Dear GKD Members, Welcome to the GKD-DOTCOM Discussion on "Online Professional Development for Educators." This has been an important topic for GKD members over the years and we look forward to discussing it in depth during the next 4 weeks. The DOT-COM Alliance will develop a White Paper on the topic, drawing on the valuable input and recommendations of GKD members, and the paper will be widely circulated in the development and developing country communities. Cases described by GKD members will be cited in the paper.
Agenda * What activities are offering online professional development for educators? (June 1-4) * What resources are required to have the desired impact and sustainability? (June 7-11) * What methodologies are useful for evaluating online professional development efforts? (June 14-18) * What's on the horizon...and where should we aim to go over the next 3 years? (June 21-25) ***Background: DOT-COM/InterAction Speaker Series*** This discussion is sponsored by the USAID-funded DOT-COM Alliance and InterAction, and hosted by GKD. It builds on a session of the DOT-COM/InterAction ICT Speaker Series (Washington, D.C. 6 May 2004). Session speakers included: * Stone Wiske, Harvard University, School of Education * Sapnesh Lalla, Vice President, NIIT Ltd. * Kelvin Wong, Center for International Development and Conflict Management, University of Maryland More information on the session, and copies of the speakers' presentations, can be found at the DOT-COM Alliance website: http://www.dot-com-alliance.org/ The DOT-COM Archives of this discussion (as of June 1) are available on: http://www.dot-com-alliance.org/archive.html and in the GKD database: http://www.GKDknowledge.org We look forward to an exciting and valuable exchange of experience and lessons learned on this important topic. ------------ This DOT-COM Discussion is funded by the dot-ORG USAID Cooperative Agreement, and hosted by GKD. http://www.dot-com-alliance.org provides more information. To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe gkd OR type: unsubscribe gkd For the GKD database, with past messages: http://www.GKDknowledge.org
