Social Media-Based Professional Development for Teachers of BYOD Classrooms
Abstract: Sustained professional development is needed to help teachers transition to the ever increasing availability of mobile devices in K-12 classrooms. The purpose of this study is to determine if follow-up professional development delivered through social media has any effect on teachers’ sense of efficacy in content delivery and instructional strategies within the scope of a Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) classroom. A professional learning community (PLC) was created as a Facebook group and included twice-daily posts regarding mobile device topics and strategies. Sixty participants attended one of three face-to-face professional development sessions and were then divided into two groups: one receiving follow-up professional development through the Facbook group and the other having no access to this group. This study is expected to end in the spring semester of 2016. Partial data and preliminary findings will be available at the time of the SITE conference.