During last week session, We discussed about various learning online communities which educators can access and follow a course online. These were the European Schoolnet Academy (click here) and the Microsoft Educator Community (click here).
I think that as an educator it is quite useful to know that there are these online platforms where we can seek for different courses to enhance our professional development in areas which are of our interests.
Once the educators choose and complete a course, they will receive a badge as a ‘reward’ to demonstrate that the course has been completed. These badges are recognised by different educational entities. Certificates and points are also given when courses are completed.
An advantage of these online learning platforms is that you can access these whenever you want to from the comfort of your own home. However one disadvantage is that is not easy to show the competences you acquire.
Lorella's Ideas - M39 