This paper presents a systematic review of 52 empirical studies of formally-organized and
informally-developed online teacher communities from the early 2000s to the present time …

The chapter deals with opportunities and challenges of distance learning in higher
education. One challenge comes from the changing perceptions of what learning is all …

The proliferation of online resources and an increase in accessibility has led teachers to go
online to connect, share ideas and expand their own professional learning opportunities on …

Herein we examine the use of a program-wide Twitter hashtag as a part of pre-service
teacher education activities at one institution. After detailing the context around the hashtag's …

Social media are now an important aspect of the professional lives of school teachers. This
paper explores the growing use of mass 'teacher groups' and 'teacher communities' on …

Social media represent an increasingly important vehicle for informal professional
development amongst teachers, and provide an illuminating means of tracing their collective …

In recent years, teachers have turned to online social spaces for peer‐to‐peer interaction in
increasing numbers. This online engagement has been highlighted by both practitioners …

As teachers' informal professional development is visible in social media, this study probes
teachers' participation in self-organized Facebook groups in mathematics or Swedish …

While prior research suggests that many educators turn to social media to grow and
enhance professional learning networks (PLNs) that extend beyond their schools, little is …

Interest in how to use mobile devices to support teaching and learning has increased as
technologies have become more sophisticated and ubiquitous. A recent focus in teacher …