Online Professional Development

This much-needed, practical guide to planning, implementing, and evaluating Online Professsional Development (OPD) features an original, step-by-step framework to guide educational leaders in making sound decisions. Grounded in sound principles of effective professional learning and instructional de [...]
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This much-needed, practical guide to planning, implementing, and evaluating Online Professsional Development (OPD) features an original, step-by-step framework to guide educational leaders in making sound decisions. Grounded in sound principles of effective professional learning and instructional design, the book is appropriate for educational leaders who want to create their own OPD as well as those who need guidance in purchasing existing OPD. The author focuses on fundamental questions that should be addressed at the earliest stages of planning including: (1) Why do we need OPD? (2) How much will it cost? (3) Who is the audience and what are their needs? (4) What tools can we use to meet those needs? (5) How can we design effective OPD? (6) How can we measure the impact of OPD? The author includes many real examples of OPD planning and implementation as well as case studies based on producers of exemplary OPD.