Title

Challenges Of Online Teacher Professional Development Communities A Statewide Case Study In The United States

Abstract

With so many educators needing either initial preparation or ongoing professional development to build and sustain expertise in their discipline, online professional development arises as a viable, effective, and timely vehicle for teacher training. Online learning technologies have the potential to transform the professional development of teachers; penetrate cultural, discipline, and other barriers; bring educators together to learn, share successes and challenges; and co-construct and transfer learning. This chapter presents examples of success and challenges associated with a large-scale U.S. statewide online teacher professional development community. It also makes the case for implementing a systematic approach to investigating the effectiveness of online teacher professional development communities through ongoing assessment and responsive evaluation. © 2010, IGI Global.

Publication Date

12-1-2009

Publication Title

Online Learning Communities and Teacher Professional Development: Methods for Improved Education Delivery

Number of Pages

114-133

Document Type

Article; Book Chapter

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-780-5.ch007

Socpus ID

84899309417 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84899309417

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