Investigating Pre-Service Teachers' Informally-Developed Online Professional Learning Networks

Autor/inn/en	Kearney, Matthew; Maher, Damian; Pham, Lien
Titel	Investigating Pre-Service Teachers' Informally-Developed Online Professional Learning Networks
Quelle	In: Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 36 (2020) 1, S.21-36 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1449-5554
Schlagwörter	Preservice Teachers; Communities of Practice; Social Networks; Social Media; Web Sites; Foreign Countries; Behavior Patterns; Student Attitudes; Affordances; Preservice Teacher Education; Sense of Community; Discussion Groups; Australia; United Kingdom; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Soziale Medien; Web-Design; Ausland; Schülerverhalten; Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; Australien; Großbritannien; Kanada
Abstract	This study investigates how final year pre-service teachers (PSTs) from several countries use social media to support their online professional learning network (PLN) activities. Adopting a mixed-methods approach, it uses a global survey and interview methods to generate fresh insights into PSTs' informally-developed online PLN practices and their perceived benefits of these self-initiated activities. Findings uncover new understandings of contemporary PSTs' patterns of use and configurations of their online PLNs and have implications for their effective transitioning into the teaching profession. Implications for practice or policy: (1) Teacher educators should encourage pre-service teachers to informally develop their own online professional learning networks to leverage a range of benefits, driven by the authentic, diverse and accessible nature of ideas and materials encountered in these spaces; and (2) Pre-service teachers need affirmation and support to be confident, active participants in their chosen online professional learning network spaces, especially in networks shared with more experienced, practising teachers. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education. Ascilite Secretariat, P.O. Box 44, Figtree, NSW, Australia. Tel: +61-8-9367-1133; e-mail: info@ascilite.org.au; Web site: https://ajet.org.au/index.php/AJET
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01