Building an International On-Line Teacher Community to Support Continuing Professional Development
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The following paper describes the initial experience of a major international examination board in setting up and running an email discussion group for teachers of a syllabus taught in more than 80 countries. In it we describe how the group was established, how its members used it, and contrast this with our experience of similar teacher groups in the UK.
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