Abstract
When merged with new pedagogical practices the use of open social web tools as a means to mediate and support teacher training triggers a whole new set of implications for education and individuals. It is important for teachers, learners and other educational agents to think of themselves as co-lear
Highlights
Teachers are greatly responsible for engaging students in learning so that they develop the skills and knowledge they need to function in today’s world
There has been a substantial increase in the use of Communication Technologies (CT) for the exploration of professional training, which has been boosted by the evolution of the Internet and its web based services and tools to enable the distribution and interconnection of contexts, networks, content or people [4, 5]
By the time MCA started, most students felt confident in using social web tools and used them on a regular basis. 50% of the students stated that they used such tools very often, 24% always, 24% sometimes and only 2% referred their rare use
Summary
Teachers are greatly responsible for engaging students in learning so that they develop the skills and knowledge they need to function in today’s world. Questions on how they can instil the skills and the values students need to experience success in the present and in the future or on how they can provide opportunities for students to move beyond being passive recipients of knowledge to become knowledge builders, capable of creative and innovative solutions to problems are just examples of teacher’s concerns. Research in the field has increased and results achieved suggest that the use of CT can have a relevant impact on learning, on competence enhancement or knowledge construction [5,6,7]
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