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Lee, Lai Har Judy; Rahmat, Rozi Binte; Lin, Li; Lim, Poh Heng; Tan, Toh Hwee – Professional Development in Education, 2023
A networked learning community (NLC) comprises teachers from different schools engaging collaboratively in purposeful and sustained professional learning. Networked learning entails the construction of knowledge that is new to the members of the group by tapping their collective practitioner knowledge and the public knowledge base. Members can use…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Communities of Practice, Computer Mediated Communication, Foreign Countries
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Herro, Danielle; Quigley, Cassie – Professional Development in Education, 2017
This research involves a multi-year study examining the perspectives and classroom practices of 21 middle school mathematics and science teachers, in the southeastern United States, participating in professional development (PD) exploring science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics (STEAM) literacies. This study sought to understand…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Science Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
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Carpenter, Jeffrey P.; Krutka, Daniel G. – Professional Development in Education, 2015
Traditional, top-down professional development (PD) can render teachers mere implementers of the ideas of others, but there is some hope that the participatory nature of social media such as Twitter might support more grassroots PD. To better understand Twitter's role in education, we conducted a survey of K-16 educators regarding their use of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Publishing, Web Sites, Computer Mediated Communication