Title :
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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/ASONAM.2012.25
