Validation of the Teacher Readiness for Online Learning Measure

The purpose of this research is to examine elementary and middle school teachers´ readiness as online learners by developing the Teacher Readiness for Online Learning Measure (TROLM). This paper draws on the two semesters of 2012 from an online course on Internet literacy and ethics for practicing teachers. Results of exploratory factory analysis support an 18-item scale comprising four factors: communication self-efficacy, institutional support, self-directed learning, and learning-transfer self-efficacy.