ERIC Number: EJ1384838
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 12
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Making the Shift to Virtual Professional Learning
Technology, Pedagogy and Education, v32 n1 p105-116 2023
This qualitative research involved the development of 12 weeks of twice-weekly virtual maker professional learning (PL) sessions for K-12 and post-secondary educators at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The sessions were developed by four researchers from a maker lab in Ontario, Canada that moved entirely online in March 2020. The research question driving the study was: what are best practices related to virtual maker professional learning? Findings and implications related to this question include: a) technical issues should be anticipated and addressed in advance of each session; b) simple, hands-on activities are most effective for online maker professional learning; c) collaboration are pivotal to a rich online maker professional learning experience; d) using free, virtual tools is imperative for equitable access and learning; and e) adaptability is key when working with a diversity of learners/teachers from varied subjects and divisions.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Doctoral Students, Graduate Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Electronic Learning, Best Practices, Technology Uses in Education, Shared Resources and Services
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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