Online In-service Teacher Professional Development in Malaysia: A New Possibility?

Predominant forms of INSETT available have been known to be inflexible in terms of time and resources, not meet teachers’ actual needs, cause a loss of instructional time with students, and not incorporate sustained collaborative endeavors, nor offer further support after the program. In view of the...

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Main Authors: Lim , Tina Swee Kim, Zoraini Wati Abas,
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Published: 2010
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spelling my.oum.4092013-05-19T03:14:48Z Online In-service Teacher Professional Development in Malaysia: A New Possibility? Lim , Tina Swee Kim Zoraini Wati Abas, LC5201 Education extension. Adult education. Continuing education Predominant forms of INSETT available have been known to be inflexible in terms of time and resources, not meet teachers’ actual needs, cause a loss of instructional time with students, and not incorporate sustained collaborative endeavors, nor offer further support after the program. In view of the increasing successful utilization of online in-service teacher professional development in complementing traditional forms of INSETT in other countries such as the USA, it is time that Malaysia seriously considers similar innovations. As such the purpose of this paper is among others, to examine (1) factors that would cause them to consider participating in online INSETT programs, (2) ICT self-efficacy, and (3) perceived value of various ICT tools for future professional development. Findings indicate that the in-service teachers sampled in this study were generally positive about online INSETT and appeared ready in terms of basic ICT competencies. (Authors' abstract) 2010-05-17 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text http://library.oum.edu.my/repository/409/1/online_tina.pdf Lim , Tina Swee Kim and Zoraini Wati Abas, (2010) Online In-service Teacher Professional Development in Malaysia: A New Possibility? In: Global Learn Asia Pacific (Global Learn) 2010, 17 May 2010, Penang, Malaysia. http://library.oum.edu.my/repository/409/
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topic LC5201 Education extension. Adult education. Continuing education
spellingShingle LC5201 Education extension. Adult education. Continuing education
Lim , Tina Swee Kim
Zoraini Wati Abas,
Online In-service Teacher Professional Development in Malaysia: A New Possibility?
description Predominant forms of INSETT available have been known to be inflexible in terms of time and resources, not meet teachers’ actual needs, cause a loss of instructional time with students, and not incorporate sustained collaborative endeavors, nor offer further support after the program. In view of the increasing successful utilization of online in-service teacher professional development in complementing traditional forms of INSETT in other countries such as the USA, it is time that Malaysia seriously considers similar innovations. As such the purpose of this paper is among others, to examine (1) factors that would cause them to consider participating in online INSETT programs, (2) ICT self-efficacy, and (3) perceived value of various ICT tools for future professional development. Findings indicate that the in-service teachers sampled in this study were generally positive about online INSETT and appeared ready in terms of basic ICT competencies. (Authors' abstract)
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author Lim , Tina Swee Kim
Zoraini Wati Abas,
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Zoraini Wati Abas,
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title Online In-service Teacher Professional Development in Malaysia: A New Possibility?
title_short Online In-service Teacher Professional Development in Malaysia: A New Possibility?
title_full Online In-service Teacher Professional Development in Malaysia: A New Possibility?
title_fullStr Online In-service Teacher Professional Development in Malaysia: A New Possibility?
title_full_unstemmed Online In-service Teacher Professional Development in Malaysia: A New Possibility?
title_sort online in-service teacher professional development in malaysia: a new possibility?
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