• DocumentCode
    3075077
  • Title

    Using a Blended Approach to In-service Teacher Training: A Case Study

  • Author

    Sardessai, Shailaja ; Kamat, Venkatesh V.

  • Author_Institution
    Educ., Gov. of Goa, Panaji, India
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    14-16 July 2011
  • Firstpage
    266
  • Lastpage
    269
  • Abstract
    This paper presents a case study wherein 498 school Computer Literacy teachers spread all over the State of Goa, were trained over a 2 year period by Goa University, using a blended approach, under the Post Graduate Diploma in Computers and Educational Technology (PGDCET) project. The paper gives a brief description of the approaches used in designing and implementing the course. In particular, it presents our findings on the benefits of using a Learning Management System to provide support for self-paced learning.
  • Keywords
    computer based training; computer science education; educational courses; further education; teacher training; unsupervised learning; Goa University; Post Graduate Diploma in Computers and Educational Technology project; blended approach; in-service teacher training; learning management system; self-paced learning; Computers; Educational institutions; Least squares approximation; Schedules; Software; Training; blended learning; in-service teacher training;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Technology for Education (T4E), 2011 IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Chennai, Tamil Nadu
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1521-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-0-7695-4534-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/T4E.2011.54
  • Filename
    6004398