Live, online short-courses: A case study of innovative teacher professional development
Live, online short-courses: A case study of innovative teacher professional development
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实时在线短期课程：创新型教师专业发展案例研究
DOI：
10.19173/irrodl.v11i1.758
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2010
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J. Riccio
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作者：
Meghan E. Marrero;Karen A. Woodruff;G. Schuster;J. Riccio
教师们正在寻找新的场所，通过这些场所，他们可以满足严格的专业发展要求。在美国国家航空航天局教育办公室和美国国家航空航天局探索者学校项目的竞争性资助下，美国卫星实验室公司。创建了一系列现场、在线、互动的短期课程。在本案例研究中，各种数据源的混合方法分析表明，不同的教育工作者从各种课堂环境中查看短期课程作为一个有用的专业发展工具，作为一个教师自己的专业成长和课堂应用的车辆。教师们特别感兴趣的是，能够与来自全国各地的其他教育工作者，教师和科学家一起参与实践的协作社区，他们发现专业发展的灵活设计是有用的。这种短期课程设计为未来的专业发展机会提供了希望。
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.