Development of a Training Course Focused on Enhancing Teachers' Abilities in Using Interactive Electronic Whiteboard Applications

Background and Aims: The integration of interactive electronic whiteboards has revolutionized education by enabling real-time interaction, multimedia use, and internet access, enriching the learning experience and enhancing student engagement. By enhancing comprehension, retention, and teamwork skills, these resources help students overcome obstacles in the future and support a variety of learning styles. This paper aims to develop a training course on teachers’ interactive electronic whiteboard application abilities through a MOOC environment. Materials and Methods: This study employed a mixed-methods research design, combining qualitative and quantitative approaches to gain a comprehensive understanding of the relationship between MOOC training and teachers' interactive electronic whiteboard (IEWB) application abilities. The research methods utilized in this study include teacher interviews, a teacher questionnaire, and Students’ academic performance observation. Data analysis was conducted using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) to perform statistical analyses of the quantitative data. Results: Training courses on teachers’ interactive electronic whiteboard applications through MOOC environment were compound (1) Concept, (2) Objective, (3) Content, (4) Learning activities have 4 steps; step 1 Introduction, Step 2 Explanation, Step 3 Operation, and Step 4 Group Discussion, and (5) Media and Learning resources and 6. Measurement and evaluation, The Results of the evaluation of the appropriateness of the training courses by experts were high. Conclusion: Experts assessed and determined that the MOOC-based teacher training courses on interactive electronic whiteboard applications, which included six thorough components and a four-step learning process, were very suitable.