Abstract
With todays technology, teachers need to have digital literacy. It is a key requirement for teachers’ professional growth in order to be functional in today's teaching profession. Thus it is important for teachers to have a digital mindset. Teachers need to be techno savvy and use available online interactive platforms in sharing their teaching practice. Advancement in technology provides opportunities for the learning processes as one is able to access various forms of information as well as share one’s ideas through the use of multi-modal communication style. This paper aims to overlook at ICT as not only as a teaching tool but as a platform to exchange knowledge among teachers or instructors. Teachers can then creatively produce and contribute resources to be shared with others online. Raising awareness among teachers of the importance of digital literacy, will foster teachers' continuous and lifelong professional development.
Highlights
Engaging with new technologies for communication, work and leisure has become parts of our daily live in today’s digital age
Our review of research and literature has revealed that enhancing ESL teacher professional development through digital literacy is the trends in this digital age
Technology usage in education is vital as students nowadays only get attracted to the lessons if there is exciting features added
Summary
Gunavathy a/p Suppiah, Ong Chuin Yin, Moomala Othman, Lilliati Ismail, Dalia Aralas. In-Text Citation: (Suppiah, Yin, Othman, Ismail, & Aralas, 2018) To Cite this Article: Suppiah, G. a/p, Yin, O. C., Othman, M., Ismail, L., & Aralas, D. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 8(12), 146–154. Vol 8, No 12, 2018, Pg. 146 - 154 http://hrmars.com/index.php/pages/detail/IJARBSS
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