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dc.contributor.authorVo, Darcy
dc.contributor.authorPham, Truman
dc.contributor.authorParsons, David
dc.contributor.editorCath Fraser, Heather Hamerton, Clarke Raymond, Jon Sadler & Kate Shanaghan
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-06T01:20:12Z
dc.date.available2017-12-06T01:20:12Z
dc.date.issued2016-10
dc.identifier.isbn9780473401375
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10652/4005
dc.description.abstractThe Digital and Collaborative Learning postgraduate programme of The Mind Lab by Unitec not only provides teachers with transformational approaches to 21st‐century learning, but also with opportunities to create connections with those who teach different student age groups, are from different teaching disciplines, or are from different regions of the country. More than 600 teachers from the four annual cohorts studied in this research provide a substantial pool of knowledge and practice to be tapped into. To realise this potential, we have sought to foster an online community of practice for the teachers to engage in learning and social interactions. A community of practice embodies a: shared domain, with mutual interest in transforming teaching practice via digital and collaborative learning; shared practice; and a shared community. Structured online interactions create a dynamic sense of engagement for members. A Google+ Community provides the online platform for the teachers to share their reflective practice. Our research questions centre around what impacts the online community of practice might have on participant learning. This paper presents an analysis of a survey of current students as well as alumni. The findings should provide insights for online course designers into how to effectively foster online communities of practice.en_NZ
dc.language.isoenen_NZ
dc.publisherToi Ohomai Institute of Technology (Rotorua, N.Z.)en_NZ
dc.rights© Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology 2017en_NZ
dc.subjectDigital and Collaborative Learning (The Mind Lab : Unitec Institute of Technology)en_NZ
dc.subjectUnitec coursesen_NZ
dc.subjectcommunities of practiceen_NZ
dc.subjectteacher educationen_NZ
dc.subjectcollaborative learningen_NZ
dc.titleCreating learning connections via an online community of practice : a case study.en_NZ
dc.typeConference Contribution - Paper in Published Proceedingsen_NZ
dc.date.updated2017-12-02T13:30:01Z
dc.subject.marsden130306 Educational Technology and Computingen_NZ
dc.subject.marsden130103 Higher Educationen_NZ
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationVo, D., Pham, T., & Parsons, D. (2016, October). Creating learning connections via an online community of practice : a case study. Cath Fraser, Heather Hamerton, Clarke Raymond, Jon Sadler & Kate Shanaghan (Ed.), Making Connections – Whanaungatanga Proceedings of the 2016 National Tertiary Learning and Teaching Conference (pp.17 - 22). ISBN 9780473401375en_NZ
unitec.publication.spage17en_NZ
unitec.publication.lpage22en_NZ
unitec.conference.titleMaking Connections – Whanaungatanga Proceedings of the 2016 National Tertiary Learning and Teaching Conferenceen_NZ
unitec.conference.orgToi Ohomai Institute of Technology (Rotorua, N.Z.)en_NZ
unitec.conference.locationRotorua, New Zealanden_NZ
unitec.conference.sdate2016-10-03
unitec.conference.edate2016-10-05
unitec.peerreviewedyesen_NZ
dc.contributor.affiliationUnitec Institute of Technologyen_NZ
unitec.identifier.roms60949en_NZ
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0002-9815-036X
unitec.institution.studyareaEducation


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