Naslov
Online professional development across institutions and borders

Autori
Rienties, Bart ; Divjak, Blazenka ; Eichhorn, Michael ; Iniesto, Francisco ; Saunders-Smits, Gillian ; Svetec, Barbi ; Tillmann, Alexander ; Zizak, Mirza

Izvornik
International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education (2365-9440) 20 (2023), 30; 1-16

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Online professional development ; Cross-institutional ; Cultural ; Mixed method ; Innovative pedagogy ; Higher education

Sažetak
Professional development (PD) is a key element for enhancing the quality of academic teaching. An increasing number of PD activities have moved to blended and online formats, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the desire, potential, and need for collaboration among educators to learn from innovative and best practices, several institutions have started to pool their resources and expertise together and have started to implement cross-institutional and cross-national online professional development (OPD). The questions of what type of a (cross-)institutional OPD educators might prefer, and whether educators learn effectively from (and with) peers in such cross-cultural context have not been adequately explored empirically. In this case-study across three European countries, we explored the lived experiences of 86 educators as a result of a cross-institutional OPD. Using a mixed methods design approach our pre-post findings indicated that, on average, participants made substantial gains in knowledge. In addition, several cultural differences were evident in the expectations and lived experiences in ODP, as well as the intention to transfer what had been learned into one's own practice of action. This study indicates that while substantial economic and pedagogical affordances are provided with cross-institutional OPD, cultural differences in context might impact the extent to which educators implement lessons learned from OPD.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Interdisciplinarne prirodne znanosti, Informacijske i komunikacijske znanosti, Interdisciplinarne društvene znanosti, Obrazovne znanosti (psihologija odgoja i obrazovanja, sociologija obrazovanja, politologija obrazovanja, ekonomika obrazovanja, antropologija obrazovanja, neuroznanost i rano učenje, pedagoške discipline), Projektni menadžment

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