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ERIC Number: EJ647357
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-1042-1726
A Community of Practice: Web Portals and Faculty Development.
Carlson, Patricia A.
Journal of Computing in Higher Education, v13 n2 p4-24 Spr 2002
Describes a Web portal constructed by Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology dedicated to improving middle school science, mathematics, and technology instruction. The portal emulates emerging corporate practices of knowledge management and process reinvention through information technology, and offers middle school teachers across Indiana a "community of practice" to share experiences and improve teaching through access to Web resources. (EV)
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Higher Education, Instructional Innovation, Mathematics Instruction, Middle School Teachers, Science Instruction, Teacher Improvement, World Wide Web
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Indiana; Portal Sites