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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
• Who delivered/received PD? • When and how PD was delivered? • Content and sequence of PD?
2007: The Status of Professional Development
• Amount of PD?• Preferred delivery format?• Most important topics for PD?
2008: Unique Needs and Challenges
• Program evaluations• Complexities of measuring “effectiveness”
2009: Effective Professional Development of K-12 Online Teachers
• Revisit questions from 2007 & 2008 • What PD have you had? What do you need?
2010: The Status of Professional Development and Unique Needs of K12 Online Teachers
Going Virtual! Research SeriesPh
ase
I: 20
07
258 Respondents•167 K-12 online teachers•61 Administrators•14 TrainersOver 40 virtual schools and online programsOver 30 states
Phas
e II:
200
8 884 K-12 Online Teachers•727 virtual schools•99 supplemental programs•54 brick and mortar online
programsOver 60 virtual schools and online programsOver 30 states
Phas
e III
: 200
9 2 Programs•1 Virtual Charter•1 Supplemental Program
Goi
ng V
irtua
l: 20
10
830 K-12 Online Teachers417 Virtual School318 Supplemental81 Blended12 Brick N MortarOver 50 virtual schools and online programsOver 40 states & 24 countries
Des
crip
tive
Eval
uativ
e
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?
Comments?
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
Comments on training topics?
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
Teacher Effectiveness
Highly qualified?
Parent Satisfaction
Annual Performance
Range of implementation
Student Satisfaction
Knowledge of STS
Workshop Effectiveness
Quality
Usefulness
Engagement
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
Comments?