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Massive Open Online Course mentoring for a connected community of practice of Language teachers

Massive Open Online Course mentoring for a connected community of practice of Language teachers
Massive Open Online Course mentoring for a connected community of practice of Language teachers
The Southampton University/British Council “Understanding Language: Learning and Teaching” Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) attracted a large number of enrolments, including many language teachers. The platform and course is designed to promote social learning at scale. This article reports on the implementation and preliminary analysis of a principled approach to mentoring, which aims to connect participants and foster communities of practice among language teachers.
MOOCs, mentoring, community of practice, Language Teaching
78-83
White, Steven
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White, Steven, Leon Urrutia, Manuel, Borthwick, Kate and White, Su (2015) Massive Open Online Course mentoring for a connected community of practice of Language teachers. eLearning Papers, 45, 78-83.

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The Southampton University/British Council “Understanding Language: Learning and Teaching” Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) attracted a large number of enrolments, including many language teachers. The platform and course is designed to promote social learning at scale. This article reports on the implementation and preliminary analysis of a principled approach to mentoring, which aims to connect participants and foster communities of practice among language teachers.

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Published date: 27 November 2015
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Keywords: MOOCs, mentoring, community of practice, Language Teaching
Organisations: Web & Internet Science
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Local EPrints ID: 384624
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/384624
PURE UUID: fed62549-7d95-46cb-878a-2b0c76b1501c
ORCID for Steven White: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-2296-7082
ORCID for Kate Borthwick: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2251-7898
ORCID for Su White: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9588-5275

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Date deposited: 05 Jan 2016 14:04
Last modified: 23 Oct 2024 01:40

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Author: Steven White ORCID iD
Author: Manuel Leon Urrutia
Author: Kate Borthwick ORCID iD
Author: Su White ORCID iD

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