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UsingPersonalNetworksandUsingPersonalNetworksandSocialNetworkTheoryto
ImproveTeachingandLearning
ISSoTLPre-ConferenceWorkshop
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GaryPoole,RoselynnVerwoord&IsabeauIqbalUniversityofBri=shColumbia,Canada
ISSoTL2016
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Context
• BuildingonRoxa&Martensson(2009;2012)– instructorsformsmallsignificantnetworkstodiscussteaching;thesenetworksinfluenceprac=ce.
– whenacademicculturessupportSoTL,moreconversa=onsoccur.
• Buildingonourpreviouspresenta=ons(STLHE,ISSOTL,Singapore)
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Terms
• SoTL:mechanismtoimproveanins=tu=on’sabilitytosupportstudentlearning;evidence-basedapproachtoteachingandlearning.
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GuidingQues=onsforWorkshop(1)Howareeducatorsusingnetworksintheirowncontextstoexpand,refuteorbuildtheirstoriesofteachingandlearningandofSoTL?(2)Doinstructorsperceivegreatersimilarityamongnetworkmembersthanamongrandomlychosencolleagues?(3)Arethererela=onshipsamongperceivedsimilarity,valueofinterac=ons,andimpactofthenetworkonone’steachingandresearchonteaching?(4)Whatstrategiescanbeemployedtoenhancethevalueofone’snetworks?
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WorkshopObjec=ves
Bytheendofthisworkshop,par=cipantswillhave:(1)Gainedinsightsintotheirnetworks,thestoriestheysharewiththeirnetworks,andthewaysthattheirpar=cipa=oninnetworkscontributestotheirgrowthaseducatorsandSoTLscholars(2)Examinedtheirpercep=onsaboutthevalueoftheinterac=onsandthesimilarityofbeliefsamongthoseinthenetwork(3)Generatedstrategiestoenhancethevalueoftheirnetwork
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ResearchOpportunity
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KeyConcepts
• Smallsignificantnetworks
• Significantconversa=ons
• Socialnetworktheory
• Williamsetal.modelforembeddingSoTL
• Localleadership9
SignificantNetworks
• Anetworkconsistsofindividualsandtheinterac=onallinksbetweenthem