Online Learning to Enhance Teacher Professional Development
Online Learning to Enhance Teacher Professional Development
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2008
Authors
Karunanayaka, Shironica
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Commonwealth of Learning (COL)
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Abstract
The dramatic changes in the information and communication technologies (ICTs) over the last
few decades have had significant implications for new teaching and learning approaches. Modern
educational technologies offer the potential for drastic changes in teachers’ roles, aiming at
improving the quality of teaching-learning process. Teachers of today face many new challenges
in order to cater for students who grow up with the emerging technologies. The inadequacies in
the conventional approaches in teacher education to meet the complex demands thrust upon the
teaching profession has led to increased use of open and distance learning methods in teacher
professional development programs. Continuing professional development of teachers, especially
in the use of ICTs to support teaching and learning, has currently become a crucial need. //
The Faculty of Education of the Open University of Sri Lanka (OUSL) offers several professional
development programs of study using ODL techniques, aiming at expanding opportunities for
personnel in the field of education to enhance their professional competencies. “Teacher
Educator as an Educational Technologist” is one of the courses in a practitioner-oriented
professional development program for teacher educators, Master of Arts in Teacher Education-
International (MATE-I) program. This course was developed as a fully online course, using the
learning management system (LMS) Moodle. This is offered as a stand-alone course to practicing
teachers and teacher educators who desire to develop their competencies in the use of
educational technology (ET). The duration of this course is six months, and the participants are
awarded a certificate after successful completion of it. // Paper ID 298
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Open and Distance Learning (ODL),
Learning Management Systems (LMS),
Teacher Education
Country
Sri Lanka
Region
Asia