Motivators and Barriers in the Development of Online Communities of Practice

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2010-01-01

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BARAN, BAHAR
Çağıltay, Kürşat

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Problem statement: Recently, online Communities of Practice have become a very popular teaching method in teachers' professional development. However, keeping teachers active in these learning environments is a very challenging process. Therefore, investigating this challenge is critical for designing effective online Community of Practice (oCoP) environments for teachers' professional development.

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Internet, Professional development, Teachers, Computer-mediated communication, Communities of practice

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/53437

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EURASIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

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Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technology, Article

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B. BARAN and K. Çağıltay, “Motivators and Barriers in the Development of Online Communities of Practice,” EURASIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, pp. 79–96, 2010, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/53437.