Regional Teachers and Academics LMS – An Innovative and Collaborative Platform to Support Life Long Learning and Training for Teachers and Academics

This purpose of this research is to examine the expansion and utilization of the existing and would be commission digital technologies in the teacher training institutes into an innovative platform of Regional Teachers and Tertiary Academics Education Learning Management System on supporting and building communities of teachers and tertiary academics in improving the quality of their pedagogical and child or adolescent psychology and upgrading human capital in the everlasting challenges of the teaching and lecturing profession. Teachers and academics could utilize their off duty hours in the process of life-long learning by utilizing the internet of the school or university ICT laboratory and follow in-service courses conducted in the teacher training institutes during term holiday through the regional teachers and academics education learning management platform. Five dimensions of enhancing an innovative and collaborative teachers and academics educational platform to support teachers and academics life-long learning utilizing the schools’ and universities ICT laboratory (demographic, digital technology availability, teachers’ learning culture and school administrator leadership quality) were examined to determine the success of a Regional teachers and academics education learning management system as an innovative and collaborative tool to support schools teachers and academics in their quest of upgrading pedagogical knowledge and lifelong learning. In general, the result shows there is significant differences among factors stated above which will upgrade the potential of school teachers’ and academics life-long learning process and upgrading teaching skills and be competitive with their peers from other sectors. The usage of digital technology in the teacher training institutes, school and university ICT laboratory by enhancing the Regional teachers’ and academics education learning management system could be beneficial to the school teachers and academics by upgrading their knowledge on pedagogies and teaching methodologies in fostering their quality and human capital.