A Fast Track to Online Learning

Many books will be written about the latent effects COVID-19 and the response the pandemic will have on our community. Some of the impacts were immediate and obvious, like the forced move to distance learning, and the struggles, schools and families experienced. The most important factor is that school administrators must recognize that teachers and students need more than equipment and internet access. Fast Track to Online Learning describes, in detail, how schools and school districts must adopt a process for the development of advanced curriculum. Curriculum that focuses on critical thinking and leverages the technology to work in distance- and hybrid-learning models - what the author calls Tier 4 Curriculum (T4c).

Darryl Vidal has been consulting for K-12 education technology programs for over 25 years working with the largest school districts in Southern California on over $1 billion in technology programs. Darryl has helped plan and manage the largest technology projects from Local- and Wide Area networks, Internet, Voice of IP, WIFI and Emergency Communication Systems, and the ever-evolving technology classroom.

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
CHAPTER 1: CHARACTERISTICS OF ONLINE LEARNING
CHAPTER 2: HOW TO GET TO TIER 4 CURRICULUM
CHAPTER 3: THE 6 C DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
CHAPTER 4: WHAT COMES AFTER THE 6 C'S
CHAPTER 5: THE T4C DEVELOPMENT TEAM
CHAPTER 6: MAKING THE CASE FOR T4C
CHAPTER 7: IMPLEMENTATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER 8: FULL SCALE T4C DEPLOYMENT
CHAPTER 9: BLAZING FORWARD
CONCLUSION