AUTHOR=Zhang Jing , Wang Bing , Yang Harrison Hao , Chen Zengzhao , Gao Wei , Liu Zhi TITLE=Assessing quality of online learning platforms for in-service teachers’ professional development: The development and application of an instrument JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology VOLUME=13 YEAR=2022 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.998196 DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2022.998196 ISSN=1664-1078 ABSTRACT=

To help optimize online learning platforms for in-service teachers’ professional development, this study aims to develop an instrument to assess the quality of this type of platforms on teacher satisfaction. After reliability and validity tests and expert empowerment, the 27-item instrument was formed. Based on the information systems (IS) success model, this instrument was designed to measure teacher perceptions of the quality of online learning platforms from three dimensions, namely, content quality, technical quality, and service quality. Moreover, the developed instrument was used to analyze the effects of the National Teacher Training Platform amid the COVID-19 outbreak in China. The findings revealed that the improvement of the platform’s style, tool function, operating efficiency, and teaching methods could enhance teachers’ experience of online training.