Table of Contents Preface.................................................................................................................................................xiv Volume I Section 1 Considerations and Practices in Professional Communities Chapter 1 ProfessionalLearningCommunitiesandAdultLearningandTeaching:BestPracticesinBuilding aCommunityofLearners....................................................................................................................... 1 Eric J. Dimmitt, Cardinal Stritch University, USA Chapter 2 BuildingCommunitiesofPracticeThroughFacultyMentorshipPrograms........................................ 18 Pooneh Lari, Wake Technical Community College, Raleigh, NC, USA Denise H. Barton, Wake Technical Community College, Raleigh, NC, USA Chapter 3 ApplicationofKnowledgeManagementinUniversityResearchandHigherEducation:An ExperimentWithCommunitiesofPractice(COP)............................................................................... 32 Lalitha Raman, Jyoti Nivas College Autonomous, India Chapter 4 ProfessionalDevelopmentforClassroomTeachers.............................................................................. 51 Jeffrey Maiden, University of Oklahoma, USA Chapter 5 BuildingFacultySoTLSkillsThroughaMulti-andInterdisciplinaryWritingCommunityof Practice.................................................................................................................................................. 72 Sandra Sgoutas-Emch, University of San Diego, USA Judith Liu, University of San Diego, USA Moriah Meyskens, University of San Diego, USA Tara Ceranic Salinas, University of San Diego, USA Jane Friedman, University of San Diego, USA Perla Myers, University of San Diego, USA Chapter 6 LeadingLearningCommunitieswithCreativePractice....................................................................... 91 Susannah L. Brown, Florida Atlantic University, USA Jennifer Lynne Bird, Florida Atlantic University, USA Ann Musgrove, Florida Atlantic University, USA Jillian Powers, Florida Atlantic University, USA Chapter 7 TeacherIdentity(Re)ConstructionwithinProfessionalLearningCommunities:TheRoleof EmotionsandTensions....................................................................................................................... 104 Pinar Kocabas Gedik, Yildiz Technical University, Turkey Deniz Ortactepe, Bilkent University, Turkey Chapter 8 CollaborativeApproachesforCommunitiesofPracticeActivitiesEnrichment................................ 116 Ziska Fields, University of Johannesburg, South Africa Sulaiman Olusegun Atiku, Namibia University of Science and Technology, Namibia Chapter 9 ANewPerspectiveinCompetitivenessforBusinessEducation:CommunitiesofPractice–The CrystalPalace...................................................................................................................................... 147 Ana Martins, University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa Isabel Martins, University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa Orlando Petiz Pereira, University of Minho, Portugal Chapter 10 CommunitiesofPracticeforPromotingOrganizationalandInformalLearninginPublic Administration.................................................................................................................................... 167 David Rodríguez-Gómez, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain Joaquin Gairin, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain Section 2 Online Communities and Tools for Virtual Collaboration Chapter 11 ProfessionalDevelopmenttoPromoteOnlineCommunication,CollaborationandLearning AmongFaculty:ACommunityofPracticeApproach........................................................................ 191 Mayela Coto, Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica Lone Dirckinck-Holmfeld, Aalborg University, Denmark Chapter 12 ConceptualizingCharacteristicsofProfessionalLearninginanOnlineEnvironment....................... 225 Aimee L. Morewood, West Virginia University, USA Julie W. Ankrum, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA Allison Swan Dagen, West Virginia University, USA Chapter 13 :EfficacyofOrganizationalLearningandSocialCapitalinOnlineCommunitiesofPractice DualitiesandIntersections.................................................................................................................. 240 Serkan Gürsoy, Beykoz University, Turkey Murat Yücelen, Yeditepe University, Turkey Chapter 14 EnhancingLearner-DrivenInformalLearninginaVirtualPracticeCommunity:TheMassive OpenOnlineCourse(MOOC)asaLearningSolutionforProfessionalDevelopment...................... 267 Chungil Chae, Pennsylvania State University, USA Boyung Suh, The University of Georgia, USA Seung-hyun Han, The University of Georgia, USA Heeyoung Han, Southern Illinois University, USA Doo Hun Lim, University of Oklahoma, USA Chapter 15 In-ServiceTeachers’UseofICTforthePromotionofCollaborativeProfessionalLearning............ 