Investigating In-service Elementary School Teachers’ Satisfaction with Participating in MOOC for Teaching Biological Concepts

Eirini Tzovla; Katerina Kedraka; Christos Kaltsidis

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Eirini Tzovla ¹ ^* , Katerina Kedraka ¹, Christos Kaltsidis ¹

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¹ Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics, Democritus University of Thrace, Laboratory of Teaching and Professional Development of Bioscientists, GREECE^* Corresponding Author

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This paper reports on a study exploring the in-service elementary school teachers satisfaction as far as the design and implementation of a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), which took place during the second wave of pandemic COVID-19 and prepared in-service elementary school teachers how to teach biological concepts in Primary School with the utilization of digital educational content and Open Educational Recourses (OER). A total of 251 teachers enrolled in this MOOC of whom 142 completed the course and were asked to fill-in a questionnaire. The findings indicated that the majority of the participants were satisfied both with the specific learning experience and the participation in a learning community in which interaction, support and active participation were developed. Recommendations are made for future research.

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biological concepts
digital educational content
in-service elementary school teachers
MOOC
satisfaction

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EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, 2021, Volume 17, Issue 3, Article No: em1946

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Tzovla E, Kedraka K, Kaltsidis C. Investigating In-service Elementary School Teachers’ Satisfaction with Participating in MOOC for Teaching Biological Concepts. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2021;17(3):em1946. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/9729

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