In recent decades, the rapid advances in technology have led many researchers to
investigate the factors influencing its successful implementation in different fields. The …

This study explored how a group of higher education teachers in China used WeChat to
build an online Community of Practice (OCoP), which supported their professional learning …

This study explored the contributions of teacher supports toward students' self-directed
language learning beyond the classroom and investigated whether technology acceptance …

Contemporary literature suggests that music education is stuck in a cycle of cultural
reproduction in which music teachers and curriculum writers value Western art music more …

The professional development of teachers in India is still, by and large, based on formal and
outdated professional learning traditions, often characterised by crash courses and one-off …

Based on the concept of Communities of Practice (CoPs), this study describes the design
and implementation of an online academic conference, Pedagogy and Practice in …

This study aims to implement and evaluate a suggested in-service teacher training program
for English language teachers in non-formal education institutions. In doing this, 2-week …

This chapter investigates how a virtual peer mentoring (VPM) programme can be effectively
designed to enhance language teacher professional development (PD) outcomes in higher …

The increasing use of technology in educational settings (Murray, 2014; Zandi, Thang, &
Krish, 2014) encourages teachers to refocus their professional development by centering …

Online peer knowledge sharing is an effective way which can help English as Foreign
Language (EFL) teachers improve their profession. The present study sought to explore the …