Tapped In: A Testbed for New Models of On-line Teacher Professional Development

小行星9725528 本计画将建立一个线上教师专业发展的研究平台，以a）探讨线上教师专业发展所需的资源、能力与技术支援，以提供基于下一代虚拟环境平台的线上活动; b）发展、实作与评估整合面对面与异步互动与合作同步线上活动的创新线上教师专业发展模式;以及有助于（或阻碍）在线TPD新概念的有效性、可持续性和可扩展性的技术因素。本研究将调查四类问题的实施过程中，TPD的好处和结果，社区建设，技术的使用和满意度，使用定性和定量相结合的方法。调查人员将建立在一个试点项目，开发了一个虚拟社区，TAPPED IN，为在线TPD。 ***

9725528 Schlager This project will establish an online teacher professional development (TPD) research testbed to a) investigate the resources, capabilities, and technological support that TPD efforts will need to supply useful online activities based on next generation virtual environment platforms; b0 develop, implement, and evaluate innovative TPD models that integrate face-to-face and asynchronous interaction with collaborative synchronous online activities; and technological factors that contribute to (or obstruct) the effectiveness, sustainability, and scalability of new concepts for online TPD. This study will investigate four categories of issues-implementation process, TPD benefits and outcomes, community building, and technology use and satisfaction-using a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods. The investigators will build on a pilot project that developed a virtual community, TAPPED IN, for online TPD. ***