ERIC Number: EJ1289541
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Publication Date: 2021
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Investigating In-Service Elementary School Teachers' Satisfaction with Participating in MOOC for Teaching Biological Concepts
Tzovla, Eirini; Kedraka, Katerina; Kaltsidis, Christos
EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, v17 n3 Article em1946 2021
This paper reports on a study exploring the in-service elementary school teachers satisfaction as far as the design and implementation of a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), which took place during the second wave of pandemic COVID-19 and prepared in-service elementary school teachers how to teach biological concepts in Primary School with the utilization of digital educational content and Open Educational Recourses (OER). A total of 251 teachers enrolled in this MOOC of whom 142 completed the course and were asked to fill-in a questionnaire. The findings indicated that the majority of the participants were satisfied both with the specific learning experience and the participation in a learning community in which interaction, support and active participation were developed. Recommendations are made for future research.
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Satisfaction, Online Courses, Large Group Instruction, Educational Technology, Program Effectiveness, Communities of Practice, COVID-19, Pandemics, Teacher Characteristics, Foreign Countries, Distance Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Greece
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