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Professional Development in Online Instruction

May 17, 2011 1 min read
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A fall 2010 survey of 830 K-12 online teachers asked what types of professional-development activities they participated in related to online instruction. The results are contained in “Going Virtual! 2010: The Status of Professional Development and Unique Needs of K-12 Online Teachers.”

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SOURCE: Department of Educational Technology, Boise State University
A version of this article appeared in the May 18, 2011 edition of Education Week as Professional Development in Online Instruction

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