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“Professional Development” Results

A Long Awaited Conversation: Dialogue to Bridge the High Tech/High Touch Gap in Early Childhood Work

This meeting summary focuses on the need to provide professional development to large numbers of early care and education professionals and the need to improve the educational levels of current and prospective early childhood professionals. More...

An Effective Way of Teaching Early Childhood Education Online.

Smita Guha gives suggestions regarding how to successfully conduct early childhood classes online and the results she has found from her own experiences as an instructor in the online delivery format. More...

High Touch in a High Tech World: Strategies for Individualizing Online Learning

Paper cautions educators to not overemphasize online aesthetic presentation while forsaking the need to individualize online educational experiences.  Also encourages educators to build relationships between student and instructor. More...

Innovations in E-learning: New Promises for Professional Development

This article cites the benefits of technology tools for the field of early childhood professional development and education while also highlighting successful models. More...

Technology and Early Childhood Professional Development: A Policy Discussion

This report, including 10 recommendations, resulted from a meeting of policymakers and practitioners regarding technology and early childhood professional development. More...

Three Tables Related to Technology-Based Professional Development.

This article discusses the differences between teaching courses in the traditional face to face format with that of the online format. More...

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