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Program Evaluation for Online English Teacher Professional Development: A Utilization-Focused Evaluation of a Global Online Course /

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Program Evaluation for Online English Teacher Professional Development: A Utilization-Focused Evaluation of a Global Online Course /Jeanne Beck.
作者:	Beck, Jeanne,
面頁冊數:	1 electronic resource (245 pages)
附註:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 86-12, Section: A.
附註:	Advisors: Chapelle, Carol Committee members: Beckett, Gulbahar; Hegelheimer, Volker; Ranalli, Jim; Yi, Jiyeong.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International86-12A.
標題:	Linguistics.
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=31939184
ISBN:	9798286430260

Program Evaluation for Online English Teacher Professional Development: A Utilization-Focused Evaluation of a Global Online Course /
Beck, Jeanne,

Program Evaluation for Online English Teacher Professional Development: A Utilization-Focused Evaluation of a Global Online Course /Jeanne Beck. - 1 electronic resource (245 pages)

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 86-12, Section: A.

Evaluating online English teacher professional development courses, especially those taken by participants worldwide, is a challenging endeavor for course developers. Although course participants and partner institutions desire to promote the latest technology tools, participants' diverse local contexts and varying technological affordances make it challenging to determine which content works well in specific contexts and how best to improve a course to cater to teachers' classroom needs. One such online teacher professional development course is Using Educational Technology in the English Language Classroom, an 8-week non-credit-bearing online course developed by Iowa State University for the U.S. Department of State's OPEN Program. Referred to as the GOC (Global Online Course), this evaluation assists the course's implementation efforts by providing a Utilization-Focused Evaluation (UFE) of the newest revision of the GOC, operationalized in the summer of 2023. The main objective of UFEs is to produce useful data to aid the primary intended users (PIUs) in improving a program, in this case, an online course. Four investigations were created with GOC PIUs with the following goals: (a) determine which technology tools introduced in the course are discussed and used by participants and what other technology tools participants are adopting; (b) investigate how the course activities elicit participant discussion of contextual TPACK; (c) explore how participants evaluate ChatGPT and GenAI for education, a new concept introduced in the revised course; and (d) determine the anticipated participant workload and workload variation module by module. Course content and course activity data from 40 participants representing 19 countries- including pre-course assessments, discussion board posts and replies, quizzes, major assignments, and portfolios-were used in the evaluation. Results indicated that while all course activities elicited technology discussion or use (Investigation 1) or TPACK-laden discussion (Investigation 2), certain course activities were more apt at eliciting these aspects than others. Contextual TPACK-related quotes and technology discussion and use patterns provide rich data for PIUs for course improvement. Regarding ChatGPT or GenAI discussion (Investigation 3), though not specifically prompted, 31 of 40 (77.5%) participants discussed ChatGPT or other GenAI tools in all but one discussion board. Participants expressed more positive evaluations than negative across all three domains (i.e., AFFECT, APPRECIATION, and JUDGMENT). In terms of JUDGMENT, participants evaluated themselves, their students, or other teachers positively and negatively regarding ChatGPT or GenAI preparedness or use. The workload investigation (Investigation 4) revealed that all modules' workload is within or under OPEN Program's requirements; however, fluctuations module by module were noted for course improvement. Results from the four investigations were synthesized to produce recommendations for course improvement. Based on the findings, implications for the GOC, applied linguist evaluators, online teacher PD courses, and EFL online teacher PD in TPACK are shared.

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