TY - JOUR TI - Pakistani teachers' professional learning experiences: comparing face-to-face versus online learning AU - Khan, Asma T2 - TEFLIN Journal AB - This qualitative in-depth interview study investigated the experiences of Pakistani English teachers in an online community, English Companion Ning (ECN). The main purpose of the study was to investigate what ECN meant to these Pakistani teachers and how they found their professional learning experiences different in ECN from face-to-face professional development programs in Pakistan. Data were gathered from six teachers through in-depth interviews, guided tours, field notes, memos, and ECN logs. Using the grounded theory approach, this study analyzed and interpreted the data through initial, focused, and axial coding. Data analysis revealed that being free from budget, temporal, and geographical constraints, the ECN provided numerous opportunities to the Pakistani teachers for a sustained and long-term professional learning in a collaborative setting. DA - 2018/// PY - 2018 DO - 10.15639/teflinjournal.v29i1/72-89 VL - 29 IS - 1 SP - 72 EP - 89 LA - English SN - 0215-773X, 0215-773X UR - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331731028_Pakistani_teachers'_professional_learning_experiences_Comparing_face-to-face_versus_online_learning AN - 2101887305; EJ1186065 KW - Collaboration KW - College Faculty KW - Communities of Practice KW - Comparative Analysis KW - Computer assisted language learning KW - Computer mediated communication KW - Conventional Instruction KW - Cooperative Learning KW - Cooperative learning KW - Distance learning KW - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE) KW - Educational technology KW - Electronic Learning KW - English Teachers KW - English as a second language--ESL KW - English teachers KW - Faculty Development KW - Foreign Countries KW - Grounded Theory KW - Higher Education KW - Interaction KW - Learning Experience KW - Linguistics KW - Pakistan KW - Professional development KW - Teacher Attitudes KW - Teacher education KW - Teaching KW - Technology Uses in Education KW - Web Based Instruction KW - __:import:01 KW - __:match:final KW - __:matched KW - __:study_id:2095920 KW - ___working_potential_duplicate ER -