Collaborative Professional Education for e-Teaching in Networked Schools

• Main Author: Ken Stevens
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Zenodo 2008
• Subjects: Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1330871

Networked schools have become a feature of education systems in countries that seek to provide learning opportunities in schools located beyond major centres of population. The internet and e-learning have facilitated the development of virtual educational structures that complement traditional schools, encouraging collaborative teaching and learning to proceed. In rural New Zealand and in the Atlantic Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, e-learning is able to provide new ways of organizing teaching, learning and the management of educational opportunities. However, the future of e-teaching and e-learning in networked schools depends on the development of professional education programs that prepare teachers for collaborative teaching and learning environments in which both virtual and traditional face to face instruction co-exist.