Introductions

Lisa Dawley, Ph.D.Professor and Chair

Kerry Rice, Ed.D.Assistant Professor and Associate Chair

Going Virtual! 2010The Status of Professional Development and Unique Needs of K-12 Online Teachers

http://ow.ly/3aHwu

Going Virtual! Research Series

Poll

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Demographics

• Teachers highly experienced– 99% credentialed– 60% Master’s degree+

• 12% of new online teachers have never taught f-2-f

• Boundaries are blurring

PD in Online Instruction

• 25% of brand new online teachers received no training

• Most common type:– ongoing training (81%)– workshops (77%)

• Who provides?– workplace (94%)– university (30%)

• University training– 43% of teachers with

6+ years experience– 12% of brand new

teachers

Preferred PD

• #1 Fully online facilitated (53%)

• #2 Workshops (49%)

• Grad courses appeal to teachers with 0-10 years experience (30-39%)

• Grad courses least appeal to teachers with 10+ years experience (56%).

Personal Learning Networks

• #1 Facebook for personal learning (n=29)• 52% received training in use of social networks

for PD• 25% want additional training in the use of

social networks to support personal learning

Favorite learning network?

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Topics Covered in PD

Highest rated, current:• 93% LMS training• 90% Communication

technologies• 86% field of online

teaching

Highest rated, needed:• Foundations: Psychology

of online learning, 44%• Facilitation: Meeting

needs of students with disabilities, 64%

• Design: Design tools, 40%• Design: Instructional

design, 43%

Foundations

Facilitation Strategies

TechnologyTools

Online Design

Etiquette, Behavior & Assessment

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Training Needs

• Brand new online teachers– Working with students with disabilities in the

online classroom (57%) – Managing groups and online collaboration (52%)– Instructional design of online learning (53%)

Training Needs

• 1-5 Years Online Teaching Experience– The area of design, including instructional design

principles (46%) – Design tools (41%) – Design of syllabi (38%)

Training Needs

• 6+ Years of Online Teaching Experience– Psychology of online learning (41%) – Promoting student autonomy (35%) – Student readiness (34%)

Research Issues

• Perceived researcher conflict of interest – scoping out market opportunities

“This survey was annoying--long, unnecessarily vague, complicated and obviously self-serving.”

• Online teachers are tired of being surveyed?• Using data mining to support effectiveness

measures

Program Evaluation

Pass Rate Predictive Model

• Decision Tree Analysis– Improved grades (from 88% to 92%) when participants’

logged into LMS more than 10 times over six weeks. The average is further improved to 98% when frequency of logins increased to 17 times.

Engagement

• Clustering– More time spent online = more time spent offline.– Previous online teaching experience = more hours spent

both online and offline.

TeacherStream

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