<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This article explores Pakistani and Bhutanese teacher educators’ digital competences about the use of social media, digital resources and professional online communities and implications of this on professional learning. The two countries, less discussed in international educational literature, are facing a growing use of the Internet in teaching and learning. Data include a survey completed by 67 teacher educators from Pakistan and 37 teachers from Bhutan, as well as semi-structured interviews from both countries. This study provides evidence of how teachers’ interaction on social networks and the use of digital resources play a central role in the introduction of innovative pedagogical practices of teacher educators, and teacher educators remain interested in knowledge sharing through social media for their professional learning.</p></abstract>

This article explores Pakistani and Bhutanese teacher educators’ digital competences about the use of social media, digital resources and professional online communities and implications of this on professional learning. The two countries, less discussed in international educational literature, are facing a growing use of the Internet in teaching and learning. Data include a survey completed by 67 teacher educators from Pakistan and 37 teachers from Bhutan, as well as semi-structured interviews from both countries. This study provides evidence of how teachers’ interaction on social networks and the use of digital resources play a central role in the introduction of innovative pedagogical practices of teacher educators, and teacher educators remain interested in knowledge sharing through social media for their professional learning.

Global South teacher educators in digital landscape: implications on professional learning

National University of Modern Languages (NUML)

Research on Education and Media

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This article explores Pakistani and Bhutanese teacher educators’ digital competences about the use of social media, digital resources and professional online...

Global South teacher educators in digital landscape: implications on professional learning

Published Online: Jun 27, 2020

Page range: 19 - 28

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rem-2019-0018

Keywords
teacher educators, digital competences, online communities, Pakistan, Bhutan

© 2019 Maria Antonietta Impedovo et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Global South teacher educators in digital landscape: implications on professional learning

Published Online: Jun 27, 2020

Page range: 19 - 28

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rem-2019-0018

Keywordsteacher educators, digital competences, online communities, Pakistan, Bhutan

© 2019 Maria Antonietta Impedovo et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
teacher educators, digital competences, online communities, Pakistan, Bhutan