https://padlet.com/lindahegarty/5c2w5arvyucq These are the findings of section 7 of the survey. Please click on each graph for full view. en-us 2016-12-09 09:57:37 UTC 2024-10-14 07:25:38 UTC hello@padlet.com lindahegarty https://padlet.com/lindahegarty/5c2w5arvyucq/wish/142696078 2016-12-08 22:17:07 UTC https://padlet.com/lindahegarty/5c2w5arvyucq/wish/142696078 lindahegarty https://padlet.com/lindahegarty/5c2w5arvyucq/wish/142699937 (Click to enlarge chart)]]> 2016-12-08 22:56:09 UTC https://padlet.com/lindahegarty/5c2w5arvyucq/wish/142699937 lindahegarty https://padlet.com/lindahegarty/5c2w5arvyucq/wish/142700008 (Click to enlarge chart)]]> 2016-12-08 22:57:01 UTC https://padlet.com/lindahegarty/5c2w5arvyucq/wish/142700008 lindahegarty https://padlet.com/lindahegarty/5c2w5arvyucq/wish/142700078 (Click to enlarge chart)]]> 2016-12-08 22:58:01 UTC https://padlet.com/lindahegarty/5c2w5arvyucq/wish/142700078 lindahegarty https://padlet.com/lindahegarty/5c2w5arvyucq/wish/142700213 40 out of 50 respondents  agreed (22) or strongly agreed (18) that gaining new knowledge is more important to them than accreditation.  

(Click to enlarge chart)]]> 2016-12-08 23:00:15 UTC https://padlet.com/lindahegarty/5c2w5arvyucq/wish/142700213 lindahegarty https://padlet.com/lindahegarty/5c2w5arvyucq/wish/142700525 In the survey, 9 people said they were required to demonstrate credits for CPD, while 32 said they weren’t. 
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1. Improving acquisition of new knowledge and skills
2. Promoting positive attitudes in the workplace
3. Build coping strategies for changes in professional settings
4. Improving workplace performance
This question was designed based  on its commonly understood purpose described by Schostaka (p. 33.,2010) “to ensure that professionals are kept up to date with knowledge and skills, but the issues of attitude and ability to cope with change in professional settings are also important, in order to achieve the ultimate objective of ensuring that “everyday practice is best practice”.  Responses indicated that while no activity scored badly, some types of activities were considered better than others for achieving different objectives. Interestingly, workplace/offsite training courses and events scored highest for improving acquisition of new knowledge and skills, but scored lowest across all the other categories of promoting positive attitudes in the workplace, building coping strategies for changes in professional settings and improving workplace performance. Coaching and mentoring scored highest for achieving all objectives, and while this may be possible in many settings in the developed country under study, it is not the case in the developing country – as one interviewee said: “because in my country there are districts where there is only one person working, now who is going to coach and mentor this one?”

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Note: highest scores are in bold; lowest scores are in red]]> 2016-12-09 10:07:44 UTC https://padlet.com/lindahegarty/5c2w5arvyucq/wish/142752684 lindahegarty https://padlet.com/lindahegarty/5c2w5arvyucq/wish/142754937 Rating of CPD activities according to usefulness in for: 
1. Improving acquisition of new knowledge and skills
2. Promoting positive attitudes in the workplace
3. Build coping strategies for changes in professional settings
4. Improving workplace performance
Respondents to the survey were asked to rate types and features of MOOCs in relation to how well they achieve the objectives of CPD as per the definition above. The option which ranked best overall was fully online MOOCs validated by the professional council or professional association where 89% of respondents gave it a rating of 4 or more. Different options scored better for each objective: Fully online MOOCs validated by universities or other educational bodies were considered the best way of improving acquisition of new knowledge and skills; MOOCs that are validated by the professional council or professional association scored best as a means to build coping strategies for changes in the workplace; in relation to the online option for promoting positive attitudes in the workplace, three choices got a 4 or more rating by 86% of respondents and included MOOOcs validated by universities or other educational bodies, MOOCs validated by professional council or professional association, and non-award bearing MOOCs based on interest and relevance to professional needs. The top scoring options for improving workplace performance were MOOCs validated by professional councils and associations and non-award bearing MOOCs. Webinars and topic-specific MOOC discussion forums for specific professionals received the lowest ratings, though it should be noted that these are often included in MOOCs, so it could be interpreted that respondents prefer packaged MOOCs including all elements rather than stand-alone activities.
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Note: highest scores are in bold; lowest scores are in red]]> 2016-12-09 10:23:21 UTC https://padlet.com/lindahegarty/5c2w5arvyucq/wish/142754937 lindahegarty https://padlet.com/lindahegarty/5c2w5arvyucq/wish/143809899 2016-12-15 12:03:55 UTC https://padlet.com/lindahegarty/5c2w5arvyucq/wish/143809899 lindahegarty https://padlet.com/lindahegarty/5c2w5arvyucq/wish/143810777 In the survey, 3 people disagreed (2) or strongly disagreed with the statement that acquiring new knowledge was more important than gaining accreditation, while one person said: “I like learning but also like to be able to prove that I am working on my CPD, so even a certificate of attendance is nice to have as a record of your learning”. 

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