UNIT 3. STUDYING AND RESEARCHING COLLABORATIVELY WITH TECHNOLOGY

UNIT 3. STUDYING AND RESEARCHING COLLABORATIVELY WITH TECHNOLOGY

1. Communities of Practice (CoPs) and professional forums

   • CoPs for language teachers and researchers
     • Webheads
     • AEDEAN
     • AESLA
     • TESOL
     • IATEFL
     • EuroCALL
     • CALICO
   • Examples of CoPs designed for students of foreign languages
     • Busuu
     • The Mixxer
     • ✎Activity 3.1. CoP related to language learning

2. Tools to create Communities of practice

   • Asynchronous Computer-Mediated Communication tools (ACMC)
     • Blogs
       • Blogger
       • WordPress
     • Microblogging
       • Twitter
         • ✎Activity 3.2. Twitter for academic purposes
       • Instagram
     • Wikis
       • Wikipedia
       • MediaWiki
     • Social Networks
       • For the General Public
         • Facebook
         • Twitter
       • For Professional purposes
         • LinkedIn
       • For Academics
         • Research Gate
         • Academia .edu
           • ✎ Activity 3.3. Research Gate and Academia.edu
   • Synchronous Computer-Mediated Communication tools (SCMC)
     • Instant Messaging (IM) VoIP
       • Skype
       • MS Teams
     • Mobile apps
       • Whatsapp
     • Tools for videoconferencing and webinars
       • BigBlueButton
       • Blackboard Collaborate
       • Adobe Connect
       • MS Teams
       • Zoom
       • Google Meet