Collaborative learning among australasian educators through online learning community (OLC)

Abstract

This poster describes a collaboration initiative being built for educators in Australia and Asian countries using an Online Learning Community (OLC). The main purpose of the initiative was to enhance the professional learning and development of educators in Indonesia. A great number of teachers in Indonesia have been facing a lot of challenges to continually update their professional knowledge and skills due to the facts that they live in remote areas and have limited resources. On the other hand, they are required by society to provide the best education for their students, so the students can become competitive assets in this globalised environment. Starting from this problem, the authors have designed and developed a professional learning framework using Online Learning Community (OLC) that offers flexibility and continuous support for the teachers in Indonesia. The OLC provides a conducive and collaborative environment for the teachers to widen knowledge and exchange information not only with their colleagues, but also other practitioners from all over places in Indonesian archipelago as well as Australia and other Asian countries, like China and Japan. © 2010 Eunice Sari & Adi Tedjasaputra.