Continuing Professional Development

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Name:

Position:

Email address:

Institution: Please Select School Local Authority University Independent Advisor Company

1. Can the total of your ICT training be measured (approximately) in days, months or years?

a) No formal training:

b) 2 days or less:

c) 3 days – 9 months:

d) CPD over 1/2/3 years:

e) Full-time course over 1/2/3 years:

f) Other (Please specify):

Other:

2. When did you last receive any formal ICT training?

a) 2006:

b) 2005:

c) 2004:

d) Between 1999 - 2003:

e) In the last century:

f) Never:

(If your last answer is ‘Never’, you can go straight to the end of the questionnaire.)  

3. At what level is your highest ICT qualification?

a) Short course:

b) Degree:

c) Postgraduate diploma:

d) MA:

e) PhD:

f) Other (Please specify):

Other:

4. Have you participated in: ICT Skills and packages, practice-based or academic courses?

a) Skills and package courses:

b) Practice-based courses:

c) Academic:

d) Mixture:

5. If you have done a mixture, which is the most useful for fulfilling your job as a teacher, adviser or teacher educator?

a) Skills and package courses:

b) Practice-based courses:

c) Academic courses:

6. How has the knowledge you have gained impacted on your practice as an ICT adviser, teacher of teachers or classroom teacher? Has it been:

a) Invaluable:

b) Valuable:

c) Of some impact:

d) Of little impact:

e) Of no impact:

7. How has this training impacted on your practice as an ICT strategist in your institution? Was it:

a) Invaluable:

b) Valuable:

c) Of some impact:

d) Of little impact:

e) Of no impact:

By 'Community of Practice' we mean an organisation like Naace, ITTE, MirandaNet.

8. As an educator I find that belonging to a Community of Practice helps me to come to terms with the value of computers and digital forms of communication. I … :

a) Strongly agree:

b) Agree:

c) Neutral:

d) Disagree:

e) Strongly disagree:

9. As a member of a Community of Practice I find the most valuable service from the community is:

a) Face-to-face meetings:

b) The online interaction:

c) The links with relevant companies:

d) Online resources:

e) ICT CPD:

f) Other (Please specify):

Other:

10. What most inspires me about the potential of teaching and learning using ICT is …

a) Shared curriculum exchange across nations and cultures:

b) Enriched assessment approaches:

c) Equipping learners to be independent:

d) Using ICT packages to prepare students for the world of work:

e) Increasing democratic participation worldwide:

f) Other (Please specify):

Other:

11. As a member of a Community of Practice I find the most beneficial aspect of membership is:

a) A greater awareness of the uses of ICT:

b) Gains in ICT:

c) The opportunity to meet like-minded individuals:

d) Keep up with advances in ICT:

e) Access to specialist help and guidance:

f) Other (Please specify):

Other:

12. Have you participated in an Action Research (practice-based) ICT programme?

a) Yes:

b) No:

13. Have you run an Action Research (practice-based) ICT programme?

a) Yes:

b) No:

14. What do you think are the most appropriate forms of ICT CPD to develop 21st Century Skills? (You can make three choices from the list.)

15. Do you belong to any communities of practice?

a) Yes:

b) No:

If 'Yes', could you tell us what they are called?

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