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Title: La col·laboració informal docent a través de la participació en xarxes i comunitats en línia per afavorir el desenvolupament professional
Other Titles: Teachers informal collaboration through online participation to foster professional development
Author: Macià Golobardes, Maria
Director: Garcia Gonzalez, Iolanda  
Abstract: Informal online communities and networks offer teachers opportunities to share learning experiences, reflect on teaching practices, and find emotional support. In this thesis we used a mixed methods research design to explore this topic. The organization of the thesis relates to three research phases. The first phase consisted of a thorough and extensive literature review to analyse existing theoretical frameworks and methodological approaches, the main characteristics and practices of online communities and networks, and their repercussions on teachers' professional development. In the second phase we selected several teacher communities in order to better understand the connection between the participants and the networks that they established, particularly on Twitter. Then we analysed the role that Twitter played in their activity within their community, especially in relation with peer production. In the third phase we explored how 'bridging teachers' used Twitter and whether this use resulted in better outcomes in their educational practices.
Keywords: social networking sites
online communities
teachers' professional development
informal learning
Twitter
Document type: info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis
Issue Date: 22-Feb-2019
Publication license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/  
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