Teacher professional development in the digital age: Design considerations for MOOCs for teachers

Citation

Hodges, C., Lowenthal, P., & Grant, M. (2016). Teacher professional development in the digital age: Design considerations for MOOCs for teachers. In Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (pp. 2075-2081). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).

Abstract

Teachers have shown an interest in learning through massive open online courses. In this paper the authors provide suggestions for the design of MOOC-based professional learning opportunities for teachers based on literature previously condensed on the topic of effective teacher professional development. The paper ends with conclusions and directions for future inquiry.

Keywords: teachers, professional development, MOOC, instructional design, online teacherprofessional development

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