Professional Development@Your

Fingertips:

The Missouri Regional Professional Development

Centers Online

Darla Runyon, MS Ed.Assistant Director

Curriculum Design Specialist

Center for Information Technology in Education

Northwest Missouri State University

drunyon@mail.nwmissouri.edu

cite.nwmissouri.edu

www.NorthwestOnline.org

Time for professional development?

• Busy work week schedules ...had the ability to fit courses into my schedule.

• Extensive travel time...didn’t have to drive for three hours take the course.

• Interruption of week nights and weekends...had easier access and convenience to professional

development….

• What about an an online course direct to my computer!^

MORPDC Online

• Missouri Regional Professional Development Centers Online– provides a central location for online

professional development statewide– collaborative effort of the ten regional

professional development centers – design and development assistance provided

by Center for Information Technology in Education (CITE)^

Missouri’s Regional Professional Development Centers

• Geographically located on Missouri campuses

• Created to promote professional development in the K-12 school districts– earn credits toward advancement on pay scale– work towards a graduate degree– enhance professional competencies

• Assist school districts with the structuring of a professional development plan^

Collaborative effort

• Proposal submitted in 1999 to develop an online professional development delivery system statewide– collaboration of ten centers at statewide

retreats– portal and online course prototype developed– schedule developed to incorporate a pilot

project of the portal and online course^

MORPDC Portal

• Hosts an entry web page– located at http://www.morpdc.org– links to available online courses courses– access to state and national professional

development standards– Missouri professional development contacts

and guidelines– resources, tutorials, and a pd library^

MORPDC Portal

• Administrative web pages– accessible by local centers– add, edit, and delete course listings– active server pages^

Professional Development 101

• Online pilot course – covers basic professional development organization

and structure for school districts– one credit course

• Hosted by CITE at Northwest Missouri State University– content provided by the ten centers – designed and developed using

Blackboard’s CourseInfo^

PD 101 pilot

• Three regional professional development centers serve as pilot sites

• Volunteers from K-12 school districts

• Funded through the state for first pilot effort

• Students registered via MORPDC portal site

• Currently participating in the online pilot course^

PD 101 pilot

• Provided online instructors with training session

• Provides re-design needs based on student input

• Evaluation of course and instructor via online form

• Focus group will provide re-design input^

Going public

• Launching MORPDC officially January 2001

• Implementing marketing plan via ten centers and state professional development conference– http://www.nwmissouri.edu/~rpdc

• Design and develop additional online professional development courses

• Tie into university degree programs ^

e-PostcardBrochure

Re-design of portal site

• Making changes to reflect state logo

• Incorporating suggestions made by participants and instructors

• Expanding the resources and materials being offered through the portal site^

Re-design

Professional Development@Your Fingertips

• Continued professional growth potentially increasing student success

• Convenience and quality available to K-12 instructors

• Authentically incorporates instructional technology integration^

Darla Runyon, MS Ed.Assistant Director

Curriculum Design Specialist

Center for Information Technology in Education

Northwest Missouri State University

drunyon@mail.nwmissouri.edu

cite.nwmissouri.edu

www.NorthwestOnline.org

cite.nwmissouri.edu:2000/cite/presentations