Online Continuing Professional Development: An integrative approach

[EN] This paper reports on the design, development, delivery and evaluation of an online continuing professional development (CPD) course in the area of online teaching by three Irish Higher Education Institutes (HEIs). The course was developed in the context of a nationally coordinated effort to pr...

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Autores: Risquez, Angelica, Cassidy, Dara, Ó Súilleabháin, Gearóid, Garvey, Roisin, Spain, Sinead
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/125842
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/125842
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Higher Education
Learning
Educational systems
Teaching
Continuing professional development (CPD)
Digital badges
Online teaching
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Sumario:[EN] This paper reports on the design, development, delivery and evaluation of an online continuing professional development (CPD) course in the area of online teaching by three Irish Higher Education Institutes (HEIs). The course was developed in the context of a nationally coordinated effort to promote CPD of those that teach in Higher Education through digital badges. Survey results suggest a very high overall satisfaction rate with the course as a whole, increased levels of knowledge and confidence in relation to teaching online, and also intended transference to practice. While the external motivator of demonstrating engagement through the digital badge arose in the surveys and focus groups, it did not feature particularly strongly. Implications for CPD are discussed in relation to internal and external drivers and motivations around CPD for higher education teachers, and the need for opportunities for participants to interact and engage in the manner reminiscent of a community of practice approach.