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Publication Date: 2015
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Blended Online Learning in Initial Teacher Education: A Professional Inquiry into Pre-Service Teachers' Inquiry Projects
Hunt, Anne-Marie
Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning, v19 n2 p48-60 2015
Online and blended learning bring opportunities and challenges, including more opportunities for authentic activities (Gikandi, Morrow, & Davis, 2011). Blended online environments are now a common mode for pre-service teacher education, providing interesting opportunities to develop and showcase alternative approaches that blend with practice in the field. This paper presents a case study of an online course that supported 55 student teacher inquiries into the practice of teaching. The author describes some successful strategies, using a range of e-learning tools, including the university's Moodle learning management system, in the professional inquiry focused course that she led. The study informs course and programme redesign to encourage student teachers to develop their own networks of practice during pre-service tertiary education.
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Inquiry, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Online Courses, Database Management Systems, Educational Technology, Electronic Learning, Case Studies, Learning Strategies, Social Networks, Feedback (Response), Educational Practices, Educational Strategies, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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