Choosing Relevant Internet Assisted Course Types for Professional Development

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46328/ijte.557

Keywords:

Online learning, Online courses, Online course types, Professional development, Internet-assisted learning.

Abstract

Online courses for the professional development of workers in service is ever pervasive and continually growing. However, studies of teaching with technology are mostly conducted in K-12, pre-service, or higher education settings resulting in a lack of attention given to the professional development context. In addition, most studies tend to investigate learners instead of instructors, even though the latter are reportedly struggling in conducting online teaching. One of the struggles instructors face includes choosing effective technologically enhanced course types in line with the learning content. This study aims to alleviate the issue by investigating online courses in a professional development context, particularly one in a government institution namely the Financial Education and Training Agency (FETA) under the Indonesian Ministry of Finance. By analyzing curriculum documents followed by interviewing online instructors, the present study aimed to uncover practice-based considerations to guide the selection of course types for online courses. There were essentially three main course types at FETA: distance learning, web-based learning, and webinar courses, each suitable for various kinds of learning content.

Author Biographies

Lili Mutiary, Financial Education and Training Agency Indonesian Ministry of Finance National Institute of Education Nanyang Technological University

Lili is a Doctor in Education (EdD) candidate at the National Institute of Education - Nanyang Technological University (NIE/NTU) in Singapore. She is also a student employee at the Financial Education and Training Agency (FETA) under the Indonesian Ministry of Finance (MOF). She has been working at FETA for more than sixteen years and was a Head of Subdivision for five year before commencing her doctoral study. Her study is funded by the FETA Scholarship. She obtained a dual master's in economics from Gadjah Mada University in Indonesia and Georgia State University in the US. She published a paper from her master's thesis titled Flypaper effect: An empirical study of Indonesia case (2004-2010). Her fields of work include education, professional development, as well as curriculum and teaching.

Christina Ratnam-Lim, National Institute of Education Nanyang Technological University

Dr Christina Ratnam-Lim is a senior lecturer at the Policy, Curriculum and Leadership Academic Group at NIE/NTU. She received her Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from the National University of Singapore, her Master's in Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, and her PhD from the Macquarie University in Australia. She has published journal articles, books, book chapters, and conference papers. The most recent ones being Lost in adaptation? Issues of adapting Japanese lesson study in non-Japanese context and Applying Q methodology to understand priorities in profiles of teacher reflections. Her teaching and research focus is on crafting curriculum, curriculum implementation and evaluation, perspectives of learning, and teacher professional development and learning. She also serves as an Associate Editor of the Asia-Pacific Journal of Education.

References

Mutiary, L. & Ratnam-Lim, C. (2023). Choosing relevant internet assisted course types for professional development. International Journal of Technology in Education (IJTE), 6(4), 635-655. https://doi.org/10.46328/ijte.557

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2023-10-23

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Vol. 6 No. 4 (2023)

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