Niess, M. L. (2018). Looking to the future in transforming inservice teachers’ TPACK through online contimued learning. In Information Resources Management Association (Ed.), Teacher training and professional development: Concepts, methodologies, tools, and applications (pp. 2163-2176). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-5225-5631-2.ch103

Abstract:

“The design and empirical support for the online TPACK learning trajectory emerged through a multi-year research process that provided a thorough, in-depth description of how the tools (community of learners and reflection) and processes (shared/individual knowledge development and inquiry) support the scaffolding of TPACK content as an integration of subject matter content, pedagogy, and technologies, thus modeling the knowledge teachers need for teaching with technology. The learning trajectory, framed with a social metacognitive constructivist lens, engaged inservice teachers in knowledge-building communities using inquiry-based, problem-based learning, guiding them in reframing their knowledge for designing student-directed, problem-based learning with the integration of technologies. Limitations and future research extend the understanding of TPACK through online teacher education continued learning in graduate programs and other professional development programs designed to support teachers in rethinking and reframing their knowledge for teaching with technologies. Multiple factors frame the thinking about future designs for these online programs aimed at transforming inservice teachers’ TPACK. Future challenges include whether and how online programs might be designed for developing preservice teachers’ TPACK.”