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Old Dominion University

2017

Teacher Education and Professional Development

Teacher education

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Designing Authentic Learning Activities To Train Pre-Service Teachers About Teaching Online, Tian Luo, Alexander Murray, Helen Crompton Nov 2017

Designing Authentic Learning Activities To Train Pre-Service Teachers About Teaching Online, Tian Luo, Alexander Murray, Helen Crompton

Teaching & Learning Faculty Publications

Online learning is increasingly being used in K-12 learning environments. A concomitant trend is found towards learning becoming authentic as students learn with tasks that are connected to real-world occupations. In this study, 48 pre-service teachers use an online environment to engage in authentic practice as they developed online learning experiences for their future students. Using a design-based research methodology, the researchers were involved in planning, designing, implementing, and evaluating the higher education class across two macro cycles. An authentic learning framework was utilized in the development of the class. Findings explicate the design of the course and how it …


Making A Case For Case-Based Teaching In Data Literacy, Derek R. Riddle, Jori Beck, Joseph John Morgan, Nancy Brown, Heather Whitesides Jan 2017

Making A Case For Case-Based Teaching In Data Literacy, Derek R. Riddle, Jori Beck, Joseph John Morgan, Nancy Brown, Heather Whitesides

Teaching & Learning Faculty Publications

Building on a study conducted by the authors, this article provides strategies for teaching data literacy and outlines the case-based teaching method as an effective way of developing data-literate teachers.