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The US Department of Education is continuing its work to determine how online communities of practice (COPs) may help teachers improve their practice.\u00a0 For the past year, the Department\u2019s Offices of Innovation and Improvement (OII) and Educational Technology (OET) have been researching several critical issues that may influence the effectiveness of online COPs.\u00a0 During this research, the project has uncovered consistent themes about how to scale up online communities and improve their quality to better support teachers.\u00a0 These themes include:<\/p>\n

1. Building it doesn\u2019t necessarily guarantee they\u2019ll come.<\/em>\u00a0 To get traffic and quality participation and support, online COP builders need to \u201csimultaneously pursue several approaches, both acknowledging the multi-tasking nature of engagement on the Web and considering the possibility that exclusively virtual experiences may not adequately address all professional development needs.\u201d<\/p>\n

2. Engagement distributed among social media.<\/em>\u00a0 By playing to the strengths of multiple, sometimes competing social media tools, participating teachers can integrate COP activities into their daily information gathering and communicating with colleagues.\u00a0 For example, Twitter can be used for synchronous discussion, while LinkedIn can be used for substantive and sustained discussion.<\/p>\n

3. Peer-to-peer and small-group problem solving. <\/em>\u00a0Nodal conversations, where a COP manager helps to match members with common problems and then organizes online conversations for them to go in-depth, appear to be having success in some online COPs.\u00a0 The nodal conversations \u201care shortening [the participants\u2019] learning curve and exponentially strengthening their capacity to build neighborhoods of opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n

4. Combining in-person and online engagements.<\/em>\u00a0 Online conversations can play a critical role in beginning conversations within the COP, but cannot entirely replace face-to-face support.\u00a0 Research is scant on the blended COP model, but OET is conducting ongoing design research on this intersection across multiple contexts.<\/p>\n

5. Getting a green light from policymakers to make the most of COPs.<\/em>\u00a0 COPs work most effectively when educators are engaged regularly.\u00a0 However, some local policies restrict teachers\u2019 abilities to be online during the work day.\u00a0 Pilot projects at schools in New Jersey and California appear to be having success with building in daily online COP engagement into teachers\u2019 schedules.<\/p>\n

This year, the Department of Education plans to ramp up its research and projects revolving around online COPs.\u00a0 In May, EPIC-ed, an online COP that \u201cwill provide a dynamic environment for educators to collaborate, share expertise, and have access to resources to strengthen their ability to plan, implement, and sustain technology-enabled learning initiatives.\u201d\u00a0 Also, a second COP focused on dropout prevention and recovery will be launched later in the year.<\/p>\n

To read more, please visit http:\/\/www.ed.gov\/oii-news\/feature-what-role-can-online-cops-communities-practice-play-achieving-teacher-excellence<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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