The virtual training center: a support tool for teachers community

Gabriella Dodero (1) , Desislava Ratcheva (2) , Eliza Stefanova (2) , Malgorzata Miranowicz (3) , Cristina Vertan (4) , Vilma Musankoviene (5)

1 Faculty of Computer Science
2 Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics [Sofia]
3 Department of Chemical Education
4 Department of Computer Science
5 Distance Education Centre

Communities of practice for teachers are emerging, where the issues of life long learning of in-service teacher is supported by a collective effort and by applying modern methodologies and tools. The paper describes how effective support to teachers communities is achieved by means of a Virtual Training Center, that is the virtual meeting place of the community, which was built during the I*Teach pilot project. Teachers who have similar goals, but few opportunities to physically meet each other and with other project participants, may share information and discussions about the development phases that precede and follow the actual application of the proposed methodologies and tools within their classrooms.

Keywords: virtual teacher communities

Domains: Computer Science [cs]; Technology for Human Learning

Gabriella Dodero, Desislava Ratcheva, Eliza Stefanova, Malgorzata Miranowicz, Cristina Vertan, et al.. The virtual training center: a support tool for teachers community. Balkan Conference in Informatics (BCI 2007), 2007, Bulgaria. pp.349-362. ⟨hal-00190062⟩