Title :
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of E-Training: A Case Study on In-Service Teachers´ Training
Author :
Lanqin Zheng ; Ronghuai Huang ; Junhui Yu
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Educ. Technol., Beijing Normal Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
As e-training has shown great promise, Microsoft (China) and the Ministry of Education of China (MOE) have launched e-training for in-service teachers in order to improve teachers´ instructional skills. 16,264 primary and secondary school teachers participated in this e-training. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the e-training using the Kirkpatrick´s four-level model. Discourse data, testing scores, homework scores, and final passing rate were collected and analyzed. The results indicated that the e-training indeed improved trainees´ instructional skills. The final passing rate of e-training was over 80%. The results also indicated that it was appropriate to use the Kirkpatrick´s four-level model to evaluate the e-training.
Keywords :
computer based training; teacher training; Kirkpatrick four-level model; MOE of China; Ministry of Education of China; e-training; homework scores; in-service teacher training; teacher instructional skills; testing scores; Adaptation models; Analytical models; Organizations; Reflection; Testing; Training; cognitive presence; e-training; social presence; teaching presence; the Kirkpatrick´s four-level model;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), 2013 IEEE 13th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
DOI :
10.1109/ICALT.2013.71
