Live, online short-courses: A case study of innovative teacher professional development

Teachers are searching for new venues through which they may meet stringent professional development requirements. Under competitive funding from NASA’s (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Office of Education and the NASA Explorer Schools Project, U.S. Satellite Laboratory, Inc. created...

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Autores principales:	Meghan E. Marrero, Jessica Fitzsimons Riccio, Karen A. Woodruff, Glen S. Schuster
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Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2010
Materias:	online learning teacher professional development in-service science teachers synchronous online learning Special aspects of education LC8-6691
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/8e2be89aa840471095a62bdabf6e0ee6
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:8e2be89aa840471095a62bdabf6e0ee62021-12-02T19:25:29ZLive, online short-courses: A case study of innovative teacher professional development10.19173/irrodl.v11i1.7581492-3831https://doaj.org/article/8e2be89aa840471095a62bdabf6e0ee62010-03-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/758https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831Teachers are searching for new venues through which they may meet stringent professional development requirements. Under competitive funding from NASA’s (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Office of Education and the NASA Explorer Schools Project, U.S. Satellite Laboratory, Inc. created a series of live, online, interactive short-courses. In this case study, a mixed methods analysis of a variety of data sources reveals that diverse educators from a variety of classroom contexts view the short-courses as a useful professional development tool, both as a vehicle for a teacher’s own professional growth and for classroom applications. Teachers were particularly interested in the ability to participate in a collaborative community of practice with other educators, instructors, and scientists from across the country, and they found the flexible design of the professional development to be useful. This short-course design offers promise for future professional development opportunities.Meghan E. MarreroJessica Fitzsimons RiccioKaren A. WoodruffGlen S. SchusterAthabasca University Pressarticleonline learningteacher professional developmentin-service science teacherssynchronous online learningSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 11, Iss 1 (2010)
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description	Teachers are searching for new venues through which they may meet stringent professional development requirements. Under competitive funding from NASA’s (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Office of Education and the NASA Explorer Schools Project, U.S. Satellite Laboratory, Inc. created a series of live, online, interactive short-courses. In this case study, a mixed methods analysis of a variety of data sources reveals that diverse educators from a variety of classroom contexts view the short-courses as a useful professional development tool, both as a vehicle for a teacher’s own professional growth and for classroom applications. Teachers were particularly interested in the ability to participate in a collaborative community of practice with other educators, instructors, and scientists from across the country, and they found the flexible design of the professional development to be useful. This short-course design offers promise for future professional development opportunities.
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Live, online short-courses: A case study of innovative teacher professional development

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