This article discusses the concept of Online Communities of Practice (CoP) - and aims to demonstrate the formation and consolidation of a CoP composed of professors of History of RME/BH and its possibilities in the context of professional development of teachers. The methodology used was Netnography. We identified the structural elements, stage of development and community indicators. This has allowed tracing the diagnostic group, highlighting the aspects that make possible to characterize a group of teachers as an online community of practice and the stage of development of the management of this community. The results of this research show that the CoP may be, in fact, an appropriate pedagogical strategy for the professional development of teachers.
Online Communities of Practice; Professional Development of Teachers; Information Technology and Communication
