Online Professional Development and Web 2.0
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This document discusses the use of online tools to support effective professional development for educators. It outlines several principles of effective professional development, such as being intensive, ongoing, focused on student learning and curriculum. It then describes different types of online tools like course management, voice/content, collaboration, and communication tools that can help implement these principles. Examples of tools discussed include blogs, social bookmarking, and learning management systems. The document concludes that online professional development, if done well, can help address issues like extending training over time and building learning communities.
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Online Professional Development and Web 2.0
- 1. Web Tools for Professional Development: A Focus on the Pedagogy Barbara Treacy Director, EDC/EdTech Leaders Online (ETLO) November, 2009 Virtual School Symposium
- 2. Questions How can Web 2.0 and online tools help educators implement PD more effectively? What are some online PD tools and models we’ve found useful at EDC?
- 3. What are the elements of effective PD? Professional development should: be intensive, ongoing, connected to practice focus on student learning address teaching of specific curriculum content align with school improvement priorities & goals build strong working relationships among teachers -Professional Learning in the Learning Profession by Linda Darling-Hammond et al, NSDC (2009) http://www.nsdc.org/stateproflearning.cfm
- 4. Web 2.0 Tools Can Support “ Web 2.0 Definition: Online application that uses the World Wide Web (www) as a platform and allows for participatory involvement, collaboration, and interactions among users. Web 2.0 is also characterized by the creation and sharing of intellectual and social resources by end users.” -Leadership for Web2.0 in Education: Promise & Reality by Cheryl Lemke & Ed Coughlin, CoSN (2009)
- 5. But there are so many tools! “ In education…we have not really seized upon the power and the tools that are now available to us in the Internet age” - Eric Schmidt, Google CEO http://www.google.com/events/digitalage/index.html
- 6. How do we know which tools to use? “ Technology is a vehicle, not a destination... Rather, aspects of technology – like all components of an effective course – should be chosen according to how they help meet the learning objectives.” -Nine principles for excellence in web-based teaching by Jim Henry and Jeff Meadows http://www.cjlt.ca/index.php/cjlt/article/view/179/177
- 7. Examples of types of tools Course management tools Enable educators to: organize & share content, research, multimedia engage in ongoing discussions assess and document learning build formal & informal communities of practice share and analyze student work examples:
- 8. Voice and Content Tools Enable educators to: personalize introductions and discussions provide learning or project summaries explain a technical piece create online discussions address auditory learners and accessibility examples:
- 9. Collaboration Tools Enable educators to: collaborate & co-create documents, plans, materials, media brainstorm and share ideas, resources, data, etc discuss and communicate with team members examples :
- 10. Communication tools Enable educators to conduct “live” discussions and meetings blends synchronous and asynchronous learning address varying learning styles collaborate and share documents and resources examples:
- 11. More tool types… Blogging and micro-blogging tools to share ideas or focus on a specific topic or project, such as Social bookmarking tools to share/save resources, such as
- 12. Lessons from EdTech Leaders Online Web 2.0 and Online PD enable: PD to be extended over time (intensive, ongoing, connected to practice) Teachers to implement what they’re learning in the classroom ( focused on student learning) Strong focus on content and pedagogy through rich readings, multimedia activities, online explorations (address teaching of specific curriculum content)
- 13. Lessons, cont. Capacity building approaches with local educators leading the PD (align with school improvement priorities and goals) Learning community models with rich online discussions with participants and facilitator (build strong working relationships among teachers)
- 14. A final word “ Some online tools have some affordances that, if the training takes advantage of them, can help with some of the classic issues of professional development.” - Dr. Chris Dede, EdWeek interview 10/1/09 http://www.edweek.org/tsb/articles/2009/10/01/01dede.h03.html
- 15. Thank you! Contact: Barbara Treacy [email_address] EdTech Leaders Online http://edtechleaders.org Education Development Center http://edc.org
Editor's Notes
- #2: We provide training using online tools
- #3: When NOT to use web 2.0 How can we caontribute to PD effectively? How many examples of
- #4: Build on earlier work by NSDC and others We build our online PD to be aligned with the principals of effective PD Now, with Web 2.0 – it’s easier!
- #5: Lots of definitions, here’s a recent one from CoSN Web 2.0 enables sharint and collaboration It’s a wonderful challenge to match the usefulness of tools that can do those things with the gooals of effective pd
- #6: These new gools can help – but how? Change outside of education is going much faster than the pace of change within education
- #7: Most important thing: Keep focused on the learning, not the tool Australia girls in a manhole – they chose their tool (this is from a reading we use in our advanced facilitator training)
- #8: Run through quickly some types of tools, and what they can do, and some examples NOT an exhaustive list of types Or USES or EXAMPLES Plus – most tools are useful in multiple ways – So these are some examples and we can explore more in depth during the hands on part Others?
- #9: Show some in hands on part Others?
- #10: Others?
- #11: Others?
- #12: Others? Types or examples?
- #13: Summary – some of what we’ve learned – and alignment to principles
- #15: Wisdom from Chris Dede – wont save it but can address it