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). 

Source: https://www.oecd.org/berlin/43541636.pdf

Professional Development Tools
A. Teaching-Learning Material

1. To download 33 crore e-books visit

        https://www.pdfdrive.com

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

            http://14.139.121.106/OKGW/E-Thesis%20(ETD).htm

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

            http://ictcurriculum.gov.in/?redirect=0

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/

3. https://www.worldconferencealerts.com/

4. https://www.freeconferencealerts.com/India.php

C. Journals

Multidisciplinary

http://www.indexcopernicus.com

African Journal Online

http://www.ajol.info/

www.africanjournalseries.com

www.devconsortservices.com.ng

Directory of open access journal

www.doaj.org

South African Journals

www.sabinet.co.za

 Open Access Journal Search Engine

www.oajse.com

Lund University

 http://www.lub.lu.se/en.html

Free Scientific & Medical Materials

 http://www.dovepress.com/

Access & Publication

http://www.copernicus.org/

Indian Journals

www.indianjournals.com/

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.completelynovel.com/self-publishing/how-to-self-publish

            www.lightswitchpress.com/

            https://www.bookrix.com/

            https://www.self-publish.in/            (India)

E. Fellowships & Funding Agencies for Projects

1. www.usief.org.in/Fellowships-for-Indian-Citizens.aspx           (USA)

2. https://cscuk.dfid.gov.uk/apply/               (UK)

3. https://www.daad.de/en/              (Germany)

    https://www.daad.org/en/

4. https://www.profellow.com/fellowships/18-teaching-fellowships-abroad/

5. https://www.edutopia.org/blog/teacher-travel-grants-resources-matt-davis

5. www.mnit.ac.in/research/admin/Final_LIST.pdf    (funding)

6. https://www.nitt.edu/home/icsr/funding_agencies.pdf (funding)

7. https://icssr.org/

8. https://www.ugc.ac.in/

9. www.icmr.nic.in/

10. http://www.un.org/en/sections/about-un/funds-programmes-specialized-agencies-and-others/

F. For Online Courses

1. Foreign MOOCs

            https://www.class-central.com/providers

2. Indian MOOCs

            https://swayam.gov.in/

SOME USEFUL WEBSITES

 Online Educational Support

www.khanacademy.org

www.academicearths.org

www.coursera.com

www.edx.org

www.open2study.com

http://www.academicjournals.org/

https://www.fullstackacademy.com/

https://www.youtube.com/education

http://www.open.edu/openlearn/

http://www.ocwconsortium.org/

http://www.ocwconsortium.org/en/courses/ocwsites

BOOK SITES

www.bookboon.com

http://ebookee.org

http://sharebookfree.com

http://m.freebooks.com

www.obooko.com

www.manybooks.net

www.epubbud.com

www.bookyards.com

www.getfreeebooks.com

http://freecomputerbooks.com

www.essays.se

www.sparknotes.com

www.pink.monkey.com

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

www.ehow.com

www.whatis.com

www.howstuffwork.com

www.webopedia.com

www.plagtracker.com

www.answers.com

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)

■ www.espn.in/

■ https://www.foxsports.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

http://academic.research.microsoft.com

http://www.scirus.com

www.scholar.google.com

Digital Bibliography Library Browser

http://dbis.uni-trier.de/DBL-Browser/

Live Search Academic

http://academic.live.com

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

https://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/01/23-excellent-professional-development.html

3. 10 Excellent Professional Tools for Teachers

http://edtechreview.in/news/3422-10-excellent-professional-development-tools-for-teachers

4. 15 Professional Development Skills for Modern Teachers

http://www.teachhub.com/15-professional-development-skills-modern-teachers

5. 25 Great Online Education Tools Modern Teachers Love Using

http://www.teachhub.com/15-professional-development-skills-modern-teachers

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

http://www.teachhub.com/15-professional-development-skills-modern-teachers

Videos

Teacher`s Professional Development Training Programme at Garden City University for teacher's

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUplcoUaQwU

Improving teaching: Professional development with impact on quality

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1_f7-sRVBc