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The advance in technologies has broken down COTAP proposes to develop a one-stop portal, an
geographical and time boundaries, and made e-platform named T-surf 24/7 , to enable the teaching
it possible for connectivity and access anytime, profession to have easy access to information on
anywhere. It has become a world trend that various professional development programmes

more and more professional learning, sharing offered by the EDB, tertiary institutions and other
and exchange is undertaken online. Ontario educational bodies. There would also be access
and Victoria provide two successful examples of to various e-learning resources and repositories

overseas practice, whereby online professional for self-paced learning, and supporting tools for
development platforms enable teachers and CPD planning and evaluation at individual, subject
school leaders to access up-to-date professional panel, functional committee and school levels.
development information and resources, and share
professional insights with counterparts across the The one-stop portal of T-surf 24/7 will involve large-

territory. scale collation of the information and resources
relating to professional development provided by
In Hong Kong, the EDB’s Training Calendar various parties including the EDB, tertiary institutions

System (TCS) has facilitated teachers and school and other educational bodies. It will be developed
leaders in enrolment into CPD programmes and and enhanced incrementally in phases. Specific
activities offered by the Government. Local tertiary professional development needs of teachers and
institutions and educational bodies separately school leaders, and the views from the school sector
disseminate information on their programmes via on their preferred web information, resources and

the internet. COTAP considers that there is scope services would help shape the planning and design
to make better use of current technologies to of the overall infrastructure of T-surf 24/7 .
further facilitate the teaching profession’s learning

and development.

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