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Inequalities of Professional Learning on Social Media Platforms

[conference paper]


This document is a part of the following document:
Proceedings of the Weizenbaum Conference 2019 "Challenges of Digital Inequality - Digital Education, Digital Work, Digital Life"

Bergviken Rensfeldt, Annika
Hillman, Thomas

Abstract

Professional learning on social media is generally framed as unproblematic, but the transition to these platforms marks a change as professionals’ work is conditioned by their logic and economy. In this paper, our focus is how problematic inequalities of teachers’ professional learning around access... view more

Professional learning on social media is generally framed as unproblematic, but the transition to these platforms marks a change as professionals’ work is conditioned by their logic and economy. In this paper, our focus is how problematic inequalities of teachers’ professional learning around access, participation and resources are produced as their professional exchanges is formed by social media participation. Three aspects of inequality have been examined. First, the performance of teachers’ (un)equal professional opportunities; second, (un)equal access to resources; and third, (un)equal existential opportunities for professional development. We draw on examination of three-years of API data from a large teacher Facebook-group asking, who can participate (gender, location), what voices are heard (status, language), and how does the social media platform condition professional exchange and participation? Our results consider the opportunities and costs for teachers as individuals, professionals and intellectuals. They reveal problematic temporal aspects such as work intensification, and limited professional exchange, partly conditioned by the platform functionality.... view less

Keywords
social media; facebook; electronic learning; participation; media; utilization; educational inequality; teacher; Sweden

Classification
Interactive, electronic Media

Free Keywords
professional learning inequalities; social media platforms; Weizenbaum-Institut; Weizenbaum Institute

Collection Title
Proceedings of the Weizenbaum Conference 2019 "Challenges of Digital Inequality - Digital Education, Digital Work, Digital Life"

Conference
2. Weizenbaum Conference. Berlin, 2019

Document language
English

Publication Year
2019

City
Berlin

Page/Pages
9 p.

Status
Primary Publication; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0


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