Social networks as spaces for informal teacher professional development: Challenges and opportunities

International Journal of Web Based Communities

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 199-211

  Coutinho, Clara Pereira ^a   Lisbôa, Eliana Santana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Educational technology; Lifelong learning; Social networks; Teacher professional development; Web based communities

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; EDUCATIONAL TOOLS; INTERCONNECTED MODELS; LIFE LONG LEARNING; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL GROWTH; TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; WEB-BASED COMMUNITIES;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84876232718     PISSN: 14778394     EISSN: 17418216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJWBC.2013.053244     Document Type: Article

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