IT, E-Learning and Teacher Development.

Abstract

This paper traces some of the ways that IT has changed and continues to change our lives, and how information and communication technologies or ICT are changing learning in schools. The real potential of ICT is the way it changes learners and the major focus of the paper is on e-learning, a term that combines pedagogy and technology. For this potential to be realised, teacher development is critical, and to this end some of the rich resources available for use by teacher educators through global gateways are described. The paper concludes by outlining why e-learning is important in teacher development. Information technology, e-learning, ICT, online learning, teacher development, global gateways, portals PREFACE It is a privilege to present this year’s Jim Richardson Annual Lecture in Education, in honour of a great educator. It is a particular pleasure because Professor Jim Richardson’s career and mine have been very much intertwined, rather like the game of catch up as I’ll explain. Jim’s first academic appointment in Australia was to the Remedial Education Centre at the

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