Abstract
In this paper, we examine the impact of a massive open online course (MOOC) in the context of outdoor mathematics on the participating teachers’ professional development. We firstly introduce the theoretical background on outdoor mathematics, focusing on math trails with the digital tool MathCityMap and professional development to be accomplished using MOOCs. By taking into account the MOOC “Task Design for Math Trails”, with 93 finalists, we analyze the learning progress of 19 selected case studies from different nations and learning levels by taking into account their answers in a pre- and post-questionnaire and their posts on a specific communication message board, with a special focus on the MOOC’s topics’ task design for outdoor mathematics and the digital tool MathCityMap. The analysis is performed using different quantitative and qualitative approaches. The results show that the teachers studied have benefited from professional development, which is evident in the expansion/evolution of their knowledge from a content, pedagogical, and technological perspective. Finally, we formulate consequences for professional development in STEM education, and conclude the paper with limitations to be drawn and a perspective for further research.
Highlights
Concerning the first research question, we can answer that teachers who attended and completed the MaSCE3 massive open online course (MOOC), by joining the MOOC-ecosystem, benefited from the double learning process
The E → I process is visible in the MaSCE3 MOOC
The E ← I process is visible in the MaSCE3 MOOC
Summary
The Erasmus+ strategic partnership “Math Trails in School, Curriculum, and Educational Environments of Europe” By enriching an old idea (see, for example, [1]) through the digital tool “MathCityMap”, the MaSCE3 project aims at promoting math trails in an educational setting. The web portal is an international database of tasks and math trails. 2021, while this paper was have beingto written, there were than 27,000 tasks by and Teaching mathematics does not be limited to themore well-known classroom more than authors in different languages, available in more than countries. They are linked to the object’s location and have a task picture.
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