one example of such an initiative was the development grants awarded by the teacher development agency in the united kingdom which provided funding to trainers for development in the area of ict without specifying the exact content this had a positive impact on the development of new tools and resources for use in teaching and teacher education as it encouraged staff such as teacher trainers to become more active in researching the field at the policy level it is important that teachers and trainers are provided with incentives for development that are flexible and not too prescriptive the existence of strong ict national policies and strategies has been an important driver in some cases particularly when developed bottomup