Journal Articles
Microlearning: A new normal for flexible teacher professional development in online and blended learning
EdLink- Microlearning: A new normal for flexible teacher professional development in online and blended learning
- Springer
- 2023
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- Hong Kong
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- 1997.7 onwards
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- Post-Secondary Education
- This paper explored teacher professional development (TPD) for online and blended learning (OBL) via microlearning in the higher education English language teaching context in Hong Kong in 2021 and 2022. OBL requires teachers to integrate technology. This study drew on quantitative survey data (N = 67) and interviews (N = 12) that took place after the participants were exposed to microlearning. The findings illuminated that microlearning was perceived as flexible and stress-free and allowed teachers to focus on relevant and immediate tasks using bite-sized learning segments to achieve digital growth. Such activities created favourable conditions to equip them with the skills necessary to teach effectively in the context of the “new normal”. Moreover, the study shed light on how previous TPD activities were often considered too general to improve teachers’ digital competence. It concluded with a call for more research on microlearning and TPD for OBL to help teachers gain pedagogical, theoretical and practical knowledge to enhance their teaching. Copyright © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
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- English
- Journal Articles
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- 13602357
- https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/en/bibs/4a60c01e
- 2023-10-18
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