From MOOCs to MOOPILs: Pushing the Boundaries of Virtual Professional Development and Learning for Teachers

Beverly J. Irby, Kara L. Sutton-Jones, Rafael Lara-Alecio and Fuhui Tong
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Beverly J. Irby: Texas A&M University, Education Leadership Research Center, Educational Leadership and Human Resource Development Department, College Station, TX, USA
Kara L. Sutton-Jones: Texas A&M University, Center for Research and Development in Dual Language and Literacy Acquisition, Educational Psychology Department, College Station, TX, USA
Rafael Lara-Alecio: Texas A&M University, Center for Research and Development in Dual Language and Literacy Acquisition, Educational Psychology Department, College Station, TX, USA
Fuhui Tong: Texas A&M University, Center for Research and Development in Dual Language and Literacy Acquisition, Educational Psychology Department, College Station, TX, USA

International Journal of Information Communication Technologies and Human Development (IJICTHD), 2017, vol. 9, issue 1, 34-47

Abstract: This article includes a discussion of the growing use of virtual professional development and learning for educators. Next the authors describe virtual professional development and learning within the context of a U.S. federally-funded Investing in Innovation (i3) grant, English Language and Literacy Acquisition-Validation (ELLA-V), and the need for a new understanding of such on an informal and individual basis. The proposed concept is a Massive Open Online Professional Informal Individual Learning (MOOPIL). Lastly, the authors provide an example of a MOOPIL from the ELLA-V grant which is called ELLA-Virsity—a collection of short professional development webinars for teachers and school leaders who work with English language learners.

Date: 2017
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