Redesigning professional development: reconceptualising teaching using social learning technologies

  • Thomas Cochrane Centre for Learning And Teaching AUT University New Zealand
  • Vickel Narayan Centre for Learning And Teaching AUT University New Zealand
Keywords: Communities of practice, Web 2.0, pedagogy, heutagogy, teaching and learning,

Abstract

This article evaluates the use of a community of practice model for redesigning a lecturer professional development course investigating the impact of mobile web 2.0 technologies in higher education. The results show a significant change in lecturer conceptions of pedagogy were achieved by this approach. Drawing on our experience of two iterations of implementing the new course model we propose a mobile social media framework for enabling pedagogical transformation as part of lecturer professional development.

Keywords: communities of practice; Web 2.0; pedagogy; heutagogy; teaching and learning

(Published: 20 June 2013)

Citation: Research in Learning Technology 2013, 21: 19226 - http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/rlt.v21i0.19226

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Author Biography

Thomas Cochrane, Centre for Learning And Teaching AUT University New Zealand
Dr Thomas Cochrane
BE, BD, GDHE, MTS, MComp, PHD (Monash)
Academic Advisor
Senior Lecturer in educational technology
Centre for Learning And Teaching
AUT
Published
2013-06-20
How to Cite
Cochrane T., & Narayan V. (2013). Redesigning professional development: reconceptualising teaching using social learning technologies. Research in Learning Technology, 21. https://doi.org/10.3402/rlt.v21i0.19226
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Original Research Articles

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