Online Professional Development - Design, Deliver, Succeed!

Informationen zum Autor John Ross has been helping educators from the classroom to the state board room better understand how technology integration enhances school improvement efforts for more than a decade. Spearheading the 2004 launch of an online professional development environment for an educational non-profit, Dr. Ross has since designed and delivered online professional development that has gone to many thousands of educators in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. He has connected with educators across the nation through podcasts, webcasts, webconferences, social networks, dabbling in Second Life, and his blog. Dr. Ross is the subject-matter expert for Principal Connections Online, an expanded, Web-based version of the popular training on technology integration for K-12 leaders. He worked with the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) to design and develop the free, Web-based Data-Based Decision Making Tool: A Resource for Teachers (www.edvantia.org/dbdm), a comprehensive guide for developing and implementing school improvement efforts; and also developed the Web-based version of the K-12 Total Cost of Ownership, or TCO, Calculator (www.edvantia.org/tco), which is based on the work of the Integrated Technology in Education Group. He served as the director of the Institute for the Advancement of Emerging Technologies in Education and as the director of technology for the Appalachia Regional Comprehensive Center (ARCC), both funded by the U.S. Department of Education, where he has educators at all levels investigate and incorporate new and emerging technologies in support of their work. Dr. Ross is a frequent presenter in the field of educational technology at state and national conferences and has served as a consultant and trainer for teachers, administrators, and policymakers. He teaches an online graduate class he created about technology integration for Bethel University based on the textbook he co-authored with Dr. Katherine Cennamo from Virginia Tech and Dr. Peg Ertmer from Purdue. The textbook, Technology Integration for Meaningful Classroom Use: A Standards-Based Approach, is the first to address the revised National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers (NETS-T) developed by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). Dr. Ross was a classroom teacher for 10 years and holds a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction and instructional technology from Virginia Tech. Klappentext Much-needed direction for navigating online professional developmentOnline professional development expert John D. Ross's practical framework will help you ask the right questions and make sound development and purchasing decisions. Based on proven principles of professional learning and instructional design, he guides you through charting your course to success and provides a path to answering these fundamental questions: Why do I need OPD? How much does it cost? How do I get started? What does high-quality online learning look like? What technologies are right for me? Did it work? Zusammenfassung Based on proven principles of professional learning and instructional design, John D. Ross's book provides a path to assessing your needs, the cost, design, and results. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgments About the Author 1. Why Online Professional Development? The OPD Framework Asking the Right Questions Why Online Professional Development Caveat Emptor: Talking to Vendors Determining Your Need for Online Professional Development Take Action: Conduct a Needs Assessment and Create Your Vision Conclusion 2. How Much Does It Cost? Outcomes Take Action: Determine Your Desired Outcomes Measuring Your Outcomes Support Security Required Technology Ease of Use Risk Caveat Emptor: Supporting Your Outcomes

Product details

• Authors: John D. Ross
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2011
• EAN: 9781412987127
• ISBN: 978-1-4129-8712-7
• No. of pages: 208
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries