1. Embedded Webinars for School-Specific and School- Run Staff Development ICSEI 2016, Glasgow 7 Jan 16, 11:30-13:00, Argyll Suite 2B Christoph Hofbauer & Tanja Westfall-Greiter Center for Learning Schools Barbara Pitzer Ministry of Education and Women‘s Affairs Austria

2. What is an eLecture? eLectures are described as „interactive television“ by the Online Campus in Austria. They are webinars using Adobe Connect.

3. More and more teachers are taking advantage of the eLecture programme. The CLS with the support of the Online Campus began offering eLectures in 2013. We now have a staff member dedicated to CLS webinars.

4. The CLS eLecture programme has grown from 18 webinars in 2014/15 to approx. 10 per month in 2015/16. Teams also attend the webinars together. The focus is on instructional development for the New Middle School reform.

5. Evidence-based criteria for effective professional development 1.starts with the end in mind. 2.challenges thinking as part of changing practice 3.is based on the assessment of individual and school needs 4.connects work-based learning and external expertise 5.strongly enhanced by collaborative learning and joint practice development 6.enhanced by inter- and intra-school professional learning communities 7.requires leadership to create the necessary conditions Stoll, L., Harris, A., & Handscomb, G. (2012). Great Professional Development which Leads to Great Pedagogy: Nine Claims from Research. Nottingham: National College for School Leadership.

6. To every development there is a beginning… Photos © Helmar Reisigl Thomas Nàrosy NMS e-Learning

7. Prototyping Scharmer’s questions: 1.Is it relevant? 2.Is it right? 3.Is it revolutionary? 4.Is it rapid? 5.Is it rough? 6.Is it relationally effective? 7.Is it replicable? Presencing Institute, www.presencing.com/sites/default/files/tools/PI_Tool_Prototyping.pdf

8. Prototype „eLecture on Demand“ 1.School requests eLecture 2.Scheduling (test-date, schedule staff conference + eLecture) 3.Conference begins, login to webinar room 4.Questions and comments in chat space 5.Interaction during and at the end 6.Goodbye and logout 7.Staff conference continues with school- specific needs

9. Feedback of school principal after first prototype Von: Direktion Gesendet: Freitag, 08. Mai 2015 15:53 An: Tanja Westfall-Greiter Betreff: AW: AW: eLecture am 8.5.... Dear Ms. Westfall-Greiter and Mr. Schmid, A great session, teachers were animated to reflect, now there are intensive discussions in the subject teams. I would be very pleased if I could knock on your door again if another issue is especially important. Many thanks to you and Mr. Schmid!

10. From „eLecture on Demand“ to… eKon­fe­renz noun 1.A webinar embedded in a staff conference at a school 2.A gathering of school staff for discussion and deliberation on professional issues supported by a webinar

11. Programme 2015/16 Two topics: „ Practice Development with Focus on Flexible Differentiation“ „Practice Development with Focus on Effective Assessment“ In cooperation

12. Option: Virtual PLC-Room on the NMS- Edumoodle-Platform

13. Organisation, Preparation, Advertising  Topics and schedule  Materials: Webinar slides, supporting materials and practice tasks, PLC guides  Advertising via the NMS-Platform, forums, events, email

14. Sample material

15. Evidence-based criteria for effective professional development starts with the end in mind. challenges thinking as part of changing practice is based on the assessment of individual and school needs connects work-based learning and external expertise strongly enhanced by collaborative learning and joint practice development enhanced by inter- and intra-school professional learning communities requires leadership to create the necessary conditions Stoll, L., Harris, A., & Handscomb, G. (2012). Great Professional Development which Leads to Great Pedagogy: Nine Claims from Research. Nottingham: National College for School Leadership.

16. Evaluation Focus on impact on collegial learning and instructional development :  How do the embedded webinars affect collegial learning in the school?  Instructional development? Evaluation Tools  Optimizing in process with the participants  Feedback at the end of each webinar using feedback tools in Adobe Connect  Digital surveys of school principals, teacher leaders and teachers at the end of the year Photo NMS Weer

17. Evaluation Although the impact of the embedded webinars on student engagement and achievement is of central interest, these factors can only be evaluated indirectly by surveying the teachers because there is a lack of tools, data and resources for before-after comparisons. Photos NMS Weer

18. A closing invitation…  We are open for questions and comments.  How would you evaluate the impact on collegial learning and instructional development?  What would be success indicators for you? Thank you for your attention!