[Air-L] Online Learning Communities and Teacher Professional Development

[David Rodríguez Gómez]

Dear AoIR Colleagues,

I am pleased to introduce you the latest release from IGI Global:

Online Learning Communities and Teacher Professional Development: Methods
for Improved Education Delivery 
ISBN: 978-1-60566-780-5; 354 pp; August 2009
Published under Information Science Reference an imprint of IGI Global

http://www.igi-global.com/reference/details.asp?id=34727

Edited by: J. Ola Lindberg, Mid Sweden University, Sweden and Anders D.
Olofsson, Umea University, Sweden


DESCRIPTION

In today’s society, the professional development of teachers is urgent due
to the constant change in working conditions and the impact that information
and communication technologies have in teaching practices. 

Online Learning Communities and Teacher Professional Development: Methods
for Improved Education Delivery features innovative applications and
solutions useful for teachers in developing knowledge and skills for the
integration of technology into everyday teaching practices. This defining
collection of field research discusses how technology itself can serve as an
important resource in terms of providing arenas for professional
development.

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"Online Learning Communities and Teacher Professional Development: Methods
for Improved Education Delivery provides theoretical foundations for
developing research on this topic together with cases, models, methods and
pedagogies for improved education delivery with great potential to improve
practice." 

- J. Ola Lindberg, Mid Sweden University, Sweden
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TOPICS COVERED

Collaborative online professional development 

Computer-supported collaborative learning 

Education delivery 

Knowledge management in education 

Models of online communities 

Online learning communities 

Online pedagogy design and development 

Pedagogies afforded by technology 

Teacher professional development 

Virtual environments

For more information about Online Learning Communities and Teacher
Professional Development: Methods for Improved Education Delivery, you can
view the title information sheet at
http://www.igi-global.com/downloads/pdf/34727.pdf 
To view the Table of Contents and a complete list of contributors online go
to
http://www.igi-global.com/reference/details.asp?ID=34727&v=tableOfContents. 
You can also view the first chapter of the publication at
http://www.igi-global.com/downloads/excerpts/34727.pdf 

Regards,
David
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David Rodríguez Gómez
Dpt. de Pedagogia Aplicada
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Edifici G6 - Despatx 243
Tfon: + 34 93 581 3191
Fax: + 34 93 581 3052
Campus de Bellaterra
08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès
Barcelona (Spain)
http://dewey.uab.cat/drodriguezg/
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