Online Professional Development
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Much-needed direction for navigating online professional development
Although many educators are on the fast track to embracing online professional development (OPD), choosing the best solution is not as simple as pushing a button. OPD expert John D. Ross's practical framework will guide you through asking the right questions and making sound development and purchasing decisions. The book's process is founded on proven principles of professional learning and instructional design. You will benefit from others' experience and expertise while efficiently charting a cost-effective course to success. This reader-friendly guide provides a path to answering these fundamental questions:
- Why online professional development?
- How much does it cost?
- How do I get started?
- What does high-quality online learning look like?
- What technologies are right for me?
- How do I put it all together?
- Did it work?
Included are an OPD decision matrix, a step-by-step planning and implementation framework, "buyer beware" guidelines, and real-life case studies from successful OPD providers. Whether you want to purchase or create OPD, this time-saving resource will help you understand your financial options and confidently chart your course to success.
Contents
Preface
Preface
Acknowledgments
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
- Economies of Scale
- Conclusion
- Take Action: Set Your Mission
- 3. How Do I Get Started?
- Take Inventory
- Caveat Emptor: Facilitation Models
- Caveat Emptor: Partnering for Success
- Conclusion
- Take Action: Gap Analysis to Describe Your Needs
- 4. What Does Good Online Learning Look Like?
- Why Instructional Design?
- Take Action: Instructional Design Considerations
- Getting Your Hands Dirty
- Take Action: Content Development Timeline
- Using Media to Help (Or Hinder) Learning
- Conclusion
- Caveat Emptor: Evaluating Media in Online Content
- 5. What Technologies Are Right for Me?
- A Word About Learning Objects
- Presenting basic information via text and images
- Demonstrating a process, sequence, or procedure
- Hosting asynchronous interactions
- Hosting synchronous interactions
- Growing a learning community
- Monitor learning
- Take Action: Exploring Technology Specifications
- Infrastructure for online professional development
- Caveat Emptor: Is Free Right for Me?
- Conclusion
- Caveat Emptor: Evaluating a Management System
- 6. Putting it All Together
- Gathering all the pieces
- Taking Care of Business
- Take Action: What Online Facilitators Should Know and Be Able to Do
- Putting the Pieces Together
- Take Action: Putting all the Pieces Together
- Celebration
- 7: Did it work?
- Formative evaluation
- Is it better than face-to-face?
- Measuring your outcomes
- Take Action: Measuring Your Desired Outcomes
- Was it worth it?
- One story: The framework in action
- Design, Deliver, Succeed!
- References and Resources
References
References
Index
Index
Resources
Companion Website
http://www.resources.corwin.com/rossonlinepdDescription
Much-needed direction for navigating online professional development
Although many educators are on the fast track to embracing online professional development (OPD), choosing the best solution is not as simple as pushing a button. OPD expert John D. Ross's practical framework will guide you through asking the right questions and making sound development and purchasing decisions. The book's process is founded on proven principles of professional learning and instructional design. You will benefit from others' experience and expertise while efficiently charting a cost-effective course to success. This reader-friendly guide provides a path to answering these fundamental questions:
- Why online professional development?
- How much does it cost?
- How do I get started?
- What does high-quality online learning look like?
- What technologies are right for me?
- How do I put it all together?
- Did it work?
Included are an OPD decision matrix, a step-by-step planning and implementation framework, "buyer beware" guidelines, and real-life case studies from successful OPD providers. Whether you want to purchase or create OPD, this time-saving resource will help you understand your financial options and confidently chart your course to success.
Contents
Preface
Preface
Acknowledgments
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
- Economies of Scale
- Conclusion
- Take Action: Set Your Mission
- 3. How Do I Get Started?
- Take Inventory
- Caveat Emptor: Facilitation Models
- Caveat Emptor: Partnering for Success
- Conclusion
- Take Action: Gap Analysis to Describe Your Needs
- 4. What Does Good Online Learning Look Like?
- Why Instructional Design?
