Creating and sustaining online professional learning communities
By: edited by Joni K. Falk and Brian Drayton ; foreword by Marcia C. Linn.
Contributors: Falk, Joni K.; Drayton, Brian.
Series: Technology, education-connections--the TEC series
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9780807749401
Subjects: Teachers -- In-service training -- United States; Teachers -- Computer networks -- United States; Teachers -- Professional relationships -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: MSPNET: design dimensions for nested learning communities / Joni Falk and Brian Drayton; title: "Building an airplane in the air": the life of the inquiry group / Bertram C. Bruce; title: Communities, texts and consciousness: the practice of participation at the math forum / Wes Shumar; title: Merlot: a community-driven digital library / Flora McMartin; title: Designing for inquiry as a social practice / Rebecca K. Scheckler and Sasha A. Barab; title: The role of representations in shaping a community of scientific inquiry online / Andee Rubin and Sue Doubler; title: Structuring a virtual conference to facilitate collaboration and reflective dialogue / Joni Falk, Soo-Young Lee, and Brian Drayton; title: Conclusion / Brian Drayton, Jon Obuchowski, and Joni Falk.