Blend ON!: A Guide for Effective Blended Continuous Professional Development (75897)
Session Chair: Nelda Mouton
Sunday, 18 February 2024 09:30
Session: Session 1
Room: Sri Nakorn
Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
Over the last few years, an exponential expansion and exploration of different remote models of education and continuous professional development (CPD) have occurred. The speed at which many in-person programmes shifted practically overnight to online delivery, left little time for thoughtful re-design. With the threat of Covid-19 now subsiding, some providers are returning to traditional in-person forms of CPD or deciding to continue with fully remote (often online) CPD.
However, in many instances, blended CPD can offer a higher quality of CPD by combining the benefits of in-person and remote CPD. The Blend ON! guide helps CPD providers find the right blend, where participants are motivated and engaged and that includes all participants in a way that is cost-effective, scalable, and sustainable. The guide is aimed at CPD providers in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), offering a practical step-by-step framework that helps them to create and implement high-quality blended CPD.
This guide is the outcome of a co-creation process with eight international organisations that support government partners and CPD providers, in which participants engaged in a professional learning community (PLC). Simultaneously, a pilot programme in Vietnam informed the iterative development process. A study on blended CPD approaches in pre-service and in-service primary teacher education in Vietnam highlighted that blended CPD is still an emerging concept, often narrowly interpreted and lacking clearly defined policies and definitions. The study recommended capacity building for blended CPD providers as essential for future interventions, which is indeed what this Blend ON! guide responds to.
Authors:
Koen Verrecht, VVOB, Vietnam
Silvija Pozenel, VVOB, Vietnam
Chau Thi Nguyen, VVOB, Vietnam
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