Twenty years of online teacher communities: A systematic review of formally-organized and informally-developed professional learning groups

In the last decade, the demand of digital tool to support educational process has been emerged among the universities around the world. In big data era, the demand to utilize it in adaptive teaching should be considered to enable the teaching performance especially in accessing the resources. This paper aims to explore the framework model as a way for teachers in adapting big data to help their teaching performance especially in accessing the resources. The literature review was conducted from peer review journals, books and conferences. The findings reveal that process and management skills should be engaged into adaptive teachings competencies. It included commitment in planning, time management, and technology skills. This study is expected to contribute in strengthening teaching performances in the application guideline in the big data era to support assessing the multi-channels of sources of knowledge to extract new insights of value in exploring the adaptive teaching competencies.

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Exploring Adaptive Teaching Competencies in Big Data Era

Technology-related knowledge, skills, and attitudes of pre- and in-service teachers: The current situation and emerging trends.

This study examined the difficulties of running online physical education classes in the context of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and used the findings to develop an efficient operation plan to address these difficulties. Six middle and high school physical education teachers participated; three were experts in online physical education and active in the Korea Council School Physical Education Promotion, and three were recommended teachers making efforts to improve the online classes offered by the Korea Ministry of Education. A qualitative case study method employing phenomenological procedures to collect and analyze the data was used. The difficulties of operating middle and high school online physical education classes for the first time included (1) the monotony of the classes within their limited environmental conditions and limited educational content that did not adequately convey the value of physical education, (2) trial-and-error methods applied nationwide, resulting from a lack of expertise in operating online physical education classes, and (3) very limited evaluation guidelines proposed by the Korea Ministry of Education, which made systematic evaluation with online methods impossible. To address the identified problems and facilitate the efficient operation of online physical education classes, changes in strategic learning methods are needed to understand online physical education characteristics and thereby better communicate the value of physical education. It is also necessary to cultivate teaching expertise through sharing online physical education classes, where collaboration among physical education teachers is central. In addition, evaluation processes should be less formal to encourage active student participation.

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Difficulties of Online Physical Education Classes in Middle and High School and an Efficient Operation Plan to Address Them

The study explored the relationships among instructional leadership, professional learning community components, and teacher self-efficacy in the context of mainland China. Study subjects were 1082...

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Teacher communities as a context for professional development: A systematic review