Creating and Sustaining Online Professional Learning Communities

Informationen zum Autor Joni K. Falk and Brian Drayton co-direct the Center for School Reform at TERC, a nonprofit research and development institution aimed at improving math and science teaching and learning. Klappentext This volume presents the work of trailblazing researchers and developers of electronic communities for professional learning. It illuminates the essential work behind the scenes in building successful online communities and scaffolding site interactions, including content selection, creation and management, administrative structures, tools and interactive functionalities, the facilitation of discourse and emergent sub-communities, and the development of online leadership. While each of the A01thors is knowledgeable about site design, new technologies, and collaborative Web tools, their work is deeply influenced and informed by scholarship which has unfolded over the last three decades about how professional learning takes place, particularly for math and science educators. Zusammenfassung Illuminates the useful work behind the scenes in building successful online communities and scaffolding site interactions! including content selection! creation and management! administrative structures! tools and interactive functionalities! the facilitation of discourse and emergent sub-communities! and the development of online leadership.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Joni K. (EDT)/ Drayton Falk
• Con la collaborazione di: Brian Drayton (Editore), Joni K Falk (Editore), Joni K. Falk (Editore), Marcia C Linn (Editore), Marcia C. Linn (Editore)
• Editore: Teachers College Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.04.2009
• EAN: 9780807749401
• ISBN: 978-0-8077-4940-1
• Pagine: 256
• Serie: Technology, Education--Connect; Technology, Education - Connections (The TEC Series); Technology, Education--Connect; Technology, Education - Connections (The TEC Series)
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Pedagogia scolastica, didattica, metodica