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workshop could be improved. The two groups were brought back together to merge
the feedback from the two groups.
Two main findings came from the participants:
The workshop should be held over three meetings rather than two. One of the
meeting times should be solely devoted to PBL.
Teaching of the IA should be done through a direct instruction, step-by-step,
approach.
Further, participants asked that they be allowed to form their groups, be
shown more examples of IA projects, be given more time to reflect and share
IA projects created by workshop participants, and be given more time to create
their own IA projects. This feedback was taken into consideration and changes
were made to the Spring 2009 workshop based on these findings, described
next.
Spring 2009
Table 15.8 shows participant responses on pre- and post-survey likert scale items,
with all responses showing increases from pre- to post-survey, with moderate to
strong effect sizes. Effect size computations show that participants had a strong pos-
itive effect size on experience creating using online resources in the classroom and
knowing how to effective teaching with technology in the classroom. Participants
had moderate effect sizes on the experience creating online lessons, knowing how
to effectively use technology in a classroom setting.
Table 15.8 Likert scale survey items results, means, standard deviations, and effect sizes (scale
from 0
=
low to 4
=
high), Spring 2009
Pre-survey
Post-survey
Likert scale survey item
Mean
SD
Mean
SD
Effect size ( d )
I have experience creating online
lessons
2.81
1.22
3.25
0.93
0.47
I have experience using online
resources in the classroom
1.44
1.46
2.75
0.93
1.4
I know how to effectively use
technology in a classroom
setting
1.75
1.13
2.63
1.31
0.67
I know how to effectively teach
with technology in the
classroom
1.75
1.13
2.75
0.93
1.08
I frequently use problem-based
learning in the classroom
1.31
1.01
1.88
1.09
0.52
I will continue using
problem-based learning in my
classroom
-
-
2.63
1.31
-
 
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