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- Title
An Examination of Literacy, Knowledge, and Learning in an Online Community of Practice.
- Authors
Drabble, Anne
- Abstract
The value of using technology in teaching and learning is a recurrent theme with proficiency in using Information Communication Technology (ICT) explicitly recognised by the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) and the Queensland College of Teachers (QCT). The purpose of this study was to examine the online communication that pre-service teachers engaged in on a social networking site as part of a curriculum and planning unit at an Australian University. The social networking site was an extension of the Learning Management System (LMS) Blackboard used at the university. Pre-service teachers were required to complete four literacy learning tasks and to engage in shared communication throughout the semester. Information on the quality and frequency of communicative contributions uploaded on the site was gathered and analysed. Results showed pre-service teachers engaged extensively with the social network in a manner that provided support for their literacy learning in curriculum and planning. The ease of use and familiarity with social networks as a method of shared communication was regarded as a primary benefit for learning. Insights gained on the nature and extent of the communicative contributions uploaded suggested the approach undertaken by pre-service teachers in initiating a communication impacted on the number and quality of responses received. Pre-service teachers who adopted a socialisation style of communication elicited more meaningful responses from others which in turn extended the quality and depth of communicative exchanges. However, the findings fell short of drawing a generalised conclusion there had been learning across each of the knowledge process areas.
- Subjects
STUDENT teachers; LEARNING management; COMPUTER managed instruction; LEARNING Management System; INFORMATION &; communication technologies
- Publication
International Journal of Literacies, 2015, Vol 22, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2327-0136
- Publication type
Article