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Publication Date: 2023
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Characteristics of Online Communities of Practice in Instructional Design and Teacher Professional Development
Javier Leung
Quarterly Review of Distance Education, v24 n2 p45-61 2023
This research brief comprises three articles published in the three-article dissertation at the University of Missouri (MU) in February 2023. The three-article dissertation, "An Exploration of Online Information Spaces That Support Instructional Design and Teacher Professional Development," examined three online communities of practice (CoPs) in instructional design and technology (IDT) and teacher professional development (PD) using natural language processing (NLP) and usability testing. This research brief summarizes online CoPs' unique and shared characteristics, topic patterns, and work-related practical knowledge exchange patterns from an e-learning news outlet, four online CoPs on Facebook, and an online teacher PD CoP.
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Instructional Design, Faculty Development, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Natural Language Processing, Usability, Computer Mediated Communication, Asynchronous Communication, Social Media, Social Networks
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