{"id":2493,"date":"2012-07-31T09:28:47","date_gmt":"2012-07-31T13:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edutechdebate.org\/?p=2493"},"modified":"2012-09-27T10:38:59","modified_gmt":"2012-09-27T14:38:59","slug":"distance-education-for-teacher-training-modes-models-and-methods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edutechdebate.org\/distance-education-for-teachers\/distance-education-for-teacher-training-modes-models-and-methods\/","title":{"rendered":"Distance Education for Teacher Training: Modes, Models and Methods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This month\u2019s <em>Educational Technology Debate <\/em>was inspired by a free distance education guide, <a href=\"http:\/\/go.edc.org\/07xd\">Distance Education for Teacher Training: Modes, Models and Methods<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/go.edc.org\/07xd\"><img src=\"http:\/\/edutechdebate.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/distance-education-for-teachers.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style\"><a class=\"addthis_button_preferred_1\"><\/a><a class=\"addthis_button_preferred_2\"><\/a><a class=\"addthis_button_preferred_3\"><\/a><a class=\"addthis_button_preferred_4\"><\/a><a class=\"addthis_button_compact\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/js\/250\/addthis_widget.js#pubid=wayan\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>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 its own experiences to develop this valuable resource for education policymakers and planners.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/go.edc.org\/07xd\">Distance Education for Teacher Training: Modes, Models and Methods<\/a> focuses on distance education for teacher professional development and highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Modes of distance education<\/strong>\u2014types of distance-based delivery systems and their strengths and weaknesses from print to digital gaming to online learning to mobile technologies<\/li>\n<li><strong>Models of distance education for teacher training programs<\/strong>\u2014actual examples of various programs from each continent<\/li>\n<li><strong>Methods or best practices<\/strong>\u00a0necessary to develop a high-quality distance education programs in over 100 nations and territories.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This comprehensive guide gathers research and lessons learned from numerous programs in over 100 nations and territories and unlike most distance-education books, this guide focuses less on policy and funding, and almost exclusively on building high-quality teaching and learning within a distance-based system.<\/p>\n<p>With over 200 web references to existing programs and technology tools; an annotated reference section of distance-based resources; and an extensive glossary of terms and bibliography, this guide is a valuable resource for those interested in not just distance education but technology and professional development.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embednewsletter\">\n<h2>Don&#8217;t miss a moment of the action!<\/h2>\n<p>Subscribe now and get the Educational Technology Debate sent directly to your inbox.<\/p>\n<form action=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify\" method=\"post\" target=\"popupwindow\" onsubmit=\"window.open('http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=EducationalTechnologyDebate', 'popupwindow', 'scrollbars=yes,width=550,height=520');return true\"><input class=\"text\" id=\"email\" name=\"email\" type=\"text\"><input value=\"EducationalTechnologyDebate\" name=\"uri\" type=\"hidden\"><input name=\"loc\" value=\"en_US\" type=\"hidden\"><input value=\"Sign Up\" class=\"img\" type=\"Submit\"><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/EducationalTechnologyDebate\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~fc\/EducationalTechnologyDebate?bg=003366&amp;fg=FFFFFF&amp;anim=0\" height=\"26\" width=\"88\" style=\"border:0\" class=\"fburner\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br style=\"clear:left;\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month\u2019s Educational Technology Debate was inspired by a free distance education guide, Distance Education for Teacher Training: Modes, Models and Methods. . 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