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Professional Learning Platforms (PLPs) to Increase Teacher Preparedness and Self-Efficacy
The level of investment in education technology has grown significantly in the last few years (Parkay, Stanford & Gougeon, 2010). Inservice and preservice teachers are working together to create a student-centered learning environment that welcomes mobile technology in their classrooms. But what resources are offered to these forward-thinking teachers? Without the proper training, teachers are left at a disadvantage; unable to connect to their students through their mobile devices leaves a very effective learning path unexplored. But now, bridging the digital divide within the classroom is becoming easier through innovative organizations leveraging cloud-based platforms to their advantage.
A Professional Learning Platform is a cloud-based professional development solution using online video modules, digital badges, and gamification concepts to increase and support both the acquisition and the application of mobile technology knowledge, and its integration, into classrooms (www.kdsi.org).
“Research suggests there is an exceptionally strong relationship between communal learning, collegiality, and collective action and changes in teacher practice and increases in student learning. “
There are several apps and platforms taking on the task of training teachers. Below, is a spotlight on three notable organizations:
A Professional Learning Platform is a cloud-based professional development solution using online video modules, digital badges, and gamification concepts to increase and support both the acquisition and the application of mobile technology knowledge, and its integration, into classrooms (www.kdsi.org).
“Research suggests there is an exceptionally strong relationship between communal learning, collegiality, and collective action and changes in teacher practice and increases in student learning. “
There are several apps and platforms taking on the task of training teachers. Below, is a spotlight on three notable organizations:
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