Teaching Research Spotlight

E-Learning for Educators

NEA Teacher Quality and Research Departments are providing this online venue highlighting professional research on best practices in educational issues.

What effect is e-learning having on teachers' professional growth? Volumes of information exist on the impact of e-learning on the K-12 community, but very little qualitative or quantitative research is available on the impact of e-learning on adults.

Here are some links to the current research on the latter:

» Theory and Practice of Online Learning (Chapter 1) & (Chapter 2)—This book engages educators in the debate over whether the technology delivery system or the design of the instruction improves performance. Terry Anderson, Athabasca University, 2004.

» Teaching for Understanding: A Guide to Video Resources ( PDF, 916K, 42 pages)—In this groundbreaking video resource guide, authors describe and illustrate recent videos portraying teaching practices that are consistent with the most recent research on learning and teaching and with professional standards. Their guide serves effectively as a stand-alone resource or as a companion to the Theories of Learning and Teaching report and summary, for those who wish to use videos in support of instructional improvement and teacher professional development. Judith W. Segal, Elizabeth J. Demarest, and Andrea I. Prejean, NEA Research 2006.

» Teaching and Learning Online: Pedagogies for New Technologies—This guide to teaching and learning online presents a wide range of experience and research findings from leading practitioners and organizations around the world. John Stephenson, ed., 2001.

» Research Reports  (at UW-Madison Distance Education Certificate Program Web site)—A variety of research reports on professional development resources in distance learning and e-learning for both the novice and veteran e-learner.

» Barriers to Distance Education—These articles discuss survey results and case studies on organizational barriers to distance education and training. Zane Berge.

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