Online Professional Development with 25,000 K-12 Educators: Reality, Myth, or Just Mere Madness?

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Zygouris-Coe, V., Swan, B. & Glass, C. (2007). Online Professional Development with 25,000 K-12 Educators: Reality, Myth, or Just Mere Madness?. In R. Carlsen et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (pp. 206-214). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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Conference Information

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2007
San Antonio, Texas, USA
March 26, 2007
ISBN 1-880094-51-4
  Roger Carlsen, Karen McFerrin, Jerry Price, Roberta Weber & Dee Anna Willis
AACE

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Vicky Zygouris-Coe, Bonnie Swan, Catherine Glass, University of Central Florida, United States

Abstract

The Florida Online Reading Professional Development (FOR-PD) is a large scale, online professional development project designed to assist K-12 teachers in gaining a thorough understanding of scientifically-based reading research as the foundation of comprehensive instruction. The FOR-PD project is funded by the Florida Department of Education and housed at the University of Central Florida. FOR-PD has been providing services to over 25,000 educators across the state of Florida. FOR-PD services all 67 school districts, seven state universities, and six community colleges in Florida. In this session the presenters will share information about the infrastructure, development, support systems, means of follow-up, successes, challenges, and lessons learned associated with this large-scale (and high-stakes) online professional development project.

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