Information Technology for Construction of Online Teachers Learning Community

Abstract:

Professional development of college English teachers is vital to current education reform in China. The paper aims to explore the development from the perspective of online learning community. To begin with, statistics of research journals about learning community of recent three years was made. The dynamic development of learning community was also analyzed briefly. Then, it designed the structure of online teachers learning community. Finally, it comes to the conclusion that the construction of online learning community can be achieved from four aspects. The system network platform plays an important role in the process of online learning community. Creating learning environment, enriching learning resources and developing proper norms all contribute to the implementation of online teachers learning community.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 1023)
• Pages: 217-220
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1023.217
• Online since: August 2014
• Authors: Kun Wang*, Yi Yang
• Keywords: College English Teachers, Information Technology (IT), Online Learning Community

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