International Teachers Professional Developing: Blended Learning between Europe and Asia

Jacques Ginesti - Full Professor at Aix-Marseille University, Director of the Laboratory EA 4671 ADEF (Learning, Education, Assessment, Training). E-mail: jacques.ginestie@univ-amu.frMaria Antonietta Impedovo - Assistant Professor at ADEF Laboratory, Aix-Marseille University. E-mail: maria-antonietta.impedovo@univ-amu.frAddress: ADEF, Aix-Marseille Universit, Campus Saint Jrme, 52, Avenue Normandie Nimen, 13013, Marseille, France.Blended learning is one of the wider used instructional approaches to higher education for initial and continuing education. Blended education proposed between different international regions and countries is still scarce, especially involving developing countries. Specifically, we are interested to explore blended learning course for international teachers and teacher-educators professional learning. Some theoretical and operational principles to the design of blended learning are discussed in a socio-constructivist approach, followed by the description of a blended design in an international project. The paper goes in the direction to explore the potential for global collaboration and cooperative growth in blended learning.