Professional Development Decision-making Matrix for Hybrid, Online, and Video-based Delivery Methods
Characteristics of effective professional development addressed by hybrid, online, and video-based delivery methods:
 Informed by research on teaching and learning and provides a strong foundation in subject content and methods of teaching.
 Integrated with district goals to improve education, guided by a coherent long-term plan, and driven by disaggregated data on student outcomes.
 Designed in response to teacher-identified needs and utilizes collaborative problem solving in which colleagues assist one another by discussing dilemmas and challenges.
 Primarily school-based, provides sufficient time and other resources, and enables teachers to work with colleagues in their school building.
 Continuous and ongoing, incorporates principles of adult learning, and provides follow-up support for further learning.
 Evaluated ultimately on the basis of its impact on teacher effectiveness and student learning.
Delivery Methods
Goals the Method Help Achieve
Issues & Procedures
Resources & Research
Provides model(s) of effective pedagogy
using distance learning technology
Prerequisite Skills and Equipment
 Safari Montage Live! Quick Start Guide
 Safari Montage Live! User Manual
 Additional Quick Start Guides
Safari Montage Live! Portal
Video-conference
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Safari Montage Live!
Can be responsive to changing variables
and instantly refined to meet needs
Facilitates interaction and dialogue
among participants
Supports interaction with both content
and colleagues
Allows teachers to easily and
inexpensively tap into expertise of
experts both in and outside of the district
Increases individual teacher knowledge,
competence and skills
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Research:
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Planning Guide Checklist and Timeline
 Preliminary Planning
 Preparing the Professional Development
o Instructional Strategies
 During the Videoconference
o Guide to Your Role as Facilitator
 Post-videoconference Evaluations:
o Instructor
o Participant
 Learning and Reflection Log
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The Effectiveness of Interactive Distance
Education Technologies in K-12 Learning: A
Meta-Analysis
Interactive Videoconferencing as a Medium for
Special Education: Knowledge Acquisition in
Preservice Teacher Education
The Virtual Scientist: Connecting University
Scientists to the K-12 Classroom through
Videoconferencing
Take a Field Trip Without Leaving the
Classroom: Museums, Zoos, and Interactive
Videoconferencing
Integrating Visual Literacy
Conceptual and Socio-Cognitive Support for
Collaborative Learning in Videoconferencing
BCPS – LIS – Sharon Grimes
Maximizes time and minimizes travel
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Reaches practitioners who find it difficult
to attend face-to-face PD
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Has the ability to record and archive
discussions for teacher review or initial
viewing for teachers who could not
attend the live conferencing.
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Environments
iChat[TM] Do You? Using Desktop Web
Conferencing in Education - need full text link
Investigating Cooperation and Collaboration in
near Synchronous Computer Mediated
Conferences
Distance Learning: It's Elementary!
Computer Conferencing and the Development of
Habits of Mind Associated with Effective
Teacher Education
Provides training in and hands-on
application of technology
Elluminate!
Can be responsive to changing variables
and instantly refined to meet needs
Contact Judy Campf for more information
Resources on how to use Elluminate
Resource Guide for Participants
Facilitates interaction and dialogue
among participants
Elluminate Live!® V8 Training and Documentation for
Moderators
Supports interaction with both content
and colleagues
Allows teachers to easily and
inexpensively tap into expertise of
experts both in and outside of the district
Increases individual teacher knowledge,
competence and skills
Maximizes time and minimizes travel
Reaches practitioners who find it difficult
to attend face-to-face PD
Has the ability to archive discussions and
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access additional resources
Provides training in and hands-on
application of technology
Provides training in and hands-on
application of technology
Video
 School-produced
Provides model(s) of effective pedagogy
Requires school-based TV studio facility or less
expensive TV Studio2Go mobile facility.
Provides opportunities to tap local school
expertise of over 50 TV studio producers
in the production of professional
development resources
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Education Channel
Center for Media Literacy
Collaborating to Create Media-Savvy Young People
Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture:
Media Education for the 21st Century (MIT)
Increases individual teacher knowledge,
competence and skills
How People Learn
Maximizes time and minimizes travel
Computers in Education, A Brief History
Can be copied to DVD and/or archived to
Safari Montage WAN server for districtwide sharing.
Provides model(s) of effective pedagogy Education Channel Request Form - coming soon
Making Thinking Visible (MTV)
Increases individual teacher knowledge,
competence and skills
Learn to use media for effective professional
development by Thinkport: Professional
Development Activity
Maximizes time and minimizes travel
Using Media Effectively Video
Reaches practitioners who find it difficult Part 1 - Windows Media or Real Player
to attend face-to-face PD
Part 2 - Windows Media or Real Player
Part 3 - Windows Media or Real Player
Can be copied to DVD and/or archived to Part 4 - Windows Media or Real Player
Safari Montage WAN server for district- Part 5 - Windows Media or Real Player
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wide sharing.
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Podcast
Delivers “just-in-time” mobile
professional development.
Opportunity to develop a podcast portal
of professional development resources,
as well as access authoritative podcasts
of other professional organizations.
