Evaluation of Professional Learning for Technology Integration

Researchers from the School of Business and Economics at North Carolina A&T State University perform a qualitative study that examines the characteristics of professional development evaluation activities for the integration of instructional technology into teaching practices found in the literature. The goal of the researchers is to develop a high-quality professional development model for the evaluation of activities performed in each training.

The questions the researchers raise are: what are the characteristics of recent professional development evaluation activities for the integration of instructional technology into teaching practices, and, what are the characteristics of a high-quality model for the evaluation of professional development activities related to the effective integration of instructional technology into teaching practices? Using content analysis methodology to identify patterns, themes, and biases in 20 published studies, the researchers use the following steps to evaluate the literature:

1. Identify material (professional development evaluation activities related to instructional technology) from over…