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Virtual Learning Community as New Approach of Teacher Professional Development ─ Reflective Research into an eLearning Program of Intercultural Collaboration between China and UK
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作者 | Bangxiang Liu |
英文摘要 | Among the current reform measures undertaken in Chinese K─12 education, to adopt New Curricula and to improve ICT application in teaching are both decisive, however, the lack of qualified trainers is handicapped the professional development of over 10 millions in─service teachers. One of eChina 〜 UK projects in collaboration between universities from both sides is designed to develop virtual learning community(VLC)among in─service teachers and explore from pedagogic perspective how to conduct VLC. In accordance with reflective learning and collaborative learning, three online learning modules have been jointly created by Chinese and UK educational specialists, and one unit from each module has been piloted by a group of senior teachers. Through analyzing the processes of course design and pilot, supported by quantitative and qualitative research into the experiences of pilot participants, the paper identified some core factors influencing the quality of VLC and suggests that more attention should be given to the interactive learning process within VLC rather than to create well─structured learning materials before hand. It has also analyzed VLC as a promising approach to support professional development of in─service teachers from the perspective of continuous improvement process. There is much to be researched into the approach of VLC. |
起訖頁 | 58-65 |
關鍵詞 | intercultural collaboration、teacher professional development、virtual learning community、reflective and collaborative learning、intercultural collaboration、teacher professional development、virtual learning community、reflective and collaborative learning |
刊名 | 開放教育研究 |
期數 | 200606 (12:3期) |
出版單位 | 上海遠程教育集團;上海電視大學 |
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