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Collaborative Co‐design in Action:

Reimagining Teacher Professional Development for Crisis‐affected Contexts

This paper explores how teachers in conflict and crisis settings can be supported through our new online professional development called 'CoMOOCs': Co-designed, Massive, Open, Online Collaborations). Unlike traditional training programs, CoMOOCs are built collaboratively with local educators—originally with refugee communities in Lebanon, and more recently with teachers on the Thai–Myanmar border. The implementation research paper, applies a framework from the ERICC program to investigate what makes CoMOOCs effective, for whom, and why—while keeping teachers themselves at the center of both the design and evaluation process.

Recommended Citation

Kennedy, E., Chase, E., Pherali, T., Witthaus, G., Laurillard, D., Chan, Min Layi, Tyrosvoutis, G., Hlaing, Sa Phyo Arkar Myo Hlaing, San, Saw Sam, Win, N., & Charoensukaran, W. (2026). Collaborative co-design in action: Reimagining teacher professional development for crisis-affected contexts. British Journal of Educational Technology, 00, 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjet.70054

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