A research report about teachers' professional learning

1. Investigating prospective teachers as learning design authors SLIDE 1

2. BACKGROUND Learning designs Coordinated, web-based learning sequence that makes accessible effective learning strategies, supported by appropriate structures and resources to provide guidance and feedback to learners (Oliver & Herrington, 2003). Background research SLIDE 2

3. THE STUDY Primary research question : How do pre-service teachers’ authoring and use of contextualised online LDs enhance their development as teachers? SLIDE 3

4. THE STUDY Subsidiary questions: a) To what extent do pre-service teachers develop knowledge of (online and f2f) teaching and learning? b) To what extent is their understanding of specific learning strategies enhanced? c) What were the pre-service teachers’ perceptions of LAMS as a teaching tool? SLIDE 4

5. THE STUDY Approach Qualitative case study over two University semesters (2006) Participants 17 pre-service teachers from UTS SLIDE 5

6. THE STUDY Learning Design Authoring tool Learner Activity Management System (LAMS) (version 1.0) SLIDE 6

7. THE STUDY SLIDE 7 final focus group interviews final survey evaluation of LAMS artefacts Reflection on process and learning 4 e-Journals observations informal post-lesson interviews Implement learning activity NB. Most participants chose to implement their tasks in a f2f, school-based setting 3 e-Journals informal interviews written rationale Design learning activity 2 initial survey e-Journals Familiarisation with LAMS and learning strategies 1 Data collection Activity Phase

9. Model Analogical Reasoning Task: Exploring Wave Properties THE STUDY SLIDE 9

10. Model POE Task: Exploring forces THE STUDY SLIDE 10

11. Model POE Task: Exploring forces THE STUDY SLIDE 11

12. Model POE Task: Exploring forces THE STUDY SLIDE 12

18. FINDINGS cont. 2. Teachers developing understanding and value of specific learning strategies * Predict-observe-explain strategy * Learners’ questions approach * Analogical reasoning strategy SLIDE 18

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25. Mapping Stage SLIDE 25

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29. DISCUSSION * Overview * Implications * Future research SLIDE 29

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34. CONCLUSION SLIDE 34

35. IMAGE SOURCES Images on slides 3, 6, 11,12,23,32 (bottom LH corner) and 34 (bottom center) were images from our project. Other images were available under Creative Commons 2.0 Attribution Licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ available at: http://www. flickr .com/photos/41087714@N00/250121512 http://www. flickr .com/photos/goldendragon613/250121658/in/set-72157594295677848/ http://www. flickr .com/photos/goldendragon613/250122485/in/set-72157594295677848/ http://www. flickr .com/photos/goldendragon613/250122345/in/set-72157594295677848/ http://www. flickr .com/photos/phitar/89287777/ http://www. flickr .com/photos/extraketchup/622612084/ http://www. flickr .com/photos/foreversouls/7318906/ http://www. flickr .com/photos/foreversouls/5778963/ http://www. flickr .com/photos/perspicacious/303144538/ http://www. flickr .com/photos/21667736@N00/81346047/ http://www. flickr .com/photos/johnkarakatsanis/2338817026/ http://www. flickr .com/photos/amunivers/117725027/ http://www. flickr .com/photos/judybaxter/7340093/ http://www. flickr .com/photos/vegiemince/175400554/ http://www. flickr .com/photos/blendededu/294192415/