- Take Action: Instructional Design Considerations
- Getting Your Hands Dirty
- Take Action: Content Development Timeline
- Using Media to Help (Or Hinder) Learning
- Conclusion
- Caveat Emptor: Evaluating Media in Online Content
- 5. What Technologies Are Right for Me?
- A Word About Learning Objects
- Presenting basic information via text and images
- Demonstrating a process, sequence, or procedure
- Hosting asynchronous interactions
- Hosting synchronous interactions
- Growing a learning community
- Monitor learning
- Take Action: Exploring Technology Specifications
- Infrastructure for online professional development
- Caveat Emptor: Is Free Right for Me?
- Conclusion
- Caveat Emptor: Evaluating a Management System
- 6. Putting it All Together
- Gathering all the pieces
- Taking Care of Business
- Take Action: What Online Facilitators Should Know and Be Able to Do
- Putting the Pieces Together
- Take Action: Putting all the Pieces Together
- Celebration
- 7: Did it work?
- Formative evaluation
- Is it better than face-to-face?
- Measuring your outcomes
- Take Action: Measuring Your Desired Outcomes
- Was it worth it?
- One story: The framework in action
- Design, Deliver, Succeed!
- References and Resources
References
References
Index
Index
Resources
Companion Website
http://www.resources.corwin.com/rossonlinepdReviews
June 2011 | 208 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 27/02/2023 | 9781412987127 | $44.95 |
| Lifetime | 01/02/2026 | 9781452269580 | $41.00 |
Much-needed direction for navigating online professional development
Although many educators are on the fast track to embracing online professional development (OPD), choosing the best solution is not as simple as pushing a button. OPD expert John D. Ross's practical framework will guide you through asking the right questions and making sound development and purchasing decisions. The book's process is founded on proven principles of professional learning and instructional design. You will benefit from others' experience and expertise while efficiently charting a cost-effective course to success. This reader-friendly guide provides a path to answering these fundamental questions:
- Why online professional development?
- How much does it cost?
- How do I get started?
- What does high-quality online learning look like?
- What technologies are right for me?
- How do I put it all together?
- Did it work?
Included are an OPD decision matrix, a step-by-step planning and implementation framework, "buyer beware" guidelines, and real-life case studies from successful OPD providers. Whether you want to purchase or create OPD, this time-saving resource will help you understand your financial options and confidently chart your course to success.
Table Of Contents:
- 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
- Economies of Scale
- Conclusion
- Take Action: Set Your Mission
- 3. How Do I Get Started?
- Take Inventory
- Caveat Emptor: Facilitation Models
- Caveat Emptor: Partnering for Success
- Conclusion
- Take Action: Gap Analysis to Describe Your Needs
- 4. What Does Good Online Learning Look Like?
- Why Instructional Design?
- Take Action: Instructional Design Considerations
- Getting Your Hands Dirty
- Take Action: Content Development Timeline
- Using Media to Help (Or Hinder) Learning
- Conclusion
- Caveat Emptor: Evaluating Media in Online Content
- 5. What Technologies Are Right for Me?
- A Word About Learning Objects
- Presenting basic information via text and images
- Demonstrating a process, sequence, or procedure
- Hosting asynchronous interactions
- Hosting synchronous interactions
- Growing a learning community
- Monitor learning
- Take Action: Exploring Technology Specifications
- Infrastructure for online professional development
- Caveat Emptor: Is Free Right for Me?
- Conclusion
- Caveat Emptor: Evaluating a Management System
- 6. Putting it All Together
- Gathering all the pieces
- Taking Care of Business
- Take Action: What Online Facilitators Should Know and Be Able to Do
- Putting the Pieces Together
- Take Action: Putting all the Pieces Together
- Celebration
- 7: Did it work?
- Formative evaluation
- Is it better than face-to-face?
- Measuring your outcomes
- Take Action: Measuring Your Desired Outcomes
- Was it worth it?
- One story: The framework in action
- Design, Deliver, Succeed!
- References and Resources
- References
- Index