You are here:

Obstacle or Opportunity? Digital Thresholds in Professional Development
ARTICLE

Journal of Faculty Development Volume 26, Number 3, ISSN 0736-7627

Abstract

Using the Threshold Concepts Framework, I explore places where faculty frequently get stuck when attempting to adopt new technologies. They may be held back by preconceptions that technology is superfluous to traditional teaching methods or believe that they must understand the technology perfectly before introducing it into their teaching. Drawing on formal and informal sources of information, faculty developers can facilitate movement across these thresholds to the realization that experimenting with technology is a necessary approach to understanding how integral it is to the teaching and learning process.

Citation

McGowan, S. (2012). Obstacle or Opportunity? Digital Thresholds in Professional Development. Journal of Faculty Development, 26(3), 25-28. Retrieved March 19, 2024 from .

This record was imported from ERIC on July 1, 2013. [Original Record]

ERIC is sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education.

Copyright for this record is held by the content creator. For more details see ERIC's copyright policy.

Keywords