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online learning environments actually led to higher tested performance than face-to-face learning environments.

It was the combination of elements in the treatment conditions

No longer is online learning just reading a module and answering questions — it can now include synchronous or asynchronous discussions and peer-to-peer learning exercises.

the big challenges is just making time for teachers to participate in any type of quality professional development,

It’s another thing if you’re part of a professional development experience that essentially challenges you to rethink your pedagogy, your content, and your assessments, and that expects you to go try some things in your classroom and reflect on how well they went, and then come back and discuss them with a community of other teachers doing similar things.

online teacher professional development that includes an asynchronous component helps with that kind of reflection.