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Teachers’ virtual communities of practice: A strong response in times of crisis or just another Fad?
The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceived effectiveness of a virtual community of practice (vCoP) designed to support knowledge and expertise sharing between K-12 teachers during Covid-19 pandemic. Besides, it aimed at exploring the potential of such vCoPs in delivering effective pr...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8783792/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35095322 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10639-021-10857-w |
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description | The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceived effectiveness of a virtual community of practice (vCoP) designed to support knowledge and expertise sharing between K-12 teachers during Covid-19 pandemic. Besides, it aimed at exploring the potential of such vCoPs in delivering effective professional development, in general, and during crisis in particular. The vCoP was developed by the researcher herself as part of a consultancy to the UNESCO. The sample included 696 participants who were members of the vCoP. The research methodology adopted was mixed methods. Quantitative data was collected through surveying; and qualitative data was collected through 8 focus group interviews each involving 6 participants. Statistical analysis was used to analyze survey data, while interviews data was analyzed using theme-based analysis. Findings showed that participants viewed vCoPs as effective tools for e-professional development in general and during crisis in particular. Facilitators and blockers confronting vCoP nourishment are presented and discussed. Discussions and conclusions are offered at the end of the study. |
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spelling | pubmed-87837922022-01-24 Teachers’ virtual communities of practice: A strong response in times of crisis or just another Fad? Ghamrawi, Norma Educ Inf Technol (Dordr) Article The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceived effectiveness of a virtual community of practice (vCoP) designed to support knowledge and expertise sharing between K-12 teachers during Covid-19 pandemic. Besides, it aimed at exploring the potential of such vCoPs in delivering effective professional development, in general, and during crisis in particular. The vCoP was developed by the researcher herself as part of a consultancy to the UNESCO. The sample included 696 participants who were members of the vCoP. The research methodology adopted was mixed methods. Quantitative data was collected through surveying; and qualitative data was collected through 8 focus group interviews each involving 6 participants. Statistical analysis was used to analyze survey data, while interviews data was analyzed using theme-based analysis. Findings showed that participants viewed vCoPs as effective tools for e-professional development in general and during crisis in particular. Facilitators and blockers confronting vCoP nourishment are presented and discussed. Discussions and conclusions are offered at the end of the study. Springer US 2022-01-23 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC8783792/ /pubmed/35095322 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10639-021-10857-w Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2021 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Article Ghamrawi, Norma Teachers’ virtual communities of practice: A strong response in times of crisis or just another Fad? |
title | Teachers’ virtual communities of practice: A strong response in times of crisis or just another Fad? |
title_full | Teachers’ virtual communities of practice: A strong response in times of crisis or just another Fad? |
title_fullStr | Teachers’ virtual communities of practice: A strong response in times of crisis or just another Fad? |
title_full_unstemmed | Teachers’ virtual communities of practice: A strong response in times of crisis or just another Fad? |
title_short | Teachers’ virtual communities of practice: A strong response in times of crisis or just another Fad? |
title_sort | teachers’ virtual communities of practice: a strong response in times of crisis or just another fad? |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8783792/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35095322 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10639-021-10857-w |
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