[LINK] Reboot ICT teacher training to halt the computing brain drain

[Tom Worthington]

On 09/05/14 13:55, Andy Farkas wrote:

> <http://delimiter.com.au/2014/05/09/reboot-ict-teacher-training-halt-computing-brain-drain/>
>
> ... get IT folks (or people with 20 years experience in anything
> really) into teaching ...

"Teach for Australia" takes new graduates from relevant disciplines and 
has them teaching in a school after a six week intensive course. That 
approach could be adapted to take experienced professionals and turn 
them into teachers: 
http://www.teachforaustralia.org/content/graduate-program-overview

In my view, we should be re-skilling teachers to team teach online. IT 
professionals could help with that: 
http://blog.highereducationwhisperer.com/2014/02/blended-learning-model-for-remote.html

To that end, I enrolled in a Masters of Education (Distance Education) 
by Distance Education at a Canadian university. This does not require an 
first degree in education: 
http://calendar.athabascau.ca/grad/current/distance_03.php


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