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Excerpted from the infoDev publication, Using Technology to Train Teachers: Appropriate Uses of ICT for Teacher Professional Development in Developing Countries.

Guiding questions

• How can the country’s educational system best take advantage of the many international resources in online TPD?
• Are there educators in the country who are using computers and have the skills to benefit from online TPD courses?
• Which model—self-directed, online TPD courses, or online TPD communities—is most appropriate for the local situation?

Contents

• Modes of Online TPD
• Open and Distance Learning
• Face-to-face vs. Online TPD
• Self-directed Online TPD
• Overcoming Challenges in Self-directed Learning:Turhan Alnitemiz
• Commonwealth Electronic Network for Schools and
  Education
• Online TPD Courses
• Connect-ED Uganda
• WIDE World
• Online TPD Communities
• iEARN
• Development vs Recurrent Costs for Online TPD
• Web Resources