Tapped In: an incubator of teachers' communities of practice

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Donatella Persico

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Project description TAPPED IN, an initiative of the California Center for Technology in Learning, dedicated to promoting technological innovation in learning and teacher training. The aim of the project 'to develop and test a virtual environment capable of accommodate the activities' of one or more 'community' of practice for teachers.

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