Online PD

Educators' professional learning is increasingly done online. Learn more about online PD, including how well it works
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Giacomo Marchesi
Professional Development The Online Option
An explosion of offerings and evolving methodologies have made Web-based training a viable choice for many teachers.
Stephen Sawchuk, September 21, 2009
8 min read
Education Build or Buy Online PD?
School administrators should ask several important questions before deciding whether to create their own online professional development programs or purchase them off the shelf, an online professional development expert told the audience at this NECC session.
Katie Ash, July 1, 2009
1 min read
IT Infrastructure & Management Online Professional Training: Build IT or Buy IT?
Experts at the National Educational Computing Conference in Washington today will be discussing the key factors schools must weigh when deciding whether to create homemade online professional development products or purchase them off the shelf. Read this Digital Directions article to help you make more informed decisions on this issue.
Michelle R. Davis, June 26, 2009
3 min read
IT Infrastructure & Management Creating Value With Online Teacher Training
Online professional development programs can provide flexibility and value if well-integrated.
Michelle R. Davis, March 16, 2009
5 min read
Professional Development Online Professional Development Weighed as Cost-Saving Tactic
Schools facing budget cutbacks look to online teacher training to save money and expand offerings.
Michelle R. Davis, March 13, 2009
7 min read
Education Online Professional Development Resources
Professional knowledge can be key to success in interviews and the classroom. Here are some key professional development Web sites for teachers.
April 9, 2008
7 min read
IT Infrastructure & Management Making Online PD Work
Tips for setting up effective online teacher-learning programs.
March 12, 2008
1 min read
IT Infrastructure & Management How to Choose the Best Online Training for Teachers
Administrators must be sure to avoid offering online professional development that doesn’t connect with what teachers do in the classroom.
Michelle R. Davis, June 20, 2007
5 min read
IT Infrastructure & Management Teachers’ Unions Taking Professional Development Online
The move could represent a large-scale shift into digital professional development for teachers.
Bess Keller, April 24, 2007
4 min read
Education Report Roundup Online Teacher Training
Interaction among teachers in online professional-development seminars increases when teachers, rather than expert facilitators, lead their peers in discussions, according to a Brown University study.
Jessica L. Tonn, December 13, 2005
1 min read
Education Report Roundup Online Professional-Development Approaches Compared
Interaction among teachers in online professional-development seminars increases when teachers, rather than expert facilitators, lead their peers in discussions, according to a Brown University study.
Jessica L. Tonn, December 5, 2005
1 min read
Professional Development E-Training Offers Options
In the spring of 2000, Carol Scott Whelan and four of her colleagues at the state department of education in Louisiana decided to take a course called Introduction to Online Technology from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Michelle Galley, May 9, 2002
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