ABSTRACT
The professional development module on using ICT in teaching should itself use ICT tools to demonstrate the ‘T’ in TPACK. It is also vital to have reliable technology that functions as it should. When lecturers are new to using ICT in teaching, they will often proceed very cautiously. They have yet to embrace the new technology, so the slightest technical hiccups can have negative effects. When technical problems arise, be sure to address them quickly. Make sure that the participants also have a good, easily accessible technical helpdesk that can assist them with technical problems (software, hardware or infrastructure). Besides reliability, there are three key elements that need to be addressed when using educational technology in a professional development module: consistency in content, coherency in tools, and redundancy.
