Abstract

TENORIO, Nelson et al. THE USE OF WHATSAPP AS A PRACTICE TOOL IN A VIRTUAL COMMUNITY IN AN EARLY CHILDHOOD AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EDUCATION. ETD - Educ. Temat. Digit. [online]. 2021, vol.23, n.4, pp.1003-1021. ISSN 1676-2592.  https://doi.org/10.20396/etd.v23i4.8658827.

A community of practice (CoP) is based on the interaction among its participants, encouraging them to participate in permanent dialogue to disseminate and share knowledge. In this context, the research aimed to analyze the organizational culture sharing by creating and using a virtual CoP in a private pre-elementary and elementary school that used the WhatsApp application. It is a case study of qualitative nature as it analyzed the individual's participation in the CoP. In addition, a questionnaire was applied to verify whether knowledge sharing was practiced within the CoP. The results show that information sharing was productively managed through elements, participation, and commitment from the group of people participating in the CoP.

Keywords : Communities; Technology; Educational management.

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