Keeping it personal: self-generated learning tools for lifelong professional development

Lifelong , self-directed learning and the maintenance of competence: the triple helix of continuing professional development

Abstract It has been proposed that we think of continuing medical education (CME) as a two-stranded helix, in which one strand represents the internal characteristics of the learner-physician, the other strand the culture and environment in which he or she practices and lives. In many countries, the product of these two strands has been increasingly termed ‘continuing professional development’...

lifelong , self-directed learning and the maintenance of competence: the triple helix of continuing professional development

abstract it has been proposed that we think of continuing medical education (cme) as a two-stranded helix, in which one strand represents the internal characteristics of the learner-physician, the other strand the culture and environment in which he or she practices and lives. in many countries, the product of these two strands has been increasingly termed ‘continuing professional development’,...

Tap it again, Sam: Harmonizing Personal Environments towards Lifelong Learning

The increasing number of mobile vendors releasing NFC-enabled devices to the market and their prominent adoption has moved this technology from a niche product to a product with a large market-share. NFC facilitates natural interactions between digital world and physical learning environments. The scaffolding of learning ecologies is a key aspect for lifelong learners in their challenge to inte...

Language Learning Materials Development for Teachers’ Professional Development

Coursebooks are normally written to contain information, instruction, exposure, and activities that learn- ers at a particular level need to enhance their communicative competence in the target language. Howev- er, many global course books make attempts to include content, topics, and texts that do not disadvantage any learner around the world. That is why global course books normally do ...

Keeping my professional development continuous