Presentation on leveraging and scaling MOOCs as assets in teacher professional development programs for a research panel on Professional Development for Online/Blended Teaching at the 2015 Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) conference in Las Vegas, NV, March 5, 2015.

1. Leveraging and Scaling MOOCs as Assets in Blended/
Online Teacher Professional Development Programs
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education
26th Annual International Conference March 6, 2015
Presented by Scott M. Petri, Ed. D.
Los Angeles Unified School District
www.Petridishing.net scottmpetri@gmail.com Twitter @scottmpetri

2. Goals of Presentation
1. Define innovative, proactive, and risk taking
teachers/administrators
2. Inspire a MOOC to help a district identify
teacher-leaders
3. Suggest a PD analysis framework using Dede
et al (2005).

3. Thank you in advance
for all your help.

8. MOOC Data
• Improving Teacher-
Student Relationships
• 851 enrolled
• 82 grads
• 882 Participations
• 25,200 Page Views
• Helping Hist Ts Become
Writing Teachers
• 436 enrolled
• 46 grads
• 1,240 Participations
• 22,620 Page Views

9. Course Analytics

10. Discussion Boards

11. Interesting Points

12. Grades

13. Individual Access Report

14. Specific Analytics

15. Feedback

16. Dede et al (2005) Framework
• 400 articles about online, face-to-face, and
hybrid teacher PD
• 40 represented high quality empirical research
• Five areas for examining best practices:
(a) Design, (b) Effectiveness, (c) Technology,
(d) Communication, and (e) Methods

17. Five Areas to Consider
• Design - program model, delivery, policy influences,
contextual factors or best practices
• Effectiveness - outcomes of professional development,
such as participation levels, participant satisfaction,
program quality
• Technology - gauge the effect of using a particular
technology to support aspects of teachers’ learning
• Communication - how do instructors, support
teachers’ learning through discourse in an online
environment
• Research Methods – conceptual models, qualitative,
mixed methods, and quantitative

18. Leveraging and Scaling MOOCs as Assets in Blended/
Online Teacher Professional Development Programs
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education
26th Annual International Conference March 6, 2015
Presented by Scott M. Petri, Ed. D.
Los Angeles Unified School District
www.Petridishing.net scottmpetri@gmail.com Twitter @scottmpetri