Teacher participation in online communities: Why do teachers want to participate in self-generated online communities of K—12 teachers?

Journal of Research on Technology in Education

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 279-303

  Hur, Jung Won ^a   Brush, Thomas A ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community of practice; Online communities; Teacher emotional sharing; Teacher professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008776207     PISSN: 15391523     EISSN: 19450818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15391523.2009.10782532     Document Type: Article

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