ERIC Number: EJ1294984
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 15
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Supporting Teachers Moving Online, Using a MOOC, during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Mays, Tony John; Ogange, Betty; Ogange, Betty; Perris, Kirk
Journal of Learning for Development, v8 n1 p27-41 2021
Following campus closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many Ministries of Education around the world requested teachers to move their teaching online. This case study reflects on how the Commonwealth of Learning responded to requests from two countries to provide support in pedagogical and curricular change for online learning in this process. A Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) platform was used to upskill 11,568 teachers in two regions of the Commonwealth. Analytics from within the course, together with pre-, mid- and end-course surveys of participants' perceptions indicated that while there was, and is, scope for improvement, the short course largely reached its objective of providing immediate support on an introductory level and that the approach adopted was largely appropriate for the purpose.
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Online Courses, Large Group Instruction, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Distance Education, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Teaching Methods, Student Evaluation, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Competencies, Teacher Characteristics, Technological Literacy, Satisfaction
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Fiji; Trinidad and Tobago
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