The role of a web-based community in teacher professional development

International Journal of Web Based Communities

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 115-139

  Cuthell, John P ^a  

^a MirandaNet Academy   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communal construction of knowledge; Community of practice; Continuous Professional Development; COP; CPD; Distributed cognition; Online courses; Practice based research

Indexed keywords

E-LEARNING; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; WEBSITES;

COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE; CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; DISTRIBUTED COGNITION; INTERACTIVE RESOURCE;

WEB SERVICES;

EID: 78651568479     PISSN: 14778394     EISSN: 17418216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJWBC.2008.017668     Document Type: Article

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