TY - JOUR TI - Blog-based professional development of English teachers in Mumbai: the potential of innovative practice under scrutiny AU - Khan, Atiya T2 - Australasian Journal of Educational Technology AB - The professional development of teachers in India is still, by and large, based on formal and outdated professional learning traditions, often characterised by crash courses and one-off workshops. In education, blogs have proven to be an effective means of establishing and maintaining collaborative learning networks and helping members reflect on their professional practices. Information and communications technology (ICT) enabled practices of teacher professional development is still in its infancy in India. Moreover, there is limited research in India to secure foundational understanding of how and in what ways teachers of English in India use blogs for their professional development. This study explores the use of teacher reflective practice, teacher networking, and teacher collaboration, beyond formal ICT training, through blog-based professional development of English teachers in the Mumbai region of India. Using data collected from 32 teachers from three private schools in Mumbai, through ICT interactive workshop observations, questionnaires, interviews, and blog comments, this action case study explains whether and why blogging, as a learning community, has the potential to add significant value to existing professional development of English teachers in Mumbai. DA - 2017/// PY - 2017 DO - 10.14742/ajet.2784 VL - 33 IS - 4 SP - 88 EP - 106 LA - English UR - https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/8d1d/8018f9ce7a080542987a76d342e27c7f5263.pdf AN - 1969007459; EJ1156049 KW - Action Research KW - Case Studies KW - Communities of Practice KW - Diaries KW - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE) KW - Electronic Publishing KW - English (Second Language) KW - Faculty Development KW - Foreign Countries KW - India KW - Language Teachers KW - Participant Observation KW - Private Schools KW - Qualitative Research KW - Questionnaires KW - Reflective Teaching KW - Second Language Instruction KW - Semi Structured Interviews KW - Teacher Collaboration KW - Web Sites KW - Workshops KW - __:import:01 KW - __:match:final KW - __:matched KW - __:study_id:2096053 KW - __finaldtb ER -