Leveraging and Scaling MOOCs as Assets in Blended/Online Teacher Professional Development Programs

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education26th Annual International Conference March 6, 2015

Presented by Scott M. Petri, Ed. D.Los Angeles Unified School District

www.Petridishing.net scottmpetri@gmail.com Twitter @scottmpetri

Goals of Presentation

1. Define innovative, proactive, and risk taking teachers/administrators

2. Inspire a MOOC to help a district identify teacher-leaders

3. Suggest a PD analysis framework using Dedeet al (2005).

Thank you in advance for all your help.

MOOC Data

• Improving Teacher-Student Relationships

• 851 enrolled

• 82 grads

• 882 Participations

• 25,200 Page Views

• Helping Hist Ts Become Writing Teachers

• 436 enrolled

• 46 grads

• 1,240 Participations

• 22,620 Page Views

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Dede et al (2005) Framework

• 400 articles about online, face-to-face, and hybrid teacher PD

• 40 represented high quality empirical research

• Five areas for examining best practices: (a) Design, (b) Effectiveness, (c) Technology, (d) Communication, and (e) Methods

Five Areas to Consider

• Design - program model, delivery, policy influences, contextual factors or best practices

• Effectiveness - outcomes of professional development, such as participation levels, participant satisfaction, program quality

• Technology - gauge the effect of using a particular technology to support aspects of teachers’ learning

• Communication - how do instructors, support teachers’ learning through discourse in an online environment

• Research Methods – conceptual models, qualitative, mixed methods, and quantitative

Leveraging and Scaling MOOCs as Assets in Blended/Online Teacher Professional Development Programs

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education26th Annual International Conference March 6, 2015

Presented by Scott M. Petri, Ed. D.Los Angeles Unified School District

www.Petridishing.net scottmpetri@gmail.com Twitter @scottmpetri