From transaction to transformation: information and communication technology, professional development and the formation of communities of practice.

Using the concept of 'layers of community', this paper describes and explains the ways in which teams of teachers, teacher educators and researchers worked together on the research project InterActive Education: teaching and learning in the information age. The focus is on the development and dissem...

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Publicado en:Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 20; no. 6; pp. 426 - 440
Autores principales: Triggs P, John P
Formato: case study Journal Article
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Dec2004
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Sumario:Using the concept of 'layers of community', this paper describes and explains the ways in which teams of teachers, teacher educators and researchers worked together on the research project InterActive Education: teaching and learning in the information age. The focus is on the development and dissemination of professional knowledge as it relates to teaching and learning that incorporates information and communications technology (ICT) as a tool. Drawing on a range of data, we illustrate how 'micro-', 'meso-' and 'macro'-communities inter-connect to create the settings for improved professional growth. The purpose is to challenge the linearity embedded in much of the professional development processes associated with ICT and to re-model the relationship between practice and research.