Practitioner networks: Professional learning in the twenty-first century

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 710-724

  LaMendola, Walter ^a   Ballantyne, Neil ^b,c   Daly, Ellen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c Brunswick House   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community of enquiry; Evidence based practice; Networked learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349583672     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcp023     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Booth, S. H., Booth, A. and Falzon, L. J. (2003) 'The need for information and research skills training to support evidence-based social care: A literature review and survey', Learning in Health and Social Care, 2(4), pp. 191-201.
2. Brown, J. S. and Duguid, P. (2000) The Social Life of Information, Boston, Harvard Business School Press.
3. Bullock, R., Gooch, D., Little, M. and Mount, K. (1998) Research in Practice: Experiments in Development and Information Design, Aldershot, Ashgate.
4. Department of Health (2001) Information for Social Care: A Framework for Improving Quality in Social Care through Better Use of Information and Information Technology, London, Department of Health.
5. Department of Health (2003) Defining the Electronic Social Care Record, London, Department of Health.
6. Department of Health (2007) National Electronic Social Care Record Survey: Report 2006/07, London, Department of Health.
7. Gabbay, J., le May, A., Jefferson, H., Webb, D., Lovelock, R., Powell, J. and Lathlean, J. (2003) 'A case study of knowledge management in multiagency consumer-informed communities of practice: Implications for evidence-based policy development in health and social services', Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine, 7(3), pp. 283-310.
8. Garrison, D. R. and Anderson, T. (2003) E-Learning in the 21st Century: A Framework for Research and Practice, Oxford, Routledge/Falmer.
9. Garrison, D. R., Anderson, T. and Archer, W. (2000) 'Critical inquiry in a text-based environment: Computer conferencing in higher education', The Internet and Higher Education, 2(2-3), pp. 1-19.
10. Garrison, D. R., Cleveland-Innes, M., Koole, M. and Kappelman, J. (2006) 'Revisiting methodological issues in transcript analysis: Negotiated coding and reliability', The Internet and Higher Education, 9(1), pp. 1-8.
11. Goodyear, P. (2002) 'Psychological foundations for networked learning', in Steeples, C. and Jones, C. (eds), Networked Learning: Perspectives and Issues, London, Springer- Verlag.
12. Goodyear, P. and Steeples, C. (1998) 'Creating shareable representations of practice', Association for Learning Technology Journal, 6(3), pp. 16-23.
13. Harrison, J., Hepworth, M. and De Chazal, P. (2004) 'NHS and social care interface: A study of social workers' library and information needs', Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 36(1), pp. 27-35.
14. Heckman, R. and Annabi, H. (2002) 'A content analytic comparison of FTF and ALN case-study discussions', Proceedings of the 36th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'03), IEEE Computer Society.
15. Hills, A. M. (2005) 'Social presence and communication quality in videoconferencing', Honours thesis, Information Science, University of Otago, New Zealand.
16. Holsti, O. R. (1969) Content Analysis for the Social Sciences and Humanities, Reading, MA, Addison-Wesley.
17. Horder, W. (2004) 'Reading and not reading in professional practice', Qualitative Social Work, 3(3), pp. 297-311.
18. Jones, C. (2008) 'Networked learning: Weak links and boundaries', Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 24, pp. 87-89
19. Jones, C. R., Ferreday, D. and Hodgson, V. (2008) 'Networked learning a relational approach: Weak and strong ties', Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 24(2), pp. 90-120.
20. Keyton, J. (1991) 'Evaluating individual group satisfaction as a situational variable', Small Group Research, 22, pp. 200-219
21. Lawler, J. and Bilson, A. (2005) 'Towards a more reflexive research aware practice: The influence and potential of professional and team culture', in A. Bilson (ed.), Evidence-Based Practice in Social Work, London, Whiting and Birch Ltd.
22. Marsh, P. and Triseliotis, J. (1996) Ready to Practice, Aldershot, Avebury.
23. Moseley, A. (2004) 'The internet: Can you get away without it? Supporting the caring professions in accessing research for practice', Journal of Integrated Care, 12(3), pp. 30-37
24. NHS Executive (1998) Information for Health: An Information Strategy for the Modern NHS 1998-2005, London, Department of Health.
25. Nonaka, I. and Takeuchi, H. (1995) The Knowledge-Creating Company: How Japanese Companies Create the Dynamics of Innovation, New York, Oxford University Press.
26. Orme, J. and Powell, J. (2008) 'Building research capacity in social work', British Journal of Social Work, 38(5), pp. 988-1008.
27. Richardson, J. and Swan, K. (2003) 'Examining social presence in online courses in relation to students' perceived learning and satisfaction', Journal of Asynchronous Learning Network, 7(1), pp. 68-88.
28. Rourke, L., Anderson, T., Garrison, D. R. and Archer, W. (2001) 'Methodological issues in the content analysis of computer conference transcripts', International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 11.
29. Salmon, G. (2004) E-Moderating: The Key to Teaching and Learning Online, Cornwall, Routledge/Falmer.
30. Shea, P., Pickett, A. and Pelz, W. (2003) 'A follow-up investigation of teaching presence in the SUNY learning network', Journal of Asynchronous Learning Network, 7(2), pp. 61-80.
31. Sheldon, B. and Chilvers, R. (2000) Evidence-Based Social Care: A Study of Prospects and Problems, Dorset, Russell House Publishing.
32. Sheldon, B., Chilvers, R., Ellis, A., Moseley, A. and Tierney, S. (2005) 'A pre-post empirical study of obstacles to, and opportunities for, evidence-based practice in social care', in A. Bilson (ed.), Evidence-Based Practice in Social Work, London, Whiting and Birch Ltd.
33. Short, J., Williams, W. and Christie, B. (1976) The Social Psychology of Telecommunications, New York, Wiley and Sons.
34. Steeples, C. and Jones, C. (eds) (2002) Networked Learning: Perspectives and Issues, London, Springer.
35. Walter, I., Nutley, S., Percy-Smith, J., McNeish, D. and Frost, S. (2004) Improving the Use of Research in Social Care Practice, London, Social Care Institute for Excellence.
36. Wenger, E. (1998) Communities of Practice: Learning, Meaning, and Identity, Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press.
37. Wenger, E. (2006) Learning for a Small Planet, available online at www.ewenger.com/ research/.
38. Wenger, E., McDermott, R. and Synder, W. (2002) Cultivating Communities of Practice, Cambridge, Harvard University Business School Press.