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Beyond learning by videoconference : findings from a capacity-building study of Kosovan teachers in the post-covid-19 era
ID Uka, Antigona (Author), ID Morina, Marigona (Author), ID Kowch, Eugene G. (Author)

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Abstract
During the Covid-19 pandemic, teachers were exposed to technology-enhanced learning as an emergency measure, yet despite decades of advancement in educational technology, the online learning experiences lacked deliberate design. Recent research highlights a gap concerning the design elements of online professional development and teachers’ needs for professional development in online education. Through this Design-Based Research, we therefore sought to offer an intervention in the form of a professional development programme built on the specific needs of teachers. In the present study, we report on the findings from this two-cycle, five-phase online professional development, taken by 90 practising high school teachers across Kosova. The study sheds light on teachers’ experiences and attitudes, as well as their readiness to take hands-on approaches to integrate, when available, complex technologies while leveraging the power of instructional design concepts in the post-Covid-19 era. The evidence indicates that, in order to develop effective teaching capacity in this environment, online professional development programmes must go beyond simple off-the-shelf technology (i.e., videoconferencing) applications. Similarly, our data shows that the inclusion of prior needs assessment in online and blended teacher development instruction positively impacts the development of teachers’ attitudes towards online education. The present paper provides specific recommendations for any innovative education system leader, teacher or scholar hoping to leverage new online learning knowledge to strengthen teacher practice.

Language:English
Keywords:online education, professional development programmes, teachers’ needs, instructional design, innovation
Work type:Article
Typology:1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:PEF - Faculty of Education
Publication status:Published
Publication version:Version of Record
Year:2025
Number of pages:Str. 175-199
Numbering:Vol. 15, no. 1
PID:20.500.12556/RUL-179250 This link opens in a new window
UDC:37.011.3-051
ISSN on article:2232-2647
DOI:10.26529/cepsj.1715 This link opens in a new window
COBISS.SI-ID:197723907 This link opens in a new window
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Publication date in RUL:09.02.2026
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Title:CEPS Journal: Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal = revija Centra za študij edukacijskih strategij
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Language:Slovenian
Title:Iti dlje od učenja prek videokonference : ugotovitve študije o krepitvi zmožnosti kosovskih učiteljev v obdobju po epidemiji covida-19
Abstract:
Med pandemijo covida-19 so bili učitelji izpostavljeni s tehnologijo podkrepljenemu učenju, kar je bila posledica ukrepov v izrednih razmerah, vendar kljub desetletjem napredka na področju izobraževalne tehnologije spletne učne izkušnje niso bile premišljeno načrtovane. Najnovejše raziskave opozarjajo na vrzel med elementi načrtovanja spletnega strokovnega izpopolnjevanja in potrebami učiteljev po strokovnem izpopolnjevanju v spletnem izobraževanju. S to raziskavo, ki temelji na načrtovanju, smo zato skušali ponuditi intervencijo v obliki programa strokovnega izpopolnjevanja, ki bi temeljil na specifičnih potrebah učiteljev. V tej študiji poročamo o ugotovitvah tega dvostopenjskega petfaznega spletnega strokovnega izpopolnjevanja, ki se ga je udeležilo 90 aktivnih srednješolskih učiteljev na Kosovu. Študija osvetljuje izkušnje in stališča učiteljev ter njihovo pripravljenost na praktične pristope za vključevanje kompleksnih tehnologij, kadar so na voljo, ob hkratnem izkoriščanju moči konceptov načrtovanja pouka v obdobju po epidemiji covida-19. Dokazi kažejo, da morajo programi spletnega strokovnega izpopolnjevanja za razvijanje učinkovitih učnih zmožnosti v tem okolju presegati preproste, že pripravljene tehnološke (npr. videokonferenčne) aplikacije. Podobno naši podatki kažejo, da vključitev predhodne ocene potreb v spletno in kombinirano izobraževanje učiteljev pozitivno vpliva na razvoj odnosa učiteljev do spletnega izobraževanja. Ta članek vsebuje konkretna priporočila za vse inovativne vodje izobraževalnih sistemov, učitelje ali znanstvenike, ki upajo, da bodo lahko uporabili novo znanje o spletnem izobraževanju za krepitev učiteljske prakse.

Keywords:spletno izobraževanje, programi strokovnega izpopolnjevanja, potrebe učiteljev, načrtovanje pouka, inovacija, izobraževanje učiteljev

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