State does not have a seat-time requirement for matriculation.
• State provides assessments when students are ready to complete the course or unit.
5. Content: Digital content, instructional materials, and online and blended learning courses are high quality.
Actions for lawmakers and policymakers:
• State requires digital content and online and blended learning courses to be aligned with state standards or common core standards where applicable.
6. Instruction: Digital instruction and teachers are high quality.
Actions for lawmakers and policymakers:
• State provides alternative certification routes, including online instruction and performance-based certification.
• State provides certification reciprocity for online instructors certified by another state.
• State creates the opportunity for multi-location instruction.
• State encourages post-secondary institutions with teacher preparation programs to offer targeted digital instruction training.
• State ensures that teachers have professional development or training to better utilize technology and before teaching an online or blended learning course.
7. Providers: All students have access to multiple high quality providers.
Actions for lawmakers and policymakers:
• State has an open, transparent, expeditious approval process for digital learning providers.
• State provides students with access to multiple approved providers including public, private and nonprofit.
• States treat all approved education providers- public, chartered and private – equally.
• State provides all students with access to all approved providers.
• State has no administrative requirements that would unnecessarily limit participation of high quality providers (e.g. office location).
• State provides easy-to-understand information about digital learning, including programs, content, courses, tutors, and other digital resources, to students.
8. Assessment and Accountability: Student learning is the metric for evaluating the quality of content and instruction.
Actions for lawmakers and policymakers:
• State administers assessments digitally.
• State ensures a digital formative assessment system.
• State evaluates the quality of content and courses predominately based on student learning data.
• State evaluates the effectiveness of teachers based, in part, on student learning data.
• State holds schools and providers accountable for achievement and growth.
9. Funding: Funding creates incentives for performance, options and innovation.
Actions for lawmakers and policymakers:
• State funding model pays providers in installments that incentivize completion and achievement.
• State allows for digital content to be acquired through instructional material budgets and does not discourage digital content with print adoption practices.
• State funding allows customization of education including choice of providers.
10. Delivery: Infrastructure supports digital learning.
Actions for lawmakers and policymakers:
• State is replacing textbooks with digital content, including interactive and adaptive multimedia.
• State ensures high-speed broadband Internet access for public school teachers and students.
• State ensures all public school students and teachers have Internet access devices.
• State uses purchasing power to negotiate lower cost licenses and contracts for digital content and online courses.
• State ensures local and state data systems and related applications are updated and robust to inform longitudinal management decisions, accountability and instruction.
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