Virtual communities for continuing in-service teacher training
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https://doi.org/10.1344/reire2008.1.1111Keywords:
Virtual communities, practice communities, continuing in-service training, digital citizenship, citizen educationAbstract
Social networks, which are increasingly present on the Internet, have demonstrated the importance of a new form of social organisation through networking. Digital networks create new communities that are not dependent on physical or spatiotemporal territories. These are new spaces, new media and new forms of knowledge communication and production that make it necessary to rethink the training and professional development of teachers and educators. The challenge in the coming years is not mainly about access to the Internet, but about educating citizens so they are capable of learning and contributing through it. Virtual learning and practising communities have great potential for continuing in-service teacher training.References
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