How Tech Can Build Teams

IDEAS

How tech can build teams

By Eugenie S. Foster, Cynthia H. Callard and Jennifer S. Kruger

Categories: Collaboration, Facilitation, Learning designs, Online learning, Personalization, Technology

August 2020

Vol. 41, No. 4

“Technology is rapidly enhancing and extending opportunities for professional learning,” Learning Forward wrote in 2011 (p. 41). As educators grapple with a global pandemic nearly 10 years later, those words have never been truer or more relevant. Online professional learning can accommodate social distancing protocols as well as the ongoing benefits of accommodating teachers’ busy schedules, connecting educators to expert resources, providing job-embedded support, and increasing access by reducing barriers of location (Dede et al., 2009, Francis & Jacobsen, 2013). Although online professional learning is becoming more widespread due to technological accessibility improvements, it is often conducted in ways that are not consistent with essential elements of high-quality professional learning as described in the Standards for Professional Learning (Learning Forward, 2011). For example, many massive

Read the remaining content with membership access. Join or log in below to continue.

Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam, eaque ipsa quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt explicabo. Nemo enim ipsam voluptatem quia voluptas sit aspernatur aut odit aut fugit, sed quia consequuntur magni dolores eos qui ratione voluptatem sequi nesciunt. Neque porro quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit, sed quia non numquam eius modi tempora incidunt ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam quaerat voluptatem.

Authors

Cynthia H. Callard, Eugenie S. Foster, and Jennifer S. Kruger

Cynthia H. Callard (ccallard@warner.rochester.edu) is professor and executive director and Eugenie S. Foster (gfoster@warner.rochester.edu) and Jennifer S. Kruger (jkruger@warner.rochester.edu) are associate directors of mathematics education outreach at the Center for Professional Development & Educational Reform in the Warner School of Education at the University of Rochester in New York.

References

Dede, C., Ketelhut, D., Whitehouse, P., Breit, L., & McCloskey, E. (2009). A research agenda for online teacher professional development. Journal of Teacher Education, 60(1), 8-19.

Francis, K. & Jacobsen, M. (2013). Synchronous online collaborative professional development for elementary mathematics teachers. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 14(3), 319-343.

Hrastinski, S. (2008). Asynchronous and synchronous e-learning. Educause Quarterly, 31(4), 51-55.

Learning Forward. (2011). Standards for Professional Learning. Oxford, OH: Author.

Mayadas, F. (1997). Asynchronous learning networks: A Sloan Foundation perspective. Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 1(1), 1-16.

Mizell, H. (2010). Why professional development matters. Oxford, OH: Learning Forward.