Online professional development offers potential advantages of reduced travel costs, increased convenience, and community building among participants¶

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q1 i? The article asserts that online professional development lets teachers in different locations meet without traveling, reducing costs, increasing convenience, and supporting community building among participants. → Jeff Archer 2018

Evidence¶

Jeff Archer 2018¶

Jeff Archer, Jeffrey Max. (2018). Implementing Online Professional Learning Communities: Insights from WestEd's Blended Professional Development Model. Reading Apprenticeship at WestEd. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/implementing-online-professional-learning-communities-insights-from-westeds-blended-professional

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The brief's framing statement, offered without supporting data or argument, lists the potential advantages of online professional development for teacher learning, including that it supports "community building among participants."

"Teachers in different locations can meet without having to travel—reducing costs, increasing convenience, and supporting community building among participants."

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