287 Ana García-Valcárcel, University of Salamanca, Spain Juanjo Mena, University of Salamanca, Spain Chapter 16 CreatingVirtualCommunitiesThatWork:BestPracticesforUsersandDevelopersof E-CollaborationSoftware................................................................................................................... 302 Ashley Van Ostrand, California State University, Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA, USA Spencer Wolfe, California State University, Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA, USA Antonio Arredondo, California State University, Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA, USA Andrea M. Skinner, California State University, Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA, USA Ramon Visaiz, California State University, Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA, USA Megan Jones, California State University, Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA, USA J. Jacob Jenkins, California State University, Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA, USA Chapter 17 NurturingCollaborativeNetworksofMobileLearningResearchersandPractitioners..................... 325 Thomas Cochrane, Centre for Learning and Teaching (CfLAT), Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand Vickel Narayan, Centre for Learning and Teaching (CfLAT), Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand Chapter 18 LearningCommunities:TheoryandPracticeofLeveragingSocialMediaforLearning.................. 347 Heather Robinson, University of North Texas, USA Whitney Kilgore, University of North Texas, USA Aras Bozkurt, Anadolu University, Turkey & University of South Africa, South Africa Chapter 19 IFoundMyselfRetweeting”:UsingTwitterChatstoBuildProfessionalLearningNetworks........ 366“ Julie A. Delello, The University of Texas at Tyler, USA Annamary L. Consalvo, The University of Texas at Tyler, USA Chapter 20 :AchievingRuralTeachers’DevelopmentThroughaWeChatProfessionalLearningCommunity TwoCasesFromGuangdongProvince............................................................................................... 382 Xue Zheng, East China Normal University, China Haixia Liu, LuoGang Middle School, China Dongmei Lin, NaLong Primary School, China Jiacheng Li, East China Normal University, China Section 3 Use in General Teaching and Learning Chapter 21 AdvancingaNewGeneralEducationCurriculumThroughaFacultyCommunityofPractice:A ModelforIntentionalDesign.............................................................................................................. 395 Judith A. Giering, University of Virginia, USA Gail M. Hunger, University of Virginia, USA Volume II Chapter 22 UsingCommunitiesofPracticetoIdentifyCompetencies................................................................. 411 Mambo G. Mupepi, Grand Valley State University, USA Chapter 23 ATeacherEducator’sMeaning-MakingFromaHybrid“OnlineTeachingFellows”Professional LearningExperience:TowardLiteracyPracticesforTeachingandLearninginMultimodal Contexts.............................................................................................................................................. 422 Christi Edge, Northern Michigan University, USA Chapter 24 Teachers’ProfessionalLearningFocusedonDesignsforEarlyLearnersandTechnology............... 456 Michele Jacobsen, University of Calgary, Canada Sharon Friesen, University of Calgary, Canada Barbara Brown, University of Calgary, Canada Chapter 25 The“Co-Creation-Wheel”:AGuidingInstrumentforSustainableChange–ACaseHistoryof CommunitiesofPractice”inDutchElementarySchools................................................................. 478“ Corry Ehlen, CoCreata Consultancy, The Netherlands & Zuyd University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Paul Hennissen, Fontys University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Chapter 26 ImpactofGroupMentoringontheProfessionalDevelopmentofEarlyChildhoodTeachersina ShanghaiKindergarten........................................................................................................................ 491 Lingyun Lu, Shanghai Normal University, China Section 4 Use in Language Arts and Literacy Learning Chapter 27 UsingOnlineWritingCommunitiestoTeachWritingMOOCs......................................................... 522 Rebekah Shultz Colby, University of Denver, USA Chapter 28 PeerReviewinOnlineProfessionalCommunitiestoSupportElementaryDisciplinaryLiteracy Planning.............................................................................................................................................

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