Toward 'hybridised' faculty development for the twenty-first century: Blending online communities of practice and face-to-face meetings in instructional and professional support programmes

Innovations in Education and Teaching International

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 261-270

  Brooks, Catherine F ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communities of practice; Computermediated communication; Faculty development; Faculty learning communities; Hybrid environments; Web based communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955820001     PISSN: 14703297     EISSN: 14703300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14703297.2010.498177     Document Type: Article

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