This article is an adapted excerpt from a full paper that was presented at the mLearn 2012 conference in Helsinki, October 14 2012. “Mobiles For Teaching (And Learning): Supporting Teachers With Content And Methods For Reading Instruction”. The full paper will be published in the forthcoming conference proceedings. What is m-learning? Is it you or […]
The unprecedented uptake of mobile devices, in particular mobile phones, in both developed and developing countries opens up new possibilities for increasing education access, equity and quality. Mobile learning, a growing field of ICT in education, has the potential to significantly impact the delivery of education. However, an enabling policy environment is needed to fully […]
In my work, I design, plan, carry out, evaluate and research online learning for teachers, but I rarely get to be an “online learner” (I enroll in plenty of MOOCs, but have yet to make it past week one!) Though this month-long forum was not officially an online course, it was similar enough that, by […]
This month’s Educational Technology Debate was inspired by a free distance education guide, Distance Education for Teacher Training: Modes, Models and Methods. . Building on 25 years of distance learning internationally (with Interactive Radio Instruction, Interactive Audio Instruction and online learning), Education Development Center has assembled research, best practices, interviews with distance education practitioners and […]
Distance education is now more than ever a viable and highly desirable solution for teacher training and it can provide the high quality instruction that is required today. There are a variety of strategies for developing distance based teacher education and we need to understand how new and emerging Web 2.0 technologies based on collaborative […]
The evidence form Pakistan confirms that open and distance learning can reach large audiences, and can do so quickly. Is distance education a viable solution to attain the kind of high quality teachers students need? Evidences from Pakistan reveal mix opinion about the quality of distance education in general and for professional degrees including teacher […]
On a theoretical level, no one can dispute the statement that “technological advancements today have the potential to provide efficient solutions for distance teacher professional development (TPD)”, this is especially true in terms of time and scale. However, a set of questions stem from the above statement, and the main ones are: “Can the available […]
There are multiple ways of conceiving and implementing educational systems where students can learn via a basically non-face-to-face interaction with others, the essence of distance education. All of these systems intend to overcome situational barriers that adults might have for learning, but they can differ in several dimensions. A multidimensional set of opportunities are available […]
. The greatest single predictor of student achievement is access to a high-quality teacher. The difference between having a good teacher and a bad teacher can exceed one grade level in annual achievement growth—a massive effect when one considers that in so many parts of the globe, children receive only a primary school education. Access […]
The greatest single predictor of student achievement is access to a high-quality teacher. Yet many teachers across the globe lack the content, pedagogical and assessment knowledge to be considered “high quality.” Many countries are attempting to address this issue through distance learning as they ramp up efforts to meet Education for All and Millennium Development […]
