Allein in einem Feld aus Kacheln: Herausforderungen für Lehrkräftefortbildner*innen bei der Konzeption und Durchführung von Online-Fortbildungen

The digital transformation in the education sector is leading to an increased range of online professional development (PD) courses for teachers. However, the online space harbors some peculiarities, such as the lack of physical presence, which could be associated with a variety of challenges for teacher educators. The aim of this article is to identify these challenges. To this end, 142 teacher educators were interviewed as part of a written online survey, whose responses were evaluated using qualitative content analysis. Social and communicative challenges were mentioned most frequently, technological and health challenges second most frequently and design and organizational challenges third most frequently. Furthermore, social and communicative challenges were reported significantly more frequently by teacher educators with little job experience. These findings show that teacher educators need support in the design and implementation of online PD courses. What this support could look like is outlined at the end of the article.