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Electronic professional development (termed here“e-PD”) also has broad implications for delivering training to very rural schools, where teachers and principals might otherwise not have the opportunity to attend training sessions due to distance or cost. The delivery of e-based professional development also makes it possible for larger numbers of participants to‘attend’the same training session(s), whereas the traditional lecture delivery method could reach only a small, isolated audience.

As we move forward into the 21st century, we find a strong relationship between educational reform and the use of technology for learning; technology enhances the learning power of the people who use it. The use of technology for professional development has begun to transcend the former isolationism of this kind of learning to a level of collaborative professional growth (Serim, 2007). The development of professional learning communities built around e-based platforms promises to encourage a lifetime of learning through online professional development opportunities for all educators.

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