Online and Blended Learning in New York State
NYSED has launched a statewide virtual learning initiative to support the growth of effective online and blended instruction. Through regulations and supporting policy guidance, research and surveys, webinars, and other opportunities in the Regents Reform Agenda, NYSED will support the growth of a statewide virtual learning network. This network including BOCES, district, and charter school programs, will harness the 
capacity and needs of all school districts and BOCES, and connect with higher education and cultural education to create expanded learning opportunities.
Page Menu: Regulations | Q&A | Programs | Surveys | Summits | Webinars | Resources
- Section 100.5 (d)(10) of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education, Relating to Credit for Online and Blended Coursework PDF
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(June, 2011) - Section 100.5(d)(9) of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education relating to Credit for Independent Study PDF /Word (July 2010)
- Section 100.5(d)(8) of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education, relating to Making Up Course Credit PDF /Word (April 2010)
- Section 100.5 (d)(1) of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education, Relating to Credit by Examination
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/part100/pages/1005.html#examCredit
Online Learning Q&A
Purpose of the Guidance
The purpose of this guidance is to answer questions that educators, administrators, and community stakeholders may have about Part 100 Regulations of the Commissioner of Education regarding options for earning units of credit through online and blended learning. We look forward to receiving further questions and will continue to update this Q & A.
Programs
Virtual Advanced Placement® (VAP) Program
Program PurposeThe VAP Program, funded through federal Race to the Top dollars, awarded grant funds to increase the successful participation of low-income students in virtual learning (online and blended instruction) Advanced Placement® (AP®) courses and tests. By supporting increased access to AP® courses and tests, the VAP program provides greater opportunities for low-income students to demonstrate college- and career-readiness and mastery of the New York State Learning Standards. The program goals are to:
- enable larger and more diverse groups of students to participate and succeed in virtual learning AP® programs and receive AP® credits,
- provide enhanced professional development to teachers offering the courses,
- increase the number of virtual learning AP® courses available to students statewide and,
- help build increased capacity at the district level to participate in available and expanding virtual learning opportunities.
For additional Information about the VAP Program, see the RFP posting.
List of Grantees
Virtual Advanced Placement Program Grantees
Surveys
Annual Online Learning Needs Assessment survey reports, prepared in partnership between NYSED, BOCES, and the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL). The annual Needs Assessment survey collects feedback from district and high school leaders from across participating BOCES and large city school districts regarding their awareness and experience in using online learning options.
- Executive Summary, 2011 Online Learning Needs Assessment Survey (PDF 185KB)
- Executive Summary, 2010 Online Learning Needs Assessment Survey (PDF 59KB)
Sponsored by New York State Education Department, the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL), with support from Intel.
- New York State Online and Blended Learning Summit II, Albany (9/14/11)
Includes open and closing sessions by NYSED, presentation by iNACOL on the state of online education in the United States, and panels on "Creating Educator Capacity for Online and Blended Learning" for:
- Pre-service and In-service Teacher Education
- In-service Teacher Professional Development
- Course/Instructor Evaluation in an Online Environment
The webpage for the Summit II (contains videos and all files of the sessions)
- New York State Online and Blended Learning Summit I, Albany (12/8/10)
Archive: contains all videos and presentation materials:
http://www.nyiteez.org/AlbanySummit/december2010.htm
Regional OnlineLearning Webinar Series
The Regional Online Learning Webinar Series, co-sponsored by the New England and New York Comprehensive Centers, was designed to assist education leaders in:
- Understanding the landscape of P-12 online learning in the Northeast;
- Utilizing key, current national research on P-12 online learning policy and practice;
- Identifying and capitalizing on opportunities for cross-state and in-state collaboration; and
- Developing leveraged actions to support statewide P-12 online learning policy and programs for all students.
Those who participated in the webinar series came together nine times across the past two years, learning about emergent strategies to address the need for a measured approach to state-level online learning policies and programs. Topics included:
- Teacher Preparation for Virtual Education
- Diverse Learners in Virtual Education — Reaching a New Generation
- Strategies for Implementing Student IEPs in the K-12 Virtual Education Environment
- Evaluating and Supporting Online Instruction
- Early Learners & Online Learning
- Instructional Strategies for Online Learning
- What resources and elements constitute a quality online or blended course?
- Online Course Evaluation
- Parent Engagement in Online Courses
Download a digest with summaries and links to the archives of those webinars here:
National
New York State