Adopting BuddyPress Platform as an Online Community of Practice for Professional Development

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Method of collection data</td><td class="align_center">Explanation</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">First one: Online CoP</td><td class="align_center">BuddyPress has been chosen as a platform of LMS. The CoP will provide the first source of data by observing the interaction among members and understanding PD that might be occurred in the CoP.</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Second one: Semistructured interviews for all participants participating in the online CoP.</td><td class="align_center">Interview the teachers to determine what changes they have made and also their point of view about adopting CoP as a PD method.</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Third one: analyze the educational material participants in the community have uploaded.</td><td class="align_center">Participants in the community will discuss lesson plans, teaching strategies, collaborative learning, and interactive whiteboard (IWB). So, the researcher will analyze these materials.</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Techniques and source of data<i>.</i></div>

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