The Impact of a MOOC: Long-Term Analysis of Teachers’ Learning Outcomes and Practices

We present the continuation of a study on an international MOOC for the training of mathematics teachers who were introduced to the methodology of outdoor mathematics through MathCityMap. Previously, we presented the immediate learning and professional development outcomes achieved by teachers who p...

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Main Authors: Eugenia Taranto, Simone Jablonski, Tomas Recio, Elisabete Cunha, Matthias Ludwig, Maria Flavia Mammana
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Published: MDPI AG 2025-03-01
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description We present the continuation of a study on an international MOOC for the training of mathematics teachers who were introduced to the methodology of outdoor mathematics through MathCityMap. Previously, we presented the immediate learning and professional development outcomes achieved by teachers who participated in the MOOC. Here, using the theoretical framework of Meta-Didactical Transposition and performing a mixed-type analysis, we investigate the long-term impact of the MOOC on these teachers to whom we administered a questionnaire one year after the end of the MOOC. We conclude that for these teachers, practising mathematics outdoors has become a consolidated teaching practice, but they still feel quite uncomfortable for structural reasons about using some pedagogical instruments they have learned in the MOOC.
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spelling doaj-art-5a61540bf1b34db6a9075acd32eb05e32025-08-20T02:11:13ZengMDPI AGEducation Sciences2227-71022025-03-0115333610.3390/educsci15030336The Impact of a MOOC: Long-Term Analysis of Teachers’ Learning Outcomes and PracticesEugenia Taranto0Simone Jablonski1Tomas Recio2Elisabete Cunha3Matthias Ludwig4Maria Flavia Mammana5Department of Humanities, Foreign Language and Education, Kore University of Enna, 94100 Enna, ItalyInstitute of Mathematics, Paderborn University, 33098 Paderborn, GermanyDepartamento de Matemáticas y Física, Universidad Antonio de Nebrija, 28015 Madrid, SpainDepartment of Education and Teacher Training, School of Education, Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, 4901-908 Viana do Castelo, PortugalInstitut für Didaktik der Mathematik und Informatik, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60325 Frankfurt, GermanyDepartment of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Catania, 95127 Catania, ItalyWe present the continuation of a study on an international MOOC for the training of mathematics teachers who were introduced to the methodology of outdoor mathematics through MathCityMap. Previously, we presented the immediate learning and professional development outcomes achieved by teachers who participated in the MOOC. Here, using the theoretical framework of Meta-Didactical Transposition and performing a mixed-type analysis, we investigate the long-term impact of the MOOC on these teachers to whom we administered a questionnaire one year after the end of the MOOC. We conclude that for these teachers, practising mathematics outdoors has become a consolidated teaching practice, but they still feel quite uncomfortable for structural reasons about using some pedagogical instruments they have learned in the MOOC.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/15/3/336MOOClearning outcomesprofessional developmentoutdoor mathematics
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outdoor mathematics
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