Designing the Professional Development of Staff for Teaching Online: An OU (UK) Case Study

Autor/inn/en	Macdonald, Janet; Poniatowska, Barbara
Titel	Designing the Professional Development of Staff for Teaching Online: An OU (UK) Case Study
Quelle	In: Distance Education, 32 (2011) 1, S.119-134 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0158-7919
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Socialization; Open Universities; Faculty Development; Work Environment; College Environment; Distance Education; Online Courses; Web Based Instruction; College Instruction; College Faculty; Teacher Attitudes; Case Studies; Instructional Design; Virtual Classrooms; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Offene Universität; Arbeitsmilieu; Hochschulumwelt; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Online course; Online-Kurs; Web Based Training; Hochschullehre; Fakultät; Lehrerverhalten; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Lesson concept; Lessonplan; Unterrichtsentwurf; Großbritannien
Abstract	We maintain that an understanding of the working contexts of staff is a critical consideration when designing for effective professional development. The process of embedding theory into good practice does not simply depend on the design of a good seminar, because it may also be affected by who else attends, or perhaps by who the participants talk to subsequently. This article presents a case study of the development of an online module at the Open University in the UK that was designed to help staff in understanding how to use online tools for supporting students. The article describes the institutional context in order to demonstrate how we have brought innovations in learning and teaching practice to the attention of our practitioners, using social learning techniques, within their normal working environment. We go on to describe module design and participant perceptions of its effectiveness. (Contains 4 figures and 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10