Learning in the Virtual Community Depends upon Changes in Local Communities

Hunter, Beverly

doi:10.1017/cbo9780511606373.009

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“…As discussed previously, wikis create an online community of users sharing and receiving knowledge (Conrad, 2005;Hunter, 2002). When used in a professional development setting in education, wikis may allow users to construct their own professional identity through reflections and collaboration with other professionals in the same area of expertise (Samarawickrema et al, 2010;Sherer et al 2003).…”

Section: Identity Constructionmentioning

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Using a wiki to facilitate an online professional learning community for induction and mentoring teachers

Hutchison

Colwell

2011

Educ Inf Technol

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The purpose of this case study was to report on the use of a wiki as a tool for conducting online professional learning communities (OLCs) with 26 induction and mentor teachers. Data sources include teachers' wiki postings and teacher interviews. Results indicate that: (a) Web 2.0 tools may be most effective in OLCs when the social features are utilized in addition to the features that enable task completion; (b) Using Web 2.0 tools restrictively, and without consideration of their affordances, may inhibit the success of OLCs; (c) Online learning communities for induction teachers may be most effective when supplemented with face-to-face discussion; and (d) A task-driven environment in OLCs can encourage professional dialogue and reflection, but may make induction teachers feel isolated and unsupported.

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Section: Identity Constructionmentioning

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Using a wiki to facilitate an online professional learning community for induction and mentoring teachers

Hutchison

Colwell

2011

Educ Inf Technol

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“…Neste trabalho, o objeto de estudo são os seis APL de software do estado do Paraná. Esta escolha se deve pelo fato do APL representar um segmento com ampla possibilidade de crescimento, além da característica dos gestores e empresários por advirem da área de Tecnologia da Informação, que apresenta uma propensão à atividades de colaboração e formação de comunidades de aprendizagem (Hunter, 2002) diferente de outros segmentos, nos quais, mesmo com indução de outras instituições para a formação de redes interorganizacionais, prevalece a gestão tradicional e burocrática que não favorece o contexto abordado nesta pesquisa. Dessa forma, o trabalho pode ser classificado como um estudo comparativo de casos, ressaltando que, tanto os projetos de caso único como os comparativos são variantes dentro da mesma estrutura metodológica e que nenhuma distinção ampla pode ser feita entre ambos (Yin, 2001).…”

Section: Redes Interorganizacionais E Arranjos Produtivos Locais (Apl)unclassified

Cooperative actions, learning and organizational strategies in interorganizational networks: a study in the local productive systems of software (lPS) in Paraná state, Brazil

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Silva²,

Nogueira³

2016

RECADM

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“…Hunter, for example, describes such embedded learning in discussing the National School Network, an online learning community for teachers [12]. She states that there is "interdependence between NSN [National School Network] as a virtual community and the changing practices in its member institutions and communities" [12, p. 103].…”

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“…On the other hand, Hunter [12] demonstrates an "offset" of learning social world and local community. Adding such an offset learning social world is different from many other models of community-embedded learning.…”

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Community‐Embedded Learning

Kazmer¹

2005

The Library Quarterly

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Online learners often stay located in, and tied to, their communities, kinship networks, households, and workplaces. Institutions providing online education can thus create ties to communities as students draw their learning into networks in which they are already embedded. Frequent interactions across multiple media that are afforded by information and communication technologies allow students to create strong ties with their fellow students and instructors. Those relationships provide a network of weak ties that is indirectly available to friends, coworkers, and community members who live and work near the students. Community-embedded learning that takes advantage of these strong and weak ties, and is appropriate to ICT modes of delivery, is important for two reasons. The various clienteles served by students while they earn their degrees will affect LIS education and outcomes; and LIS distance education offered via interactive ICT can directly affect the clienteles served.

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Learning in the Virtual Community Depends upon Changes in Local Communities

Cited by 31 publications

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Using a wiki to facilitate an online professional learning community for induction and mentoring teachers

Using a wiki to facilitate an online professional learning community for induction and mentoring teachers

Cooperative actions, learning and organizational strategies in interorganizational networks: a study in the local productive systems of software (lPS) in Paraná state, Brazil

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