Developing A Virtual Professional Learning Community To Enhance The Competencies Of Educational Technologists In Higher Education Institutions

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DuangbhornSapphayalak, KanokphonChantanarungpak, SiripaarnSuwanmonkha

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Learning is of the utmost importance to human life, as it leads to human adaptability to survive and develop to prosperity, this research aims to develop a virtual professional learning community model to promote the competencies of educational technologists in higher education institutions. The samples used in the inquiry of needs were administrators of educational technology agencies and personnel in educational technology agencies, 6 institutions. The research tool was a questionnaire, and a virtual professional learning community development model to promote the competencies of educational technologists in higher education institutions. The research results were found that;


The seven elements of the academic learning community were: (1) educational Technologist, (2) community practice, (3) community goals, (4) community activities, (5) virtual support tools for communication, (6) infrastructure for online, and (7) community management. The process of implementing a professional learning community consists of 6 steps:1) Management consists of tasks, grouping, duration, and follow-up. 2) Preparation includes an assessment of the educational technologist competency, raising awareness and trust, orientation exponential. 3) Planning consists of defining what the group will learn and work together, formulating critical issues to guide how to work together in a group, establishing a mission, vision, values, common goals, and define or search for good practice sharing practices. 4) Operation consists of presenting critical points from problems arising from work, selection of common issues, brainstorming offers a solution to a problem that comes from experience, finding out more, the discussion concludes, and selects the appropriate solution. 5) Evaluation consists of assessing the performance of compliance with the established standards, and the evaluation of the effectiveness of the management of the professional learning community. And 6) how the reflection consists of the combined results of the group and the achievement of the goals.

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