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The Practitioner’s Model: Designing a Professional Development Program for Online Teaching
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, , Swinburne University of Technology, Australia ; , Deakin University, Australia

International Journal on E-Learning Volume 7, Number 4, ISSN 1537-2456 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC USA

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This article describes the experiences of staff responsible for developing and delivering professional development (PD) in online teaching in three universities in the same Australian state. Each university draws on a similar pool of staff and students, and operates under the same government regulations, but has used different models of policy and resourcing to implement their PD program. The implications of this are discussed, and a model for an "ideal" implementation presented.

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Weaver, D., Robbie, D. & Borland, R. (2008). The Practitioner’s Model: Designing a Professional Development Program for Online Teaching. International Journal on E-Learning, 7(4), 759-774. Waynesville, NC USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved July 2, 2022 from .

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