Read Section 1 of the Compendium ‘Designing at scale, adapting locally’.
The programmes here demonstrate different forms of adaptation for inclusivity. The goal is to increase participation of teachers.
As you read, notice in particular the programmes where adaptation or localisation involves the teachers themselves who will participate in and benefit from the professional development activities.
Watch a short animation about one of the examples in the Compendium: Information Communication and Technology for Rural Education Development (ICT4RED) in South Africa, or "ICT 4 Red".
TPD@Scale programmes use ICTs to adapt to the needs of teachers, sub-groups of teachers, and even individual teachers. Adaptations for localisation can address geographical challenges, language diversity, teacher access to digital tools, and variable
connectivity. From a core model, adaptations aim to reach and include all teachers.
These adaptation can be made centrally. For example, in 1.2 you saw how TPD designers in Honduras make learning materials available to teachers working in different conditions. They do this through making the materials available in different digital
formats.
In TESS-India, TPD resources were localised and translated into six versions, to be appropriate for the languagesm curricula, geographies, cultures and customs of different states.
Make notes in your Personal Blog on this reading. What do you take from it that you could apply to your own TPD context?