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Collaboration and Community Building in an Online Teacher Community of Learning: A Social Network Analysis

Authors:
Panagiotis Tsiotakis
Athanassios Jimoyiannis

Keywords: On-line Teacher Communities, community learning; Social Network Analysis

Abstract:
This paper presents an investigation of teachers’ engagement and collaboration toward building a Teacher Community in the context of a blended post-graduate course about e-learning and ICT in education. The design of both pedagogical and technological dimensions of the teacher community framework are presented. Research data were analysed using Social Network Analysis methods and revealed important information regarding critical indicators of interaction and collaboration among participants and the whole community performance. Conclusions are drawn for future development and research about on-line teacher communities.

Pages: 19 to 24

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2014

Publication date: July 20, 2014

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-3972

ISBN: 978-1-61208-361-2

Location: Paris, France

Dates: from July 20, 2014 to July 24, 2014