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Teaching and learning on-line in in-service art teacher education: The Ohio State University experience

Hsu, Karen Ching-Yi
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1101769716

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2004, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Art Education.
This dissertation presents a study of a two-year distance master’s degree program delivered through online web technologies by Department of Art Education at The Ohio State University. The participants were fifteen full-time art teachers and four university art educators. Their virtual interactions were studied, analyzed, and interpreted for their educational significance in online professional development. The web technologies were able to expand the reach of in-service art teacher education to off-campus audience. As a result, the department was able to bring diverse backgrounds of practicing teachers together to engage in a prolonged professional development effort. The fifteen online students’ learning and interaction posted in the online classroom, both as individuals and as a community of learners, was my primary source of study. I have documented and explored the program results from these three major issues: 1) development of an online learning community, 2) development of students’ reflective learning, and 3) applications of web technologies in the online classroom. Each was discussed in a separate chapter. Through an ethnographic approach with participant observation, I have identified and demonstrated different feasible educational opportunities of online professional development. First of all, the students were able to connect and construct interrelationship between theory and their daily practice to a deeper level. The online classroom had made it accessible and relevant for them to undertake such learning. Secondly, they were able to engage in sustained reflective learning process as a result of the online participation and community involvement. Third, they were given the opportunities to become familiar with current online technologies and enhance their learning. However, teaching and learning in the online classroom posted some tensions and challenges due to the changing roles of students and instructors in such educational platform. These issues were discussed. Moreover, the online learning tools used to facilitate communication and interactivity were not without limitations. As a result, future efforts and improvements on advancing online teaching and learning are needed to overcome technically-associated difficulties. Practical issues regarding use of web technologies in the online classroom and recommendations for implementation were discussed. Implications regarding art teacher’s online professional development were discussed.
Michael Parsons (Advisor)
229 p.
Education, Art
Online distance education; Online professional development; Art teacher education; Reflective teaching and learning

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  • Hsu, K. C.-Y. (2004). Teaching and learning on-line in in-service art teacher education: The Ohio State University experience [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1101769716

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Hsu, Karen. Teaching and learning on-line in in-service art teacher education: The Ohio State University experience. 2004. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1101769716.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Hsu, Karen. "Teaching and learning on-line in in-service art teacher education: The Ohio State University experience." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1101769716

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