scholarly journals Online professional development for inservice teachers in Information and Communication Technology: Potentials and challenges

2008 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
George Zhou ◽  
Stanley Varnhagen ◽  
Myrna R. Sears ◽  
Susan Kasprzak ◽  
Gail Shervey
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Learning Community ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
School Change ◽  
Online Professional Development ◽  
Inservice Teachers ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Groupe De Discussion

The purpose of this study was to evaluate an online professional development course for inservice teachers in the area of information and communication technology (ICT) and concurrently explore the factors that influence online professional development. The study integrated quantitative and qualitative methods including survey, focus group and interview, and was conducted during the progress of the course and approximately nine months after the course was over. Data show that the online delivery of ICT professional development for inservice teachers was successful. However, a learning community was difficult to initiate in an online learning environment. Teacher participants experienced great challenges when applying what they learned from the course into their teaching. The study suggests that further online ICT professional development should incorporate face-to-face sessions and enrol more than one teacher from the same school. Professional development aiming at changes should be considered as an ongoing process and supported with school change. Résumé : L’objet de la présente étude consistait à évaluer un cours de perfectionnement professionnel en ligne pour les enseignants qualifiés dans le domaine des technologies de l’information et de la communication et à étudier les facteurs qui ont de l’influence sur le perfectionnement professionnel en ligne. L’étude a tenu compte de méthodes quantitatives et qualitatives, notamment un sondage, un groupe de discussion et une entrevue réalisée alors que le cours était donné et environ neuf mois après la fin du cours. Les données indiquent que la prestation en ligne du cours sur le perfectionnement professionnel sur les technologies de l’information et de la communication pour les enseignants qualifiés s’est avérée une réussite. Toutefois, il a été difficile d’initier une communauté d’apprentissage au milieu de l’apprentissage en ligne. Les enseignants participant ont éprouvé de grandes difficultés à mettre en pratique dans leur enseignement ce qu’ils avaient appris. L’étude suggère que les prochaines séances de perfectionnement professionnel en ligne sur les technologies de l’information et de la communication devront comprendre des séances en personne et devront être offertes à plus d’un enseignant par école. Le perfectionnement professionnel qui vise des changements devrait être considéré comme un processus continu et appuyé alors que l’école change.

scholarly journals A networked learning community approach to sustain teacher ICT professional development

2003 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Glenice Watson ◽  
Sarah Prestridge
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Community ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Networked Learning ◽  
Online Learning Community ◽  
Online Learning Communities ◽  
Community Approach ◽  
Information And Communication

This paper explores the process of collaboratively creating a networked learning community of practising teachers to support information and communication technology (ICT) professional development. The paper reports on one aspect of a continuing ARC funded Linkage project that is concerned with models of teacher ICT professional development that result in multiliterate classroom outcomes. The industry partner for the project is the Suncoast Cyberschools, a group of regional schools for whom being a ‘networked learning community’ is fundamental to their purpose. Data reported in this paper were gathered using archived posts to a threaded discussion forum and analysed qualitatively for evidence of community development, and quantitatively through a process of categorising posts to reflect levels of discussion (Järvelä & Häkkinen, 2002). The research provides a number of indicators that support a claim for the existence of community and some practical stages that are essential to the formation of an online learning community. The findings of this research inform both ICT professional development for practising teachers and the functioning of online learning communities.

scholarly journals Information and communication technology to enhance continuing professional development (CPD) and continuing medical education (CME) for Rwanda: a scoping review of reviews

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Lune Ngenzi ◽  
Richard E. Scott ◽  
Maurice Mars
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Review Articles ◽  
Information And Communication

Abstract Background Access to high quality continuing professional development (CPD) is necessary for healthcare professionals to retain competency within the ever-evolving worlds of medicine and health. Most low- and middle-income countries, including Rwanda, have a critical shortage of healthcare professionals and limited access to CPD opportunities. This study scoped the literature using review articles related to the use of information and communication technology (ICT) and video conferencing for the delivery of CPD to healthcare professionals. The goal was to inform decision-makers of relevant and suitable approaches for a low-income country such as Rwanda. Methods PubMed and hand searching was used. Only review articles written in English, published between 2010 and 2019, and reporting the use of ICT for CPD were included. Results Six review articles were included in this study. Various delivery modes (face to face, pure elearning and blended learning) and technology approaches (Internet-based and non-Internet based) were reported. All types of technology approach enhanced knowledge, skills and attitudes. Pure elearning is comparable to face-to-face delivery and better than ‘no intervention’, and blended learning showed mixed results compared to traditional face-to-face learning. Participant satisfaction was attributed to ease of use, easy access and interactive content. Conclusion The use of technology to enhance CPD delivery is acceptable with most technology approaches improving knowledge, skills and attitude. For the intervention to work effectively, CPD courses must be well designed: needs-based, based on sound educational theories, interactive, easy to access, and affordable. Participants must possess the required devices and technological literacy.

scholarly journals Utilization of Information and Communication Technology in Coordination Between the National Library with the Provincial Library

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 120
Author(s):  
Dimas A. Gammayani ◽  
Irham Hanif Nabawi ◽  
Muhammad Irsyad Alfatih
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Communication System ◽  
Participatory Approach ◽  
Provincial Government ◽  
National Library ◽  
Mutual Cooperation ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Economical Benefit ◽  
Information And Communication

Changes are rapidly occur in this world, especially developments in the field of information and communication technology. Man must be able to adjust quickly to keep up. Developments in information and communication technology has made it easier for people in work. Utilization of information and communication technology are expected to make work performed by humans is more effective and efficient. National Library of Indonesia mandated by Law No. 43 of 2007 as an adviser to all types of libraries throughout Indonesia. In carrying out the task, the National Library should coordinate with local government including the provincial government, represented by the provincial library which can be said to represent the provincial government in the affairs of the library. National Library of Indonesia in coordination with the provincial library has been facilitated by information and communication technology such as telephone, fax and internet. In addition, coordination can also be done through conventional correspondency or direct face to face. This study tried to define which communication system that is commonly used by the National Library of Indonesia when coordinating with the provincial library and the reasons that lie behind them. The method used in this research is descriptive with a participatory approach, the researchers and respondents are equal and shared a mutual cooperation. This research indicates that face-to-face coordination is more preferred, because face-to-face coordination offers a social and economical benefit.

scholarly journals Ethnomethodology Study of Digitalized Social Communication Apprehension in Basmala Youth Community Members

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tuti Widiastuti ◽  
Rajab Ritonga
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Social Communication ◽  
Communication Apprehension ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Youth Community

In the era of Society 5.0, the role of communication technology was further enhanced so that it made it easier for humans in various aspects, such as economic, social, cultural, educational, health, business, and so on. However, the sophistication of information and communication technology causes interpersonal to interact less rarely face to face and face to face because it is more comfortable interacting through cyberspace through social media. This research was conducted to illustrate how social communication from understanding anxiety in the digital age. In conducting interactions, each individual can experience communication fears where individuals tend to experience anxiety because too much information is received. The group can be one of the very positive spheres of communication. The object of this research is Basmala members, who have various backgrounds as members of Islamic spiritual groups who uphold religious values. This research uses a qualitative research method with an ethnomethodology type that looks at how the disclosure of reality in people's lives and how individuals receive, learn, apply information provided in the community. Basmala is an Islamic spiritual organization whose members are students. As a religious organization where the culture and activities of the organization also have characteristics that can lead to the basic rules of religion that are expected to familiarize its members to deal with differences in the communication process to overcome the causes of communication apprehension

scholarly journals The national broadband network and the challenges of creating connectivity in education: The case of Tasmania

2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sue Stack ◽  
Jane Watson ◽  
Joan Abbott-Chapman
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Classroom Teaching ◽  
Technology In Education ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Innovative Methodology ◽  
Broadband Network ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Depth Interviews

<p>Tasmania, one of the first locations to have communities connected to the national broadband network (NBN), provided the context within which to ask significant questions about the implications of the NBN for all levels and sectors of education. This paper reports findings from a research project that developed innovative methodology to explore the issues with 21 respondents categorised as "leaders" in the field of information and communication technology in education. The aim of the research was to conduct an audit of actual and planned implementation of new technologies in classroom teaching through in-depth interviews, to assess challenges faced in implementation and to facilitate dialogue between leaders in disparate education areas through provision of forums online and face-to-face. In this way the action research both contributed to an understanding of issues and acted as a change agent in stimulating the sharing of new approaches to what turned out to be a set of highly complex "wicked" problems. Resulting models using a causal layered approach demonstrate that whereas the NBN did not become the immediate solution to connectivity for these leaders, it provided the motivation to consider what a connected educational environment could be like.</p>

TEACHERS’ PERCEPTION TOWARDS ICT INTEGRATION: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH BLENDED LEARNING

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 20-26
Author(s):  
ARWA AHMED ABDO QASEM ◽  
VISWA NATHAPPA
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Change Strategies ◽  
Ict Integration ◽  
Information And Communication

Integrating Information and Communication Technology (ICT) into teaching and learning is a growing area that has attracted many educators’ efforts in recent years. The teachers need to be involved in collaborative projects and development of intervention change strategies, which would include teaching partnerships with ICT as a tool.

scholarly journals Blended Learning in Research Statistics Course at The English Education Department of Borneo Tarakan University

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (07) ◽  
pp. 61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ridwan Ridwan ◽  
Hariaty Hamid ◽  
Irianto Aras
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
English Education ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Training And Education ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Statistics Course ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Face To Face Learning

The development of information technology that is very rapidly grown nowa-days, particularly the development of information and communication technology enriches the development of the concept of learning based on blended learning. The characteristics of its apparatus, which can always be accessed anytime, any-where, multiuser and offers all its simplicity have made blended learning as a me-dium of instruction which is very appropriate for the development of education. One of the courses considered essential to utilize the information and communica-tion technology is a research statistics because the process of learning, this course has two fundamental parts which cannot be separated to one another, namely the-ory and practice. Thus, it needs a plan of learning activities which combine face-to-face learning and online-based learning interaction. The research was required to conduct to develop blended learning on research statistics course for the stu-dents of English Education Department of Teacher Training and Education Facul-ty of Borneo Tarakan University under a Research and Development by using the ADDIE’s model. The evaluation which was conducted to find out validity, prac-ticality, and effectiveness of blended learning drew three main conclusions: First, the design and development of learning devices were appropriate to be used as guidelines in implementing the learning process. Second, the process of learning was implemented in accordance with the plans and learning devices as well as a learning setting. Third, the students’ learning achievement was classically com-pleted. Thus, the blended learning was found to be valid, practical, and effective for the development of learning

scholarly journals Da'wa in Shihab & Shihab Youtube Content

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-47
Author(s):  
Fauziyah Ikrimah ◽  
M. Alief Rindianto ◽  
Fikry Zahria Emeraldien ◽  
Muhammad Wahyu Pratama
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Information And Communication

The development of information and communication technology plays an important role in meeting the needs of people from various sectors of life, one of which is da'wah. Da'wa activities which are usually carried out face to face, can now be done anywhere and anytime without being constrained by time and place. Youtube is one of the platforms that is often used as a medium of da'wa because Youtube makes it easy to access and spread da'wa messages, especially when conflicts arise in the name of certain groups. This is because the resulting conflict is contrary to the principles of human life, harmony and peace. Therefore, to minimize the occurrence of these conflicts, the application of religious moderation is quite important and is expected to be a 'reducer' for the religious ways of extremist communities. To deal with this, we need some kind of da'wa content that invites people to tolerate and understand the differences, one of which is Shihab & Shihab's Youtube content "Wasathiyyah Islam, Islam in the middle."

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