Learning Community as CPD

1. What have been your challenges with respect to Continuous Professional Development (CPD)?
2. How in your view can CPD be implemented?

NCERT ICT Curriculum 2013 - two themes for TPD/CPD

Connecting and Learning

Forming Professional Learning Networks / Professional Learning Communities / Communities of Practice

1. Sharing resources, experiences, ideas, insights, challenges, problems
2. Seeking support, ideas, feedback
3. Discussing issues, materials, practices
4. Learning together

Virtual forums (digital networks) can support above processes

1. Connecting across geography
2. Connecting across levels/functions
3. Connecting and learning through MOOCs/ courses

Karnataka experience

Subject Teacher Forum - connecting and learning

• State level subject wise google-groups
• District level subject wise google-groups

For

1. Threaded discussions on issues
2. Sharing of materials by teachers

TOOLKIT - Professional Learning Communities, a model for TPD

Creating and Learning

Material making key component of CPD

Digital allows multiple ways to create, revise, translate content

1. Access and learn
2. Adapt and learn
3. Create and learn
4. Revise and learn
5. Share and learn
6. Publish and learn

TOOLKIT - Using FOSS for OER

Digital allows multiple formats - text, audio, video, animation

Digital allows easy publishing of content for wider sharing.

Audio/video useful for LS

Text/video useful for RW

Text - audio and audio - text  conversion useful in language learning

Digital use allows multi-lingual approaches (translation tools)

Karnataka experience

Karnataka Open Educational Resources - creating and learning

Connecting and creating part of a virtuous cycle of CPD

Q - Teachers on learning trajectory v/s relatively stagnant teachers (characteristics?)