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Friday 28 December 2018

Professional Development through Online Learning



Professional Development of Teachers
The development of any nation depends mainly on the standards of its educational institutions. The teacher is a lifelong learner. It is the primary duty of a teacher to upgrade and up to date his knowledge, understanding, and skills with a positive attitude for effective teaching and learning. We can say it simply as Continuing Professional Development (CPD) (Amareswaran, 2018).
Effective professional development is on-going, includes training, practice, and feedback, and provides adequate time and follow-up support. Successful programmes involve teachers in learning activities that are similar to ones they will use with their students and encourage the development of teachers’ learning communities. There is growing interest in developing schools as learning organizations, and in ways, for teachers to share their expertise and experience more systematically (OECD, 2009). 

Professional Development Tools
A. Teaching-Learning Material
1To download 33 crore e-books visit
2. To download 1.5 crore learning items in Indian languages visit
            https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/
3. To read books at 10, 000 libraries visit
            https://www.worldcat.org 
4. To download powerpoint presentations (ppts) visit
            https://www.slideshare.net/
5. To download Ph.D. thesis visit
            http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/
6. To download Ph.D. approved synopsis
            http://shodhgangotri.inflibnet.ac.in/
7. To refer worldwide research reports/thesis visit
8. To watch 32 DTH Education channels
            https://www.swayamprabha.gov.in/
9. To develop e-content for students visit
            http://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/
10. To know curricula for ICT in Education visit
B. World Wide Conference/Seminar/Workshop/Symposium
1. To see all conferences/seminars etc by country wise, subject wise, month wise and date wise visit
            https://conferencealerts.com
2. To see all conferences visit
            https://www.allconferencealert.com/
C. Journals
Multidisciplinary
African Journal Online
Directory of open access journal
South African Journals
 Open Access Journal Search Engine
Lund University
Free Scientific & Medical Materials
Access & Publication
Indian Journals
Scopus
D. Publication
1. To get free ISBN & ISSN for your publication
       a) For Book
            http://isbn.gov.in/ 

       b) For Journal
           
          https://nsl.nisair.res.in/issn.js

2.  Free Publication (Germany)
            https://www.lap-publishing.com/
3. Free Publication (EU)
            https://www.scholars-press.com/
4. Some more free publications
            www.lightswitchpress.com/
            www.lulu.com/
            www.lightswitchpress.com/
            https://www.bookrix.com/
            https://www.self-publish.in/            (India)
E. Fellowships & Funding Agencies for Projects
2. https://cscuk.dfid.gov.uk/apply/               (UK)
3. https://www.daad.de/en/              (Germany)
F. For Online Courses
1. Foreign MOOCs
2. Indian MOOCs
            https://swayam.gov.in/
SOME USEFUL WEBSITES
 Online Educational Support
BOOK SITES
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
SEARCH SITES
■ About.com (www.about.com)
■ AllTheWeb (www.alltheweb.com)
■ AltaVista (www.altavista.com)
■ Ask Jeeves! (www.askjeeves.com)
■ Excite (www.excite.com)
■ HotBot (www.hotbot.com)
■ LookSmart (www.looksmart.com)
■ Lycos (www.lycos.com)
■ Open Directory (www.dmoz.org)
■ Google (www.google.com)
■ Mamma (www.mamma.com)
■ Webcrawler (www.webcrawler.com)
■ Aol (www.aol.com)
■ Dogpile (www.dogpile.com)
■ 10pht (www.10pht.com)
SEARCHING FOR PEOPLE
■ AnyWho (www.anywho.com)
■ InfoSpace (www.infospace.com)
■ Switchboard (www.switchboard.com)
■ WhitePages.com (www.whitepages.com)
■ WhoWhere (www.whowhere.lycos.com)
SEARCHING FOR THE LATEST NEWS
■ ABC News (www.abcnews.com)
■ CBS News (www.cbsnews.com)
■ CNN (www.cnn.com)
■ Fox News (www.foxnews.com)
■ MSNBC (www.msnbc.com)
■ New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
■ USA Today (www.usatoday.com)
SEARCHING FOR SPORTS HEADLINES AND SCORES
■ CBS SportsLine (www.sportsline.com)
■ NBC Sports (www.nbcsports.com)
■ The Sporting News (www.sportingnews.com)
SEARCHING FOR MEDICAL INFORMATION
■ healthAtoZ.com (www.healthatoz.com)
■ kidsDoctor (www.kidsdoctor.com)
■ MedExplorer (www.medexplorer.com)
■ MedicineNet (www.medicinenet.com)
■ National Library of Medicine (www.nlm.nih.gov)
■ Planet Wellness (www.planetwellness.com)
■ WebMD Health (https://www.webmd.com/ )
ACADEMIC SEARCH/WEB RESEARCH TOOLS/REFERENCE MANAGERS
Multidisciplinary
Digital Bibliography Library Browser
Live Search Academic

Additional Information

1. 10 Professional Development Tools for Teachers
https://www.aaeteachers.org/index.php/blog/1365-10-tools-teachers-use-for-professional-development

2. Educational Technology and Mobile Learning


3. 10 Excellent Professional Tools for Teachers

4. 15 Professional Development Skills for Modern Teachers

5. 25 Great Online Education Tools Modern Teachers Love Using

6. The 90 Hottest EdTech Tools According to Education Experts (Updated 2018)


Videos


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