ERIC Number: EJ945741
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 11
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0952-3987
EISSN: N/A
Exploring Differences in Online Professional Development Seminars with the Community of Inquiry Framework
Fusco, Judi; Haavind, Sarah; Remold, Julie; Schank, Patricia
Educational Media International, v48 n3 p139-149 2011
Four sessions of two professional development seminars were offered to members of an organization. The seminars were voluntary, free of charge, and participants did not receive credit for their attendance. Participation rates and exit survey ratings for the four sessions varied. After the seminars, an analysis using the community of inquiry framework was conducted to better understand what occurred in the dialogue of the seminars to understand whether patterns of facilitator actions related to the amount of participation and exit survey ratings. The design of the seminars, the activities in the seminars, and the importance of the facilitator to plan and then help foster interaction in voluntary professional development seminars are discussed relative to the community of inquiry model. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Seminars, Federal Aid, Professional Development, Inservice Teacher Education, Coding, Course Evaluation, Facilitators (Individuals), Instructional Effectiveness, Web Based Instruction, Instructional Design, Computer Mediated Communication, Surveys, Discourse Analysis, Online Courses, Asynchronous Communication, Web Sites, Electronic Publishing
Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 325 Chestnut Street Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Fax: 215-625-2940; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A