This Compendium is a knowledge product resulting from the activities of the TPD@Scale Coalition for the Global South. It offers examples of large or potentially scalable, information and communications technology (ICT)-mediated teacher professional development (TPD) programs across low- and middle-income countries. The Compendium describes the key features of each TPD program, their contexts, the needs they seek to meet, how ICT is deployed, and whether and how they strive for equity in making available meaningful professional learning experiences for all teachers.
In selecting the TDP@Scale examples featured here, we have focused on programs which illustrate how design choices, including those around ICTs, have been informed by an understanding of the educational setting and teachers’ professional learning needs, and which regard teachers as partners in the education endeavor. The selected examples are all from programs implemented after 2010. We have included summaries and links to evaluation data from programs where these are available.
The Compendium intends to serve as a reference for government actors and other education stakeholders involved in the design and implementation of TPD. It is not intended as a global showcase of large, or potentially scalable, ICT-mediated TPD programs or a guide on how to scale TPD. Rather, it aims to show how effective TPD mediated by ICTs can take multiple forms depending on the features of the educational setting, purpose of the program, professional learning needs of the teachers, and available resources, including ICTs. Through the Compendium, we hope to encourage TPD designers to move away from embedded ‘cascade models’ and to utilize ICTs to enable access to quality professional learning experiences for teachers working in underserved communities and with limited access to professional resources.