Can be responsive to changing variables
and instantly refined to meet needs
Allows teachers to easily and
inexpensively tap into expertise of
experts both in and outside of the district
How to Create Your First Podcast
Best Practices: Staff Development on the Go
How to Create Your Own Podcast - A Step-byStep Tutorial
Producing a Podcast with the Gear You Own Today
Equipment requirements to record podcast:
 PC with a Pentium 4 or equivalent
processor with 512 MB of RAM, 3 to 4
GB of available space on your hard drive,
and an audio port for line in and line out
 Winamp (http://winamp.com)
 Mixcast Live or Audacity
 FTP utility
 Professional microphone and headset
Increases individual teacher knowledge,
competence and skills
Maximizes time and minimizes travel
Reaches practitioners who find it difficult
to attend face-to-face PD
Has the ability to archive discussions and
access additional resources
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Webcast
Provides model(s) of effective pedagogy
Webcast Request Form
Sample Webcasts from MCPS
Can be responsive to changing variables
and instantly refined to meet needs
Allows teachers to easily and
inexpensively tap into expertise of
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experts both in and outside of the district
Increases individual teacher knowledge,
competence and skills
Maximizes time and minimizes travel
Reaches practitioners who find it difficult
to attend face-to-face PD
Has the ability to archive discussions and
access additional resources
Provides training in and hands-on
application of technology
Online course
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Desire2Learn
Increases individual teacher knowledge,
competence and skills
Requires successful completion of Successful
Online Facilitating Techniques (SOFT) Course;
contact Judy Campf for details
Developing an Effective Online Course
Maximizes time and minimizes travel
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Webinar
Guidelines for the Implementation of
Reaches practitioners who find it difficult e-Communities
to attend face-to-face PD
 Optimizing the Set-up of an eHas the ability to archive discussions and
Community by Judy Campf, BCPS:
access additional resources
handout and website (username and
password: summit.guest)
 Tips and Tricks for Successful
Implementation by Marcie Zisow, BCPS:
handout
Provides model(s) of effective pedagogy Webinar Request Form – coming soon
Can be responsive to changing variables
and instantly refined to meet needs
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Equipment requirements:
 Professional microphone and headset
Research:
 Webinar: Best Practices White Paper
 Best Practices for a Successful Webinar
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Webcam
Allows teachers to easily and
inexpensively tap into expertise of
experts both in and outside of the district
Increases individual teacher knowledge,
competence and skills
Maximizes time and minimizes travel
Reaches practitioners who find it difficult
to attend face-to-face PD
Has the ability to archive discussions and
access additional resources
Provides training in and hands-on
application of technology
Online Community
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eCommunity
Engages teachers in a collegial and
collaborative dialogue
Is interactive, continuous, reflective and
job-embedded
Guidelines for the Implementation of
e-Communities
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Provides file storage space for document
archiving and exchange, hypertext
linking to additional digital learning
resources, e.g., websites, podcasts, RS
feeds, etc.
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Promoting a Sense of Community
Sustaining Multiple e-Communities by
Tom Michocki, BCPS: presentation
Maintaining Participation through
Structure and Facilitation by Barbara
Treacy, Project Director for EdTech
Leaders Online: presentation
Keep Them Participating, Really! by
Garry Day and Jodi O'Neill, BCPS:
presentation
Easy and intuitive for teacher adoption
and use with WSIWG Web 2 tools
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Provides a safe, supportive learning
environment anytime and anywhere
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Study circle
Provides a safe, supportive learning
environment
Encourages teachers from the same
school, or content area to participate
together
Incorporates research-based professional
development practices
Equipment Requirements:
 Computer with internet access
 BCPS email account
Tips:
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Are inexpensive
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Wiki
Research:
Study Groups and Webquests
Identify a topic of true relevance
Enlist the aid of qualified and effective
facilitators
Ensure a positive and productive process
by positively reinforcing participants
early and often
Integrate study groups into a larger,
school-wide vision of professional growth
Evaluate level of participation and quality
of discussions on a quarterly basis
Supports development of content and
technical expertise both within the
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context of study-group activities and
through the collegial support
relationships
Enables remote collaborative knowledge Equipment requirement:
creation using a “document-space model” Computer with Internet access
rather than a “document sharing” of
multiple versions of documents residing
on individual computer workstations.
Ways to Use Wiki in Education
Wikis in Education Case Study
Using Wiki in Education
Document-space models speed up
innovation and creativity
Creates a database for creating,
browsing, and searching through
information.
Easy and intuitive for teacher adoption
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and use with WSIWG Web 2 tools
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Blog
Builds reflective practice
Creates a database for creating,
browsing, and searching through
information.
Equipment requirement:
Computer with Internet access
WordPress Support
An Introduction to Using Edublogs
WordPress or
Writing Posts and Pages
Edublog
Picture Perfect Presentations
Easy and intuitive for teacher adoption
and use with WSIWG Web 2 tools
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Online workgroup
Facilitates synchronous (real-time) and
asynchronous communication,
coordination and collaboration amongst
groups of people
Equipment requirement:
Computer with Internet access
Collective X
Engages teachers in a collegial and
collaborative dialogue
Is interactive, continuous, reflective and
job-embedded
Provides file storage space for document
archiving and exchange, hypertext
linking to additional digital learning
resources, e.g., websites, podcasts, RS
feeds, etc.
Easy and intuitive for teacher adoption
and use with WSIWG Web 2 tools
Provides a safe, supportive learning
environment anytime and anywhere
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