Educator Satisfaction With an International Online Professional Development Course: Trends by Country

• In Event: Technology-Facilitated Teacher Professional Development

Abstract

A benefit of the increasing participation in online professional development courses is the ability for such courses to reach a wide variety of educators, despite geographic distance. Along with this benefit comes the challenge of ensuring that such courses can engage learners from diverse backgrounds. The current study investigates educators’ satisfaction with an online teacher professional development (OTPD) workshop for secondary school teachers in various countries. Specifically, the authors investigate whether satisfaction with the OTPD workshop varied by country. Secondly, within each country sample, factors contributing to level of satisfaction are examined.

Authors

• Alison Smith, International Baccalaureate

• Yi-Chun Chen, International Baccalaureate