ERIC Number: ED509318
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2010
Pages: 7
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Global Networked Learning: A New Form of Collaborative Action Research
Mirny, A.; Wiske, M. S.; Joo, J.; Cunningham, G.; Daniels, D.; Farid, A. B.; Gordon, F.; Madani, R.; Nissen, S. C.
Online Submission, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (Denver, CO, Apr 30-May 4, 2010)
A year-long collaborative action research project used networked technologies to connect researchers at a university-based online professional development program and a group of practitioner researchers based in a range of schools and educational agencies in several countries. They studied the process and effects of online professional development structured by specific research-based educational frameworks, refined a model of systemic educational improvement that includes online professional development, and devised a new approach to collaborative action research to support such work. Their report describes a coherent school improvement model with impacts on teachers, school leaders, students, and educational systems and illustrates the power of networked technologies for 21st century collaborative action research. (Contains 1 figure and 1 footnote.)
Descriptors: Action Research, Educational Improvement, Educational Change, Professional Development, Schools of Education, Online Courses, Internet, Computer Mediated Communication, Discussion Groups, Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Web Based Instruction, Teacher Researchers, Educational Cooperation, International Programs, College School Cooperation, Agencies, Foreign Countries, Coaching (Performance), Teamwork, Communities of Practice, Inservice Teacher Education, Case Studies, Teacher Surveys, Interviews, Logical Thinking, Models, Principals, Student Surveys, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Outcomes of Education, Graduate Study
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Speeches/Meeting Papers
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia; Jordan; Kentucky; Massachusetts; New York; Singapore
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