Online teacher training courses and self-study modules offer teachers flexible study options to meet their training and development needs.

Practicing educators can take online professional development for various reasons such as  getting  new certifications, moving up the pay scale, but mainly learning new approaches to teaching.

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What advantages do online courses offer?

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- Global connection

Through online professional development teachers have the chance to learn, acquire new content and teaching strategies, connect and work with other educators at a global scale.

- Flexibility

In an online course, teachers can work at their own pace, as well as access classes any time of the day from any working technical location. Online learning provides an open schedule, great flexibility and can greatly decrease stress for teachers.

- Affordability

Today, educators are looking for cost-effective, engaging, and challenging opportunities that can help them stay competitive, acquire new strategies, and use new techniques that enhance their teaching. Online courses are generally affordable or, as in the case of the European platforms we will use during the project, free.

- Technology

Since teachers will increasingly have to develop technology-based approaches for instructional delivery and assessment thus it essential for them to get professional development to learn how to teach in virtual environments.

- Engaging Offerings

Online professional development provides educators with a chance to discover unique and engaging learning opportunities in areas that hold their interests as well as to find out innovative methods and unique resources, and to collaborate on strategy.

The courses offered are countless.

 

The advantages of online teacher professional development for teachers cannot be underestimated. Teachers are busier today more than in the past. Online learning can take some of the pressure off.