Professional Development in Collaborative Online Spaces: Supporting Rural Language Teachers in a <i>Post-Pandemic</i> Era

Moser, Kelly; Wei, Tianlan

doi:10.1080/1547688x.2023.2174279

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“…While vCoPs have been present in the field of education for long time, serving as platforms for online collaboration among teachers (Ghamrawi, 2022), their popularity surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, becoming the primary means of remote teacher collaboration during that period (Bolisani et al, 2020;Delgado et al, 2021;Grunspan et al, 2021). Even post-pandemic, vCoPs continue to be widely endorsed as effective tools for teacher professional development and growth (Moser & Wei, 2023;Singh et al, 2022).…”

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Teacher leadership and virtual communities: Unpacking teacher agency and distributed leadership

Shal,

Ghamrawi,

Abu-Tineh

et al. 2024

Educ Inf Technol

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This study explored the development of teacher leadership in collaborative online spaces, also called virtual communities of practice (vCoP). Employing a phenomenological research design with semi-structured interviews as the primary data collection method, participants were drawn from a single vCoP. The findings underscored the pivotal role of vCoPs in nurturing teacher leadership skills, facilitated by the dynamic interplay of teacher agency and distributed leadership. Teacher agency empowers educators to proactively take control of their learning journey within vCoPs, enabling them to explore areas of personal interest and expertise, including knowledge sharing and project initiation. Simultaneously, distributed leadership empowers teachers to assume leadership roles within the vCoP, irrespective of their formal positions or seniority, involving activities such as guiding discussions and organizing professional development. This harmonious collaboration between teacher agency and distributed leadership fosters a collaborative and inclusive environment within vCoPs, where teacher leadership thrive.

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