%0 Journal Article %T Introduction: Online Teacher Education and Professional Development in TESOL %J Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research %I Urmia University %Z 2322-1291 %A Richards, Jack C. %D 2021 %\ 10/01/2021 %V 9 %N 3 (Special Issue) %P 1-7 %! Introduction: Online Teacher Education and Professional Development in TESOL %K on-line professional development %K teacher reflection %K teacher cognition %K on-line interaction %K on-line instruction %R 10.30466/ijltr.2021.121072 %X Seven articles in this issue address teachers’ beliefs and experiences with on-line professional development, the affordances offered by self-directed PD, the interactional processes that take place during on-line discussion groups, the changes in professional knowledge that group interaction can facilitate, the role of teacher reflection, the delivery of a course in on-line format, and challenges teachers face in switching to in-line instruction. %U https://ijltr.urmia.ac.ir/article_121072_d24126a55f4ab181b9d358d10e860ac8.pdf