The Use of Edmodo in Creating an Online Learning Community of Practice for Learning to Teach Science

Autor/in	Ekici, Didem Inel
Titel	The Use of Edmodo in Creating an Online Learning Community of Practice for Learning to Teach Science
Quelle	In: Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Sciences, 5 (2017) 2, S. 91-106 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2289-3024
Schlagwörter	Forschungsbericht; Communities of Practice; Electronic Learning; Virtual Classrooms; Courseware; Preservice Teacher Education; Preservice Teachers; Student Teacher Attitudes; Case Studies; Scientific Concepts; Elementary School Science; Pedagogical Content Knowledge; Usability; Technological Literacy; Technology Uses in Education; Access to Computers; Change Strategies; Handheld Devices; Questionnaires; Interpersonal Communication; Influence of Technology; Foreign Countries; Content Analysis; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community; Lernsoftware; Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Pädagogische Kompetenz; Technisches Wissen; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Lösungsstrategie; Fragebogen; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Ausland; Inhaltsanalyse; Türkei
Abstract	This study aimed to create an online community of practice by creating a virtual classroom in the Edmodo application and ascertain the opinions of pre-service primary teachers about the effects of Edmodo on their learning to teach science and availability of Edmodo. The research used a case study, which is one method of descriptive research. During the implementation process, pre-service primary teachers used Edmodo to share activities they had designed that centred on the scientific concepts taught in primary science education programmes. They also shared their diary entries that outlined their experiences and views after they had practised their activities in a real classroom. 58 pre-service primary teachers participated in the study. The author developed a questionnaire and it included one closed-ended and six open-ended questions; the questionnaire was used as the data collection tool. The pre-service primary teachers used Edmodo for 12 weeks. Descriptive and content analysis methods were used to analyse the data obtained from the study. The results obtained from the data analysis showed that pre-service primary teachers generally had positive views about the use of Edmodo in teacher education programmes. Most pre-service primary teachers stated that Edmodo provides the possibility of sharing knowledge, experiences and views. However, some pre-service teachers stated that Edmodo has some limitations; for example, the fact that it requires the user to have internet access. As a result, it can be said that Edmodo can be used to create an online community of practice in teacher education programmes. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	University of Malaya Faculty of Education. Kuala Lumpur 50603 Malaysia. Web site: http://moj-es.net/
Begutachtung	Peer reviewed
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01