Technology enhanced learning in teachers’ professional development

There is a lot of attention focused on the development of digital competency already in early age. One of the key person is teacher. To develop teachers’ digital skills, technology enhanced learning can be used in their professional development. There is large change in Latvia’ education system. One of the changes is subject “Computing” that will be compulsory in all schools from 2019. From 2015 Liepaja University participates in a pilot project for this purpose and is only one that offers teachers’ professional development courses for the subject. Article’s aim is to introduce “Computing” course, mainly the last one what was organized mostly in webinar mode. The article shows first data from teachers’ survey about their attitude to a webinar. This is the first article in a series about research made on this course.

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Periodicals of Engineering and Natural Sciences (PEN)
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2025-12-30
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https://doi.org/10.21533/pen.v7.i1.1482
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Innovative Educational Technologies
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Technology enhanced learning in teachers’ professional development

Dina Barute, Anita Jansone, Lāsma Ulmane-Ozoliņa
Periodicals of Engineering and Natural Sciences (PEN)
Innovative Educational Technologies
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Technology enhanced learning in teachers’ professional development

Dina Barute, Anita Jansone, Lāsma Ulmane-Ozoliņa
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Abstract

There is a lot of attention focused on the development of digital competency already in early age. One of the key person is teacher. To develop teachers’ digital skills, technology enhanced learning can be used in their professional development. There is large change in Latvia’ education system. One of the changes is subject “Computing” that will be compulsory in all schools from 2019. From 2015 Liepaja University participates in a pilot project for this purpose and is only one that offers teachers’ professional development courses for the subject. Article’s aim is to introduce “Computing” course, mainly the last one what was organized mostly in webinar mode. The article shows first data from teachers’ survey about their attitude to a webinar. This is the first article in a series about research made on this course.

Periodicals of Engineering and Natural Sciences (PEN)Vol. 7(1)
European Regional Development Fund
Quality Education
Openalex Percentile: Top 22%
Innovative Educational Technologies
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