A strategic analysis of the online learning community for continuing professional development of university faculty in Taiwan: a SWOT analysis

This paper delineates an instrumental multi-case study conducted in Taiwan with university faculty. The study explores higher education teachers´ standpoints concerning adoption of online learning community (OLC) as a strategy for continuing professional development (CPD) taking advantage of the technique frequently applied to program planning or decision making analyses on internal effects of Strength and Weakness as well as external possibilities of Opportunity and Threat (SWOT). In the end, discussions of use of OLC for CPD of university faculty in Taiwan are elaborated.