Integrated Digital English
Acceleration
Creating Accelerated, Guided Pathways to
Living Wage Jobs
CBS, Spring 2016
Jon M. Kerr, Director, Basic Education for Adults,
Jodi Ruback, Program Administrator: I-DEA
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
Project I-DEA Phases
 Phase 1: 34 modules designed and
piloted by 9 colleges & CBO teams
 Phase 2: modules refined and piloted
by 19 colleges & CBO teams
 Phase 3: Modules will be refined and
piloted by 34 Colleges & CBO teams
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Flipped Learning
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Advantages of Flipping
• increases rigor
• promotes interaction/fosters peer collaboration
• encourages student engagement
• makes learning central
• fosters independent learning
• provides increased individual attention
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Module Design &
Development
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I-DEA Modules are Open Source
Project I-DEA materials can be:
▪ copied or redistributed in any format
▪ adapted for any purpose including
commercial use
▪ provided the rules of the Creative Commons
Attribution License are followed
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Quarter 1
Quarter 2
Quarter 3
Introduction to I-DEA
Computer Skills
Personal Inventory
Stress Management
Social Media and Learning
Career Exploration
Interpersonal
Communication
Time Management
Cross-Cultural
Communication
Work Readiness
Navigating Your Community
Study Skills
Job Search and Interviewing
The American Education
System
Math Basics
Online Presentations
Libraries and Library
Resources
Budgeting and Consumer
Economics
Team Collaboration
Money Management
Contemporary World
Problems
Environmental Issues
Health and Wellness
Creating Powerful
Presentations
Social Studies and
Citizenship
**This table does not include assessment modules
and optional Summer Quarter content.
Module Overview
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Module: Computer Skills
Topic: Computer Applications
Online Preparation (in Canvas)
Face-To-Face Lesson (in class)
• Learn: Computer Applications
• Warm-up: Common Simple
• Discuss: Computer Applications
• Read & Watch: Simple Present Tense
Verbs
Present Tense Verbs
• Discussion: Computer
Applications
• Practice: Simple Present Tense Verbs • Computer Applications Reading
• Read & Listen: Computer
Applications
• Using the Simple Present Tense
• Preview of Canvas
• Practice: Computer Applications
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Learn, Step 1:
Students listen
to the new
vocabulary
terms.
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Learn, Step 2:
Students
practice
speaking the
vocabulary
terms and
record
themselves.
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Learn, Step 3:
Quizlet flashcards
integrate definitions,
images, contextualized
sentences, and audio
playback for further
input and reference.
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Learn, Step 4:
Listen & Practice
questions assess
students’ listening
comprehension
and spelling.
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Learn, Step 5:
Fill in the Blank
questions
assess
students’
comprehensio
n of the terms.
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Learn, Step 6:
Review Scatter
game is a fun, lowrisk opportunity for
students to recall
their understanding
of each term by
matching it to an
image.
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Learn activities are
followed by a
related discussion
question.
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Panel Discussion
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I-DEA
The Next Frontier!
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I-DEA: The Next Frontier
I-DEA will continue as a critical, highly encouraged BEdA
priority that meets the pathway and technology
requirements of WIOA
• Current providers will be able to use master grant and/or
state funds to:
continue the full I-DEA instruction model (18 hrs)
transition any/all ELA 1-3 classes to full or
tailored/modified I-DEA
programs will be able to apply for additional funding to
purchase class sets of computers
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Option 1*
Current Phase 1-3 I-DEA programs will be able
to use master grant and/or state funds to:
continue existing full I-DEA instruction at
18 credit hours weekly; and/or
transition any/all ELA 1-3 classes to full or
tailored/modified I-DEA.
*The inclusion of a technology coach and the requirement to supply Internet access will be a program
choice and no longer required.
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Option 2*
All ELA providers will be able to apply for a supplemental
computer grant to purchase additional sets of classroom
computers. Those choosing to apply for more computers
will be required to:
offer full I-DEA for a minimum of 18 hours of
instruction weekly for any classes using the new
computers
offer full I-DEA instruction for a minimum of one
academic year
*The inclusion of a technology coach and the requirement to supply Internet access will be a program
choice and no longer required.
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Option 3*
Offer Tailored/modified I-DEA instruction
•Teach 5 or more modules each quarter
•Deliver a minimum 80% of instruction
using the selected modules
•A minimum of 50% of instruction would be
delivered online in a flipped or hybrid
mode
*The inclusion of a technology coach and the requirement to supply Internet access will be a program
choice and no longer required.
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HS 21+* I-DEA EXPANSION COURSES
• Create online/flipped classroom high school completion courses
for upper level ELA and ABE. The first courses will be available
Fall 2016
• Create and release courses as open resource available to all
colleges and CBO’s
• Select 10 classrooms across the system to pilot the curriculum
• Provide class sets of computers to the 10 pilot programs
*Beginning July 1, 2016, programs will be able to choose to use earned high school
credit for federal level gains and accrual of Student Achievement Points
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QUESTIONS?
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To preview draft materials, or request access
to materials after release, please email:
Jodi Ruback, Program Administrator
Project I-DEA
jruback@sbctc.edu
- or Jess Thompson, Program Administrator
eLearning & Open Education
jess.thompson@sbctc.edu
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