Distance Education for Teacher Training: Modes, Models, and Methods

Distance Education for Teacher Training: Modes, Models, and Methods gathers research and lessons learned from numerous distance education programs in over 100 nations and territories to help distance education policymakers, planners and designers develop distance education systems focused on producing high-quality teachers.

Whether upgrading “un-trained” teachers’ existing skills, providing teachers with enrichment or continuing education opportunities or helping teachers gain advanced degrees or certification, nations across the globe are increasingly turning to distance education as a convenient, flexible and multimodal avenue for teacher education

Distance Education for Teacher Training focuses on the following areas:

• modes of distance education—types of distance-based delivery systems and their strengths and weaknesses from print to digital gaming to online learning to mobile technologies
• models of distance education for teacher training programs—actual examples of various programs from each continent
• methods or best practices necessary to develop a high-quality distance education program Unlike most distance education books, this guide focuses less on policy and funding, and almost exclusively on building high-quality teaching and learning within a distance-based system

With over 200 web references to existing programs and technology tools; an annotated reference section of distance-based resources; and an extensive glossary of terms and bibliography, this guide is a valuable resource for those interested in not just distance education but technology and professional development.