Cyber Ed

Cyber Ed to enhance teacher training

 
The Cyber Education Project will enhance the capacity of the Department of Education (DepEd) to deliver teacher training to close to half a million public school teachers nationwide.

"Through Cyber Ed, we are bringing our teachers from all over the country closer to quality teacher training activities and materials," DepEd Secretary Jesli Lapus said. "We will ensure that all our teachers are provided the much needed training they need to significantly improve teaching and student learning."

Under the Cyber Ed Project, Virtual Training Studios will be created to allow DepEd officials and training experts to interact directly with DepEd's 470,004 public school teachers. These studios will allow frequent direct professional development sessions for the teachers. At the same time, computer-based training materials and standby Training Support Experts will be available to supplement live training broadcasts.

"We will now be able to provide the same quality of training to all our teachers, no matter where they are," Lapus stressed. "Aside from the live broadcasts, Cyber Ed will ensure access to quality training and professional development materials on-demand."

The education chief explained that the department will be able to ease the limitations of the cascading model for teacher training currently being utilized. Through Cyber Ed, teachers will be able to receive training from the best instructors first hand.

"Also, teachers will no longer have to travel long distances to gain access to training since these will now be available at the school level," Lapus said. "This translates to a lot of savings for the government."

"Teacher training requires frequent contact for it to be really effective," Lapus added. "Cyber Ed provides an opportunity to create this condition and this translates to better teacher performance in the field."


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