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ONLINE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: A STUDY OF FIRST YEAR ONLINE TEACHERS

Boyarko, Maria A.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1242052734

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2009, PHD, Kent State University, College of Education, Health, and Human Services / Department of Teaching, Leadership and Curriculum Studies.
The purpose of this study was to explore how online teacher participants identifytheir professional development goals and the elements that should be included in the design of a professional development course for online teachers in K-12 education. The research questions addressed in this study were 1) What are the professional development goals of online teachers, and 2) which elements should be included in the design of a professional development course? This research was conducted as a basic interpretive qualitative study that focused on professional development goals and instructional design preferences of the four first year online teachers. Interviews, an observation of a synchronous session, analysis of online classrooms, and course documents were collected and analyzed to identify the teachers' professional development goals and instructional design preferences. The findings of this study indicated that: (a) the online teachers have goals of increasing student engagement, (b) the online teachers have a desire to increase their knowledge and ability in using technology, (c) the online teachers prefer to have professional development course content that is relevant to their specific online teaching needs, and (d) online course content should be offered through a variety of presentation techniques.
Steven L. Turner, PhD (Committee Chair)
Alicia R. Crowe, PhD (Committee Co-Chair)
Mark A. Kretovics, PhD (Committee Member)
197 p.
Teacher Education; Teaching; Technology
online professional development

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  • Boyarko, M. A. (2009). ONLINE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: A STUDY OF FIRST YEAR ONLINE TEACHERS [Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1242052734

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Boyarko, Maria. ONLINE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: A STUDY OF FIRST YEAR ONLINE TEACHERS. 2009. Kent State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1242052734.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Boyarko, Maria. "ONLINE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: A STUDY OF FIRST YEAR ONLINE TEACHERS." Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1242052734

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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