7.2 Participation in professional development activities

Learning needs analysis 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 Assessment- Overall 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.2 CDD-Overall 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.3

Facilitation-blended learning 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.3 CDD-blended learning 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.2

Assessment-blended learning 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.0 Facilitation-tech-enabled learning 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.0 Learning and performance consultancy 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.1 Assessment-e-learning 3.1 3.2 3.1 2.9

CDD-tech-enabled learning 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.0 Entrepreneurship 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.0 Learning analytics 2.9 3.1 2.9 2.8

7.2 Participation in professional development activities

Table 28 showed the percentage of adult educators’ participation in different areas of professional development. Domain knowledge, communication skills, classroom-based facilitation, problemsolving and pedagogical skills were top of the list. Although learning analytics, entrepreneurship, and learning and business consulting skills were reported as being among the least proficient skills AEs possessed, they were also the least attended PD activities.

Table 28: Areas that adult educators participated in their PD activities in the last 12 months

Overall Full time Freelance Industry Practitioner

Subject knowledge 76.3 75.7 77.9 79.1

Communication 70.8 69.3 70.9 75.7

Industry knowledge

66.5 68.4 65.2 72.2 Facilitation: classroom-based learning 66.2 67.0 65.2 70.4 Problem-solving 61.3 57.8 59.5 69.6 Pedagogy 61.3 67.0 61.4 53.9 Teamwork 59.6 59.6 55.1 66.1 Curriculum design & development: classroom-based learning 59.6 64.2 55.7 60.0 Assessment-classroom 59.6 61.5 57.6 62.6 Leadership 54.4 52.8 56.3 58.3 Facilitation: workplace learning 53.8 52.3 51.3 61.7 Facilitation (Overall) 53.7 54.1 53.6 55.4 Digital literacy 53.1 55.1 52.5 52.2 Learning needs analysis 51.0 50.0 49.4 58.3 Curriculum design & development (Overall) 50.7 53.7 48.9 50.2 Facilitation: blended learning 49.9 49.5 51.3 51.3 Assessment: workplace learning 49.4 51.8 42.4 53.0 Curriculum design & development: workplace learning 49.0 49.5 43.7 57.4 Curriculum design & development: blended learning 48.8 50.5 51.3 45.2 Assessment (Overall) 48.2 50.5 45.7 48.3