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TAPPED IN: a new on-line teacher community concept for the next generation of internet technology

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Mark S. Schlager,

Patricia K. SchankAuthors Info & Claims

CSCL '97: Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Computer support for collaborative learning

Pages 234 - 243

Published: 10 December 1997 Publication History

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K-12 education reform research suggests that new models of teacher professional development (TPD) are needed to establish and support communities of teachers engaged in school reform. We are working with several TPD organizations to develop a new on-line TPD community concept called TAPPED IN. Together, we are forging what we believe will be a self-sustaining TPD community in an on-line environment that enables us to employ existing Internet technology to study modes of collaboration embodied by next-generation commercial Internet technologies. In this paper, we present the theoretical foundations of our concept, the rationale behind the design of the TAPPED IN virtual environment, and our community-building approach.

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Naomi Miyake
School of Computer and Cognitive Studies, Chukyo University
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Graduate School of Education, University of California, at Berkeley

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Dreon OMcDonald SBarab SHay KHickey D(2006)Using an online community of practice to foster inquiry as pedagogy amongst student teachersProceedings of the 7th international conference on Learning sciences10.5555/1150034.1150055(140-146)Online publication date: 27-Jun-2006
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/1150034.1150055
Zhao YRop S(2001)A Critical Review of the Literature on Electronic Networks as Reflective Discourse Communities for Inservice TeachersEducation and Information Technologies10.1023/A:10123637152126:2(81-94)Online publication date: 1-Jun-2001
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1023/A%3A1012363715212
Schank PFenton JSchlager MFusco J(1999)From MOO to MEOWProceedings of the 1999 conference on Computer support for collaborative learning10.5555/1150240.1150304(64-es)Online publication date: 12-Dec-1999
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/1150240.1150304

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