Network of Practices: A Case Study of Knowledge Competition of School Technology Coordinators

Author

Fang-Ling Lin ; Guey-Fa Chiou

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Manage., Lunghwa Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Taoyuan, Taiwan

fYear

2012

fDate

26-29 Aug. 2012

Firstpage

91

Lastpage

95

Abstract

This study investigates the network problems of the knowledge dissemination of ICT-in-education practices using an egocentric survey method to school technology coordinators (STCs). A conceptual framework of knowledge competitions is developed to inspect the significant and effective ties of knowledge dissemination. The results indicate that interactive predictability of effective sizes and significant ties to knowledge competitions can reveal the effects on competitive advantages. Based on this predictability, a person´s knowledge-contribution to a network of ICT-integration instruction is classified as ineffective with less positional and informational benefits. These findings help confront the deficiency of the achievements of ICT integration instructions and encourage reconsidering the role of STCs in ICT-in-education practices.

Keywords

computer science education; knowledge management; ICT-in-education practice; ICT-integration instruction; STC; egocentric survey method; information and communication technology; knowledge competition framework; knowledge dissemination; network-of-practice; school technology coordinator; Communities; Correlation; Educational institutions; Knowledge acquisition; Presses; Social network services; Knowledge sharing; network of practice; social centrality; social network analysis; structural holes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining (ASONAM), 2012 IEEE/ACM International Conference on

Conference_Location

Istanbul

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2497-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ASONAM.2012.25

Filename

6425779