Communicational, Social, and Educational Aspects of Virtual Communities: Potential Educational Opportunities for In-Service Teacher Training

Emine Sendurur; Polat Sendurur; Nuray Temur Gedik

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 3158–3163

The increased use of the Internet and related technologies caused the emergence of certain new phenomena, one of which is "Virtual Communities" (VCs). This new phenomenon brings about some changes like new styles of relationship, information and...

Teacher beliefs and technology integration practices: A critical relationship

Peggy A. Ertmer; Anne T. Ottenbreit-Leftwich; Olgun Sadik; Emine Sendurur; Polat Sendurur

Computers & Education Vol. 59, No. 2 (September 2012) pp. 423–435

Early studies indicated that teachers’ enacted beliefs, particularly in terms of classroom technology practices, often did not align with their espoused beliefs. Researchers concluded this was due, at least in part, to a variety of external barriers ...

Language: English

Facilitating students' global perspectives: Collaborating with international partners using Web 2.0 technologies

Peggy A. Ertmer; Timothy J. Newby; Ji Hyun Yu; Wei Liu; Annette Tomory; Young Mi Lee; Emine Sendurur; Polat Sendurur

Internet and Higher Education Vol. 14, No. 4 (September 2011) pp. 251–261

This research was designed to explore the impact of a wiki-based international collaboration project on pre-service teachers' 1) cultural competencies, 2) comfort using technology, including Web 2.0 tools, to interact and collaborate with unknown...

Language: English