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Title:
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SOCIAL WEB TOOLS FOR THE EDUCATION OF EDUCATORS A CASE STUDY |
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Author(s):
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Margarida Lucas , António Moreira |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8924-83-6 |
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Editors:
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Miguel Baptista Nunes and Maggie McPherson (series editors: Piet Kommers, Pedro Isaías and Nian-Shing Chen) |
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Year:
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2009 |
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Edition:
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V II, 2 |
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Keywords:
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Distributed Cognition, Connectivism, Shared Knowledge, Collaborative Learning, Social Web, Teacher Education. |
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Type:
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Short Paper |
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First Page:
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150 |
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Last Page:
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151 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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This work presents an experiment conducted in a post graduation course that combined an open and distributed web
setting with the principles of connectivism and distributed cognition. It reinforces the belief that when merged with
innovative pedagogical practices, the use of open social web tools as a means to mediate and support education can
contribute to the process of gaining new knowledge, skills or attitudes. The majority of students attending the course were
in-service teachers and findings show the integration and use of such tools during the course in question allowed them to
acquire and develop important technological and professional skills. We present the framework underlying the course as
well as the background of the study and the methodology used. We will also reflect upon the potentialities of the tools
and strategies used and draw some conclusions. |
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