Supporting Teachers Moving Online, Using a MOOC, During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Following campus closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many Ministries of Education around the world requested teachers to move their teaching online. This case study reflects on how the Commonwealth of Learning responded to requests from two countries to provide support in pedagogical and curricul...

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Autores principales: Tony John Mays, Betty Ogange, Som Naidu, Kirk Perris
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Publicado: Commonwealth of Learning 2021
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:b895d2c950b24635951c25543b869a2b2021-12-02T19:55:42ZSupporting Teachers Moving Online, Using a MOOC, During the COVID-19 Pandemic2311-1550https://doaj.org/article/b895d2c950b24635951c25543b869a2b2021-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://jl4d.org/index.php/ejl4d/article/view/497https://doaj.org/toc/2311-1550Following campus closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many Ministries of Education around the world requested teachers to move their teaching online. This case study reflects on how the Commonwealth of Learning responded to requests from two countries to provide support in pedagogical and curricular change for online learning in this process. A Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) platform was used to upskill 11,568 teachers in two regions of the Commonwealth. Analytics from within the course, together with pre-, mid- and end- course surveys of participants’ perceptions indicated that while there was, and is scope for improvement, the short course largely reached its objective of providing immediate support on an introductory level and that the approach adopted was largely appropriate for the purpose.Tony John MaysBetty OgangeSom NaiduKirk PerrisCommonwealth of Learningarticlecovid-19teachingonlineoermoocTheory and practice of educationLB5-3640ENJournal of Learning for Development, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 27-41 (2021)
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Supporting Teachers Moving Online, Using a MOOC, During the COVID-19 Pandemic
description Following campus closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many Ministries of Education around the world requested teachers to move their teaching online. This case study reflects on how the Commonwealth of Learning responded to requests from two countries to provide support in pedagogical and curricular change for online learning in this process. A Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) platform was used to upskill 11,568 teachers in two regions of the Commonwealth. Analytics from within the course, together with pre-, mid- and end- course surveys of participants’ perceptions indicated that while there was, and is scope for improvement, the short course largely reached its objective of providing immediate support on an introductory level and that the approach adopted was largely appropriate for the purpose.
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