Post on 12-Jan-2016
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Professional Development@Your
Fingertips:
The Missouri Regional Professional Development
Centers Online
Darla Runyon, MS Ed.Assistant Director
Curriculum Design Specialist
Center for Information Technology in Education
Northwest Missouri State University
drunyon@mail.nwmissouri.edu
cite.nwmissouri.edu
www.NorthwestOnline.org
Time for professional development?
• Busy work week schedules ...had the ability to fit courses into my schedule.
• Extensive travel time...didn’t have to drive for three hours take the course.
• Interruption of week nights and weekends...had easier access and convenience to professional
development….
• What about an an online course direct to my computer!^
MORPDC Online
• Missouri Regional Professional Development Centers Online– provides a central location for online
professional development statewide– collaborative effort of the ten regional
professional development centers – design and development assistance provided
by Center for Information Technology in Education (CITE)^
Missouri’s Regional Professional Development Centers
• Geographically located on Missouri campuses
• Created to promote professional development in the K-12 school districts– earn credits toward advancement on pay scale– work towards a graduate degree– enhance professional competencies
• Assist school districts with the structuring of a professional development plan^
Collaborative effort
• Proposal submitted in 1999 to develop an online professional development delivery system statewide– collaboration of ten centers at statewide
retreats– portal and online course prototype developed– schedule developed to incorporate a pilot
project of the portal and online course^
MORPDC Portal
• Hosts an entry web page– located at http://www.morpdc.org– links to available online courses courses– access to state and national professional
development standards– Missouri professional development contacts
and guidelines– resources, tutorials, and a pd library^
MORPDC Portal
• Administrative web pages– accessible by local centers– add, edit, and delete course listings– active server pages^
Professional Development 101
• Online pilot course – covers basic professional development organization
and structure for school districts– one credit course
• Hosted by CITE at Northwest Missouri State University– content provided by the ten centers – designed and developed using
Blackboard’s CourseInfo^
PD 101 pilot
• Three regional professional development centers serve as pilot sites
• Volunteers from K-12 school districts
• Funded through the state for first pilot effort
• Students registered via MORPDC portal site
• Currently participating in the online pilot course^
PD 101 pilot
• Provided online instructors with training session
• Provides re-design needs based on student input
• Evaluation of course and instructor via online form
• Focus group will provide re-design input^
Going public
• Launching MORPDC officially January 2001
• Implementing marketing plan via ten centers and state professional development conference– http://www.nwmissouri.edu/~rpdc
• Design and develop additional online professional development courses
• Tie into university degree programs ^
e-PostcardBrochure
Re-design of portal site
• Making changes to reflect state logo
• Incorporating suggestions made by participants and instructors
• Expanding the resources and materials being offered through the portal site^
Re-design
Professional Development@Your Fingertips
• Continued professional growth potentially increasing student success
• Convenience and quality available to K-12 instructors
• Authentically incorporates instructional technology integration^