CONCEPTUALISING TEACHER PROFESSIONAL LEARNING WITH WEB 2.0 TECHNOLOGIES

Kevin Burden
The Centre for Educational Studies
The University of Hull
UK

This paper reflects on the affordances of Web 2.0 technologies to support teachers’ professional learning. It argues that professional learning for teachers is a constructed process which combines elements of experience, reflection and knowledge-building. It occurs in specific contexts, through collaboration with others and the mediating effect of cultural artefacts. The emerging features of Web 2.0 technologies are seen as largely harmonious with these principles which are mapped together in a framework for understanding and exploring opportunities to support and enhance teachers’ professional learning and knowledge construction.

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