This qualitative study explores the perceived value of a video-based online workshop in Geography, “Watershed Management,” part of the Geography: Teaching with the Stars series, a 22 program professional development series for teachers of geography, social studies, and environmental science. Results indicated that teachers reported satisfaction with the online professional development approach ...

Design In The Classroom (DITC) is a teacher professional development program that uses videos and related materials to support middle-school science and tech ed teachers in learning about, implementing and managing design tasks successfully in the complex realm of classroom teaching. Cases are reported of how these interactive multimedia materials were used by teachers in Massachusetts and Geor...

Introduction Despite the interest in fostering new intentional online communities that support learning, online professional development is still a rarity and often not well understood (Barab, 2003). Many on-line communities are emerging in the wake of social networking tools, but how these environments benefit knowledge construction is unclear. In the Web 2.0 era, it seems only natural that th...