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Direct linkXue, Sijia; Hu, Xiao; Chi, Xinli; Zhang, Jiangzhi – Professional Development in Education, 2021
This study explored how a group of higher education teachers in China used WeChat to build an online Community of Practice (OCoP), which supported their professional learning. A qualitative study was designed. Data were collected from multiple sources including online interaction excerpts, teachers' reflections, classroom observation, and…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Teacher Collaboration, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes
Download full textMustapha, M. T.; Yaki, A. A.; Kannamma, E.; Garba, S.; Usman, S.; Abdullahi, K.; Yusuf, A. B.; Dahiru, S. H. – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2022
Connected Learning for STEM (CL4STEM) is an innovative project aimed at teacher capacity building in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics involving communities of practice as its component to developing teachers' ability to adopt an innovative approach to science instruction and to implement a novel curriculum. Hence, this study…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Secondary School Teachers, Communities of Practice, Capacity Building
Wu, Junjie Gavin; Miller, Lindsay – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2021
This article reports the study of a novel way of raising tertiary-level students' native cultural awareness (NCA) via an informal mobile learning community. Through two cycles of action research at a teacher-education university in East China, the study drew upon the Community of Practice (CoP) theory to form a synchronous English chat group.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Awareness, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Wright, Noeline – Educational Action Research, 2017
This article presents and discusses findings related to the relationship between a university researcher acting as the external agent and three self-selected teachers involved in a professional learning and research project. The role of an external agent in supporting teachers' professional development is of interest because it has not always been…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Nixon, Jessie; Halverson, Erica; Stoiber, Andy – Wisconsin Center for Education Research, 2021
The Exploring Making Through Mobile Emergent Technologies (EMMET) program sought to disrupt the trajectory from rural high school to factory floor by introducing STEM and computational thinking (STEM+C) skills through mentorship training and hands-on activities involving creative production--often referred to as "making." The program…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Drouin, Michelle; Vartanian, Lesa Rae; Birk, Samantha – Innovative Higher Education, 2014
We examined the effectiveness of a community of practice (CoP) model for introducing tablets to 139 faculty members at a higher education institution. Using a CoP within a systems model, we used large- and small-group mentorship to foster collaboration among faculty members. Most faculty members agreed that the project was well organized and…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Models, College Faculty, Handheld Devices
Cochrane, Thomas – Research in Learning Technology, 2012
Having implemented and evaluated over 35 mlearning projects in a variety of contexts in higher education over the past 6 years the researcher is ready to share the untold secret: not all mlearning projects succeed! This article critiques three of the researcher's mlearning projects that can be classed as "failures" and compares them to successful…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Action Research, Participatory Research, Program Design
Nunes, Miguel Baptista, Ed.; McPherson, Maggie, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2016
These proceedings contain the papers of the International Conference e-Learning 2016, which was organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society, 1-3 July, 2016. This conference is part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems 2016, 1-4 July. The e-Learning (EL) 2016 conference aims…
Descriptors: Professional Associations, Conferences (Gatherings), Electronic Learning, Computer Science Education
