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Teacher professional learning may seem to refer only to staff capacity to implement technology integration, but a more holistic view will include knowledge of how schools plan, implement and evaluate effective technology professional learning, especially with regard to how it enhances the quality of teaching and learning in the school. This will include:
- developing structures and conditions to support teachers to improve their technology capabilities;
- supporting teachers to effectively integrate technology into learning and teaching;
- supporting teachers through the process of change;
- developing collaborative, reflective, inquiry-based technology professional learning models and cultures aligned to the school’s vision and goals;
- planning and implementing effective professional learning focused on, and embedded in, teachers’ technology practice;
- using whole school performance data, especially the ePotential Teacher ICT Capabilities Survey (which we used in Lesson 1), which helps identify the ICT professional learning needs.
Source: e-Learning Planning Guide, http://epotential.education.vic.gov.au/
These points listed above are six considerations you will need to refer to in your School Technology Plan.
- Refer to Page 21 of the Victoria DEECD e-Learning Planning Guide for further assistance with key questions you could ask.
- Read the Essendon Case Study to see how they included the professional learning considerations into their e-learning plan.
- Read the summary of advice (given in the paragraph on ICT Professional Learning) from Victoria DEECD e-leaning plans.
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Go to the online collaborative document your tutor has created for you and brainstorm possible strategies for teacher professional learning in technology learning.
- Use ideas of your peers as a springboard for further ideas.
- Record main ideas in the first column and record related ideas in the next three columns.
- Try to take into account all six considerations mentioned above.
The online collaborative document will look something like this:
