In this edWeb.net podcast, Larry Jacobs, the host of Education Talk Radio, Lisa Schmucki, edWeb Founder and CEO, and Melissa Hodgson, edWeb Manager of Member Services, discuss best practices for virtual professional learning and how to put best practice into real practice. This interview continues their conversation on January 20, 2022 about how the pandemic has accelerated the growth and acceptance of virtual professional learning as a highly effective alternative or supplement to traditional in-person PD.

edWeb has just released a timely guide, 2022 Best Practices in Virtual Professional Learning Guide. edWeb has provided free virtual professional learning for 10 years with online communities and edWebinars, and provides continuing education certificates accepted in 44 states. edWeb’s many years of experience and 5 years of research on professional learning provided the basis for a new and much-needed framework for virtual professional learning.

In this interview, Lisa Schmucki and Melissa Hodgson discuss the 3C’s of virtual professional learning (communication, content, and customization) and 9 related practices that leverage the advantages of online connectivity. Virtual professional learning helps educators widen their network of colleagues around the country and the world; provides greater access to experts and knowledge; and allows educators to have more choice in selecting learning experiences that better meet their own needs. Lisa and Melissa share easy, innovative, and engaging ways that individual educators, schools, and districts can use edWeb, for free, for their virtual professional learning.

This edWeb podcast is of interest to teachers, librarians, school and district leaders, and education technology leaders of PK-12 and higher education levels.

Listen to the initial interview on this topic on January 20, 2022:
Virtual Professional Learning: Support Educators Anytime, Anywhere

Education Talk Radio with Larry Jacobs
Larry Jacobs hosts conversations with innovative educators, authors and thought leaders in education

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