Comprehensive Exam Questions

1) How can the theoretical frame of affinity spaces be used

in understanding literacy teachers professional learning
interactions within the social network of Twitter?
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2) Which social networks are practicing teachers levering for
professional development - and how? Given that, which
research methodologies are useful in describing and capturing
this phenomenon?
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