What is it about?
Participation in professional development, or designing and delivering professional development, often requires the use of tools or technologies. As such, it is important to understand the tools and technologies used for experiencing, or designing, professional development. This SAGE Encyclopedia entry is about professional development in general, for any content area.
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Why is it important?
This entry includes a discussion of tools and technologies commonly used in formal and informal professional development, as well as the design and development of professional development experiences, and emerging trends in the technology used in professional development.
Perspectives
This encyclopedia entry was written when badging for learning and MOOCs were gaining a lot of attention. As such, it mentions badging and MOOCs as up and coming technologies for professional development. Badging is still garnering attention, so this chapter may prove useful in those contexts. Attention to MOOCs has waned, but they still exist as their purpose, design, and "business models" evolve, especially toward more professional development contexts. This encyclopedia entry may be especially relevant to those interested in MOOCs, and even more so to those looking at MOOCs in combination with badges.
Professor of Instructional Technology Charles B. Hodges
Georgia Southern University
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This page is a summary of: Professional Development Tools and Technologies, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.4135/9781483346397.n246.
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