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Seeking an online community for professional development discourse: a content analysis of teachers' blogs

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Tatyana G. Pashnyak,

Vanessa P. DennenAuthors Info & Claims

International Journal of Web Based Communities, Volume 5, Issue 3

Pages 392 - 406

https://doi.org/10.1504/IJWBC.2009.025215

Published: 01 May 2009 Publication History

Abstract

This paper presents a content analysis of a sample of blogs from one blog community of classroom teachers. It offers a glimpse into both the personal and professional aspects of teachers' lives and identifies the ways classroom teachers are using blogs to cope in an increasingly challenging profession. The findings show that at least some teachers find blogs to be a useful technology for communicating with other teachers. They can share ideas, ask questions, offer and find solutions, share stories and experiences or simply socialise with other classroom teachers, thus providing informal support to each other via a virtual community of practice.

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Abdo SPashnyak TDennen V(2011)Medical students' international blogging community: a coping mechanism to survive the difficult years of medical schoolInternational Journal of Web Based Communities10.1504/IJWBC.2011.0412037:3(342-356)Online publication date: 1-Jul-2011
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1504/IJWBC.2011.041203
Liu C(2011)Identifying the value types of virtual communities based on the Q methodInternational Journal of Web Based Communities10.1504/IJWBC.2011.0381257:1(52-65)Online publication date: 1-Jan-2011
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1504/IJWBC.2011.038125

Index Terms

Seeking an online community for professional development discourse: a content analysis of teachers' blogs
1. Applied computing
  1. Education
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction paradigms
      1. Web-based interaction

Index terms have been assigned to the content through auto-classification.

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International Journal of Web Based Communities Volume 5, Issue 3

May 2009

136 pages

ISSN:1477-8394

EISSN:1741-8216

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Abdo SPashnyak TDennen V(2011)Medical students' international blogging community: a coping mechanism to survive the difficult years of medical schoolInternational Journal of Web Based Communities10.1504/IJWBC.2011.0412037:3(342-356)Online publication date: 1-Jul-2011
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1504/IJWBC.2011.041203
Liu C(2011)Identifying the value types of virtual communities based on the Q methodInternational Journal of Web Based Communities10.1504/IJWBC.2011.0381257:1(52-65)Online publication date: 1-Jan-2011
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1504/IJWBC.2011.038125

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