Online community of practice for teacher professional learning: a Chinese case study Online publication date: Tue, 12-Apr-2016
by Tao Feng; Lu Wang
International Journal of Strategic Change Management (IJSCM), Vol. 6, No. 3/4, 2015
Abstract: Teacher online community of practice (TOCoP) is composed of a group of teachers and facilitators for a common vision of professional development through network platform. TOCoP provides teachers with an ideal learning environment to achieve management and re-creation of practical knowledge. We develop a teacher professional learning framework based on TOCoP. It supports teacher professional learning from the aspects of technical environment, learning resources, learning support services, organisational systems and activity design so that teachers can achieve their goals of professional learning. In this paper, we present a Chinese case of teacher professional learning through TOCoP. One hundred and fifty teachers from different regions and schools took part in TOCoP, where teacher professional learning in TOCoP was fully supported by means of technological support, organisation of teacher groups, practical activities, service system and resource establishment.
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