This is what the politicians and managers all want these days, at least to my experience: competency-based continuing professional development. "A competency is a demonstrated ability to perform a particular job or task. A competency includes skills, but also behaviors and the ability to apply those skills in order to perform a job or task." It's learning with an immediate practical application on the job. And learning as measured against set and widely recognized standards. As an example, "in 2008 UNESCO, in partnership with Microsoft, Intel, Cisco, and ISTE, formalized the UNESCO ICT Competency Framework for Teachers (ICT-CFT) with an aim to measure the ICT proficiency of teachers against a common international standard." I have my doubts, but there's no denying the competency juggernaut sweeping through learning and collaborative technology.
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