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

fYear

2013

fDate

15-18 July 2013

Firstpage

229

Lastpage

231

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), 2013 IEEE 13th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Beijing

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICALT.2013.71

Filename

6601914