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Impact of Professional Development: A Case Study on Teaching and Learning in Online Workforce Courses.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Impact of Professional Development: A Case Study on Teaching and Learning in Online Workforce Courses./
Author:	Grillot, Tina Lynn.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2019,
Description:	143 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 80-10, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International80-10A.
Subject:	Community college education. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=13808103
ISBN:	9781392002315

Impact of Professional Development: A Case Study on Teaching and Learning in Online Workforce Courses.
Grillot, Tina Lynn.

Impact of Professional Development: A Case Study on Teaching and Learning in Online Workforce Courses. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2019 - 143 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 80-10, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Northcentral University, 2019.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

The growth of online education has driven researchers to focus on the need for professional development to improve the teaching effectiveness of online higher education instructors. Expected to improve student outcomes while enduring declining education funding, institutions have begun to measure the impact of professional development in terms of teacher quality, student outcomes, and return on investment. The problem explored in this study was that despite an increased focus on improving teaching practices and student outcomes, there is a lack of evidence identifying professional development as a catalyst for changes in teaching methods that lead to positive improvements in student outcome. The purpose of this study was to understand and describe instructor beliefs about the impact of professional development on teaching methods and student outcomes as part of online workforce education at a rural community college in Kansas. The guiding conceptual framework was comprised of Social Cognitive Theory, Andragogy, Experiential Learning Theory, and Transformational Learning Theory. Participants in this qualitative, embedded, single case study included both full- and part-time instructors teaching online workforce and career education courses. Participants completed an online survey containing open-ended queries that supported research questions focused on instructor beliefs about the effectiveness of professional development toward improving teaching skills and student outcomes. The findings revealed themes associated with the impact of professional development, teaching efficacy, and student outcomes. Themes associated with the impact of professional development included improved teaching practices, the effectiveness of pedagogical training, and the effect on teacher self-efficacy. Themes associated with changes to teaching methods were integration success and barriers to integration and themes associated with student outcomes involved identifying impactful topics and the impact of improved teaching practices on student outcome. Recommendations for practice are focusing on teaching and instructional strategies, designing professional development using adult learning principles, and offering training to instructors early in their teaching career. Further research recommendations are for the inclusion of instructors from both academic and workforce divisions, statistical analysis of student outcome measures, and longitudinal studies to highlight the long-term effects of professional development on teaching methods and instructor efficacy.

ISBN: 9781392002315Subjects--Topical Terms:

2122836
Community college education.

Impact of Professional Development: A Case Study on Teaching and Learning in Online Workforce Courses.
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