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    Professional development: Then and now

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    Authors
    Bolt, Susan
    Date
    2012
    Type
    Conference Paper
    
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    Bolt, Susan. 2012. Professional development: Then and now, in Proceedings of IADIS International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age (CELDA 2012), Oct 19-21 2012. Madrid, Spain: International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS).
    Source Title
    IADIS International Conference (CELDA 2012) Proceedings
    Source Conference
    IADIS International Conference (CEDLA 2012): Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age
    ISBN
    9789898533128
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/16877
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Technological developments have altered pedagogies in classroom teaching but approaches to teacher professional development have remained largely unchanged. The purpose of this paper is to describe an evolving learning process that spans the last decade and draws from three different investigations into professional development. One study was situated in a face-to-face action research context and the other in an online environment. The conclusions drawn about the nature of effective professional development in these independent studies show that whether in online or face-to-face contexts educational developers need to consider similar elements. A review of the literature indicated that further research was required to enhance the development, implementation and evaluation of online professional development opportunities to meet the in-time learning needs of teachers in sustainable ways. The author concludes by summing up the advantages and disadvantages of moving towards online teacher professional development and considers possible applications.

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