How can we improve support for teachers as they negotiate the pathways into the profession? This books highlights how strong networks of connections with other teachers and with resources have been shown to make a big difference. Online learning networks are one way to help pre-service and early career teachers to foster these connections and the greater community of teachers has an interest in helping new teachers to enter the profession. New technologies have allowed teachers to be connected anywhere, anytime; this book discusses principles for the design and implementation of learning networks that can use this connectivity to improve support for beginning teachers. It addresses foundational principles of types of teacher communities (online and offline), types of knowledge relevant to beginning teachers, the idea of presence within a network and methodologies for studying and nurturing communities of teachers, providing recent examples of each.
Authors and Affiliations
Australian Digital Futures Institute, University of Southern Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Nick Kelly
Department of Pedagogy and Psychology, University of Lleida, Lleida, Spain
Marc Clarà
Learning Academy, Charles Sturt, Wagga Wagga, Australia
Benjamin Kehrwald
University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia
Patrick Alan Danaher
About the authors
Nick Kelly is a Research Fellow in Digital Futures in the Australian Digital Futures Institute at the Springfield campus of the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. Marc Clarà is a Serra Húnter Fellow in the Department of Pedagogy and Psychology at the University of Lleida, Spain. Benjamin Kehrwald is Senior Lecturer in Online Learning at Charles Sturt University in regional New South Wales, Australia. Patrick Alan Danaher is Professor in Educational Research in the School of Linguistics, Adult and Specialist Education at the Toowoomba campus of the University of Southern Queensland, Australia, and he is also currently an Adjunct Professor in the School of Education and the Arts at Central Queensland University, Australia.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Online Learning Networks for Pre-Service and Early Career Teachers
Authors: Nick Kelly, Marc Clarà, Benjamin Kehrwald, Patrick Alan Danaher
