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What is Massive Open Online Professional Informal Individual Learning (MOOPIL)

Chapter 17
Handbook of Research on Innovative Technology Integration in Higher Education
Free, informal web-based professional development and/or learning experiences designed by personnel with expertise. MOOPILs are typically offered in an individual, on-demand format, and are of short duration, not lasting more than 3 weeks.
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Informal Individual Learning via Virtual Professional Development: A Proposal for Massive Open Online Professional Informal Individual Learning (MOOPIL)
Beverly J. Irby (Texas A&M University, USA), Kara L. Sutton-Jones (Texas A&M University, USA), Rafael Lara-Alecio (Texas A&M University, USA), and Fuhui Tong (Texas A&M University, USA)
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 13
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8170-5.ch017
Abstract
This chapter incudes a discussion of general professional development and online professional development and professional learning. In particular, the authors present information on virtual professional learning from a U.S. federally-funded Investing in Innovation (i3) grant, English Language and Literacy Acquisition – Validation (ELLA-V). The grant term used is ELLA-Virsity. The overarching concept for ELLA-Virsity is proposed, and that is massive open online informal individual learning (MOOPIL).
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