Seeking an online community for professional development discourse: A content analysis of teachers' blogs

International Journal of Web Based Communities

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 392-406

  Pashnyak, Tatyana G ^a   Dennen, Vanessa P ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blogging; Community of practice; Teachers; Virtual community

Indexed keywords

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); VIRTUAL REALITY;

BLOGGING; CLASSROOM TEACHERS; COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; ON-LINE COMMUNITIES; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; TEACHERS; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY;

BLOGS;

EID: 78651525031     PISSN: 14778394     EISSN: 17418216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJWBC.2009.025215     Document Type: Article

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