Community Of Practice- Session 1

Community of Practice: Educational Technologies
Dr. Christina Gitsaki
christina.gitsaki@hct.ac.ae

Community of Practice
What is it?
How does it work?
Does it work?

Community of Practice
Model of Professional Development
Group of professionals who share same interests and goals
No trainer or trainee
Tools: reflection (on-action/in-anticipation), interaction, sharing of experiences, trying out new ideas, facing challenges, modifying, adapting
Innovative Practice
Adult Learning

Web 2.0
What is it?
Who uses it? Who is it designed for?
What does it have to do with teaching?

Web 2.0
voicethread

Web 2.0
What’s the educational value of web 2.0?
Web 2.0 is for fun!
The goal of this CoP:
Explore Web 2.0 tools
Figure out how to use them for teaching

Today’s Menu
Flickr
Voicethread

Do U Flickr?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RqvKXgQc9w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re05530ulS4
http://www.slideshare.net/michaelc/teaching-with-flickr-presentation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1--CdU4pljg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr0wod6JZIU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U1wlRrKyyk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CPqOziAcGU

Activities
Set up your accounts
View the resources
In groups of three discuss:
What activities you can use these tools for?
What barriers are there?
How to overcome barriers?
Choose 1 activity to design materials for and use in class.
Next week: share your idea/activity with your group