The Validation of an Instrument for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Professional Development Program on Teaching Online

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Abstract

Attending professional development (PD) on teaching online is becoming popular for teachers in today’s K-12 online education. Due to the unique characteristics of the online instructional environments, surveys become the most feasible approach to evaluate the effectiveness of PD programs. However, there is no validated, open-access instrument available to satisfy the needs. Purpose of this study is to conduct construct validity, content validity, concurrent validity, and reliability tests on an open-access instrument for K–12 PD for online teaching. With the exception of a few items that have minor issues on content and construct validity, results show that the survey is, in general, a valid and reliable instrument. Suggestions and potential applications of the instrument are also discussed.

Original languageAmerican English
JournalJournal of Educational Technology Development and Exchange
StatePublished - 1 Dec 2015

Keywords

  • k-12 online professional development
  • construct validity
  • content validity
  • concurrent validity
  • reliability

EGS Disciplines

  • Instructional Media Design

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