EAGER: Hindsight 2020: The Impact of Covid 19 on Delivery of Computer Science Teacher Professional Development

计算机科学对教师专业发展(PD)计划有着独特的需求，因为许多教师正在学习新的内容和教学方法。随着新冠肺炎全球大流行的到来以及随后在今年3月美国学校的停课，PD提供者必须迅速采取行动，创造出对参与者来说既专业丰富又安全的夏季PD选择。首先，这意味着从面对面的体验迅速转变为一系列结合在线和离线学习环境的方法。在由SageFox Consulting牵头的这项活动中，在线PD的方法及其对教师的影响将被记录下来，并在PD提供者中传播。SageFox Consulting是几个NSF资助项目的主要研究伙伴。这些数据不仅将为2021年夏季帕金森病的内容和交付提供信息，还将阐明可能支持教师超越疫情的方法和机制，例如如何接触到作为学校唯一CS教师的教育工作者或那些在偏远地区工作的人。随着新冠肺炎疫情的蔓延，许多计算机科学(CS)教育专业发展(PD)项目转向全在线形式，并利用这些数据为未来的在线PD发展提供信息，这一渴望将捕捉到2020年夏季的独特属性。由SageFox Consulting、CSEdResearch、CRESST和AIR组成的项目团队将利用他们的集体评估专业知识，审查在线PD经验丰富或刚刚接触在线PD的提供者强制在线交付教师PD的影响。具体地说，他们的目标是了解项目如何调整现有课程以适应在线学习，如何扩大在线教师PD并在短时间内提供资源，以及它们报告的教师影响数据与前几年相比如何。收集从这种快速交付和教学变化中吸取的经验教训，将有助于为未来的在线PD努力提供信息，特别是如果与COVID 19相关的关闭继续下去的话。此外，这项研究可能会揭示与在线PD相关的意想不到的挑战或好处(例如，如何在在线空间建立社区而不是面对面，从更广泛的地理区域招募参与者的能力)。本项目的中心研究问题是：1)针对新冠肺炎大流行，2020年夏季CS PD有哪些课程和教学方面的变化，以及做出这些变化的过程是什么？2)在线CS PD中的教师敬业度是什么样子的，它是如何衡量的？3)转向在线CS PD对参与者在自我效能和感知学习等方面有何影响？4)从2020年夏季CS PD中学到的教训如何为未来的PD努力提供参考？该奖项反映了国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Computer Science has a unique need for teacher professional development (PD) programs, in that many teachers are learning both new content and pedagogy. With the advent of the COVID-19 global pandemic and subsequent US school closures in March of this year, PD providers had to quickly spring into action to create summer PD options that were both professionally rich and safe for participants. Primarily, this has meant a rapid shift from in-person experiences to a range of approaches combining on- and off-line learning environments. In this EAGER led by SageFox Consulting, a lead research partner on several NSF-funded projects, approaches to online PD and its impact on teachers will be documented and disseminated among PD providers. This data will not only inform the content and delivery of PD in the summer of 2021, but will also elucidate methods and mechanisms that may support teachers beyond the pandemic, such as how to reach educators who are the only CS teacher in their school or those who work in remote locations. This EAGER will capture the unique attributes of the summer of 2020 as many computer science (CS) education professional development (PD) programs move to an all online format due to the COVID-19 pandemic and utilize this data to inform future online PD development. The project team, comprised of SageFox Consulting, CSEdResearch, CRESST, and AIR will leverage their collective evaluation expertise to examine the impact of the forced online delivery of teacher PD by providers either experienced with or new to online PD. Specifically, they aim to understand how projects adapt existing curricula for online learning and how they scale online teacher PD and provide resources within a short timeframe, as well as how their reported data on teacher impact compare to previous years. Gathering lessons learned from this rapid delivery and pedagogical change will help to inform future online PD efforts, especially if COVID 19-related closures continue. In addition, this study may uncover unexpected challenges or benefits associated with online PD (e.g., how to build community in an online space versus in person, ability to recruit participants from broader geographic areas). The central research questions for this project are: 1) What curricular and pedagogical changes have been made to summer 2020 CS PD in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and what was the process for making these changes? 2) What does teacher engagement look like in online CS PD and how is it measured? 3) In what ways has the move to online CS PD impacted participants in areas such as self-efficacy and perceived learning? 4 )How can lessons learned from summer 2020 PD inform future PD efforts?This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.