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Since teacher education is accepted as the most important factor in quality of school education, the first priority for ICT integration in education, should be in teacher education. The aim of such integration should be to achieve the aims of teacher education, and be based on the principles of teacher education, as envisioned in NCFTE and other documents.  
 
Since teacher education is accepted as the most important factor in quality of school education, the first priority for ICT integration in education, should be in teacher education. The aim of such integration should be to achieve the aims of teacher education, and be based on the principles of teacher education, as envisioned in NCFTE and other documents.  
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=== Subject Teacher Forum program ===
 
The Professional Learning Community (PLC) approach to TPD evolved out of the Subject Teacher Forum program (STF) in-service teacher education program, in Karnataka and Telangana, which was designed and implemented by Centre for Education and Technology, IT for Change in partnership with the education departments of both states. The model focused on building professional learning communities, using FOSS digital applications for e-content creation, subject-teaching and networking.
 
The Professional Learning Community (PLC) approach to TPD evolved out of the Subject Teacher Forum program (STF) in-service teacher education program, in Karnataka and Telangana, which was designed and implemented by Centre for Education and Technology, IT for Change in partnership with the education departments of both states. The model focused on building professional learning communities, using FOSS digital applications for e-content creation, subject-teaching and networking.
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In Telangana STF (2015-ongoing), ITfC developed ICT textbook as per NCERT ICT Curriculum and the Telangana Repository of Open Educational Resources. 1,500+ teachers are members of virtual professional networks, learning to integrate ICT for professional development, e-content creation and subject-teaching.
 
In Telangana STF (2015-ongoing), ITfC developed ICT textbook as per NCERT ICT Curriculum and the Telangana Repository of Open Educational Resources. 1,500+ teachers are members of virtual professional networks, learning to integrate ICT for professional development, e-content creation and subject-teaching.
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=== Components of the PLC-OER model ===
 
The model has the following components:
 
The model has the following components:
 
# Teacher capacity building to integrate ICT in the following areas
 
# Teacher capacity building to integrate ICT in the following areas
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# Development of student 'text book' and teacher hand book for ICT integration
 
# Development of student 'text book' and teacher hand book for ICT integration
 
# Blended learning courses for teachers
 
# Blended learning courses for teachers
 
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These tool-kit discusses the design and implementation of each of these components
 
[[Category:A Professional Learning Community Approach for Teacher Development and OER creation - A toolkit]]
 
[[Category:A Professional Learning Community Approach for Teacher Development and OER creation - A toolkit]]

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