Preparation, implementation and evaluation of a training program design for supporting teachers' online education processes

The aim of this study is to determine the needs and competencies of teachers for online education and to develop, implement and evaluate an in-service training program design to support teachers' online education processes. Within the scope of the research in which a multi-stage mixed design was adopted, needs assessment, competency assessment, data collection tools, program development, pilot study, and confirmatory study and evaluation working groups were formed. In addition, a needs assessment questionnaire and a semi-structured interview form were used as data collection tools to determine the needs of teachers and Delphi study was conducted for the competencies that teachers should have in online education. In addition, the Teacher Competencies in Online Education Scale was used to determine the competency levels of teachers and an online asynchronous in-service training program design was developed. As a result of the data analysis, many competencies for online education were identified and it was found that teachers needed support for their online education processes. The training program design was implemented for 5 weeks and completed with 17 participants. During the training, semi-structured interview data, experimental data, learning products and learning analytics data provided by the learning management system were collected and analysed. As a result of the implementation process, it was concluded that the in-service training program design contributed to the support of teachers' online education processes. This conclusion was supported by various quantitative and qualitative data.