Training Teachers with a Virtual Learning Community: Connecting Peers with an International Dimension Cover Image

Mokytojų rengimas pritaikant virtualią mokymosi bendruomenę: bendraamžių jungimas tarptautiniu lygmeniu
Training Teachers with a Virtual Learning Community: Connecting Peers with an International Dimension

Author(s): Beatriz García Fernández, Antonio Mateos Jiménez, María Teresa Bejarano Franco
Subject(s): Sociology of Education
Published by: Vytauto Didžiojo Universitetas
Keywords: virtual learning community; virtual professional community; teacher training; professional development; wikis

Summary/Abstract: Here we present research into the use of a virtual learning community in formal teacher training to determine the associated pedagogical benefits. The community was used by 876 teacher candidates, graduate teachers and university teachers from Spain, Chile and Belgium. Using it resulted in benefits relating to the transfer of knowledge and pedagogical experiences, cooperative and collaborative work, teacher coordination and contextual diversity, and it has been highly valued by the participants.

  • Issue Year: 122/2016
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 124-140
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: English