Communities of Learning, Communities of Practice
 and  E-Learning Process.


Created by Patricia Mauricio.
Using https://www.mindmup.com/


Written By Patricia Mauricio
EFL Teacher
Ministry Of Education
Educative Region of Coto



CoL, CoP and E-Learning Process.


As I said in the previous post, we are living in “the virtual era”. This fact comes with a set of “must be” that are part of the nowadays formation and education of every child to enable him or her to face the challenges of contemporary world.
The technological knowledge, it means the domain of virtual environments, comes hand in hand with the domain of a second language. These competences can be promoted by teacher, by using virtual tools like Diigo, Mindmups and Blogger. Every one of these tools can serve to different teaching and learning purposes, depending on the teaching-learning objectives, the contents and the type of learning it´s being worked with the children.
For example, Critical Thinking Skills can be enhancing if children learn how to use the Mindmup tool. It forces them to analyze, organize, connect, summarize and ideas about any topic, so they can have a mind map about the topic that make clear and easy to memorize. This tool facilitates the mentioned learning process, adding elements to children to be able to express opinions, concerns and also to add any other aspect to the topic.
Another resources are Diigo and Blogger. These resources, allow teacher and students to create and benefit from two different options of virtual communities. The first one is the Community of Learning (CoL). This type of virtual community makes possible that the children access more information about different topic using the given information and suggestions in the site of the community. The second one is the Community of Practice (CoP. In this type of space, children can share their experiences, findings, opinions, concerns about the topic that is being studied.
To conclude, undoubtedly, the combination of these elements enhances the meaningful and practical learning of children. It is undeniable that using virtual learning tools becomes a great ally to teacher and students, to develop the technological competence required by the virtual era in which they are living, and at the same time learn another language.
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Comments

  1. Yesika H. SamuelsMarch 13, 2019 at 5:52 AM

    Dear Patricia,

    It is clever of you to empower that attitude about professional growing, and importance in order to impact your learners. I totally agree with you that Feedly is an excellent source of information specially if we select the right information to be received. Moreover, Google Forms and Form graphics, they are an ultimate option for teachers because contribute with e-learning and enhance professional development. Those apps definitely helps leaning and the meaningful practice in the classroom by providing technology involvement and interaction that lead to a success.

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