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Education is moving from teaching and learning based on face-to-face delivery by teachers regarded as the fount of all wisdom, content-dominated curriculum, and print-based resources toward flexible delivery by facilitators who encourage collaborative learning and the acquisition of problem-solving techniques, using multimedia resources.
This transition is rarely smooth, as educators grapple with the need to adapt traditional teaching and learning strategies and to develop new strategies to incorporate new technologies. It is not only the educators who need to adapt, but also the administrators. Technology should never be seen as the cheap alternative. Development of multimedia resources by a project team incorporating project manager, instructional designer, educator and technical support personnel can be lengthy and costly. Fast, reliable access to the Internet and communication using video conferencing can mean major redevelopment of existing infrastructure at a cost of many millions, as is happening in New South Wales (NSW) schools at the present time.
The Training and Development Directorate within the NSW Department of Education (DET) is very aware of the potential of new technologies to enhance its operations. This paper examines how the Directorate is integrating technology into professional development programs that support changes in teaching and learning. The paper also identifies the strategic planning which needs to occur across the NSW DET to ensure a smooth transition to an effective electronic environment for the whole organisation.
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Lowery, V. (2000). Moving towards an Effective Electronic Training Environment. In: Franklin, S.D., Strenski, E. (eds) Building University Electronic Educational Environments. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing, vol 38. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35502-3_14
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