Social Media as a Conduit for Teacher Professional Development in the Digital Era: Myths, Promises or Realities?

Autor/inn/en	Alberth; Mursalim; Siam; Suardika, I. Ketut; Ino, La
Titel	Social Media as a Conduit for Teacher Professional Development in the Digital Era: Myths, Promises or Realities?
Quelle	In: TEFLIN Journal: A publication on the teaching and learning of English, 29 (2018) 2, S.293-306 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0215-773X
Schlagwörter	Social Media; Faculty Development; Educational Improvement; Educational Change; Computer Simulation; Lifelong Learning; Sustainability; Communities of Practice; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Language Teachers + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Medien; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Bildungsreform; Computergrafik; Computersimulation; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Nachhaltigkeit; Community; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht
Abstract	It is generally accepted that effective teacher professional development is critical to effective educational improvements and reforms of any educational institution. However, a conventional form of teacher professional development is constrained by time and space and, more often than not, there is a lack of perpetual support to teachers in the wake of a training program. An alternative way of teacher professional development therefore needs to be sought. This article argues that social media and all its facets open up new avenues for sustainable professional development and life-long learning in which case support can be obtained through virtual learning communities. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Association for the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language in Indonesia (TEFLIN). Malang, East Java, 65145, Indonesia. TEFLIN Publication Division, Department of English, Faculty of Letters, Universitas Negeri Malang, Jalan Semarang 5, Tel: +62-341-570; http://journal.teflin.org/index.php/journal
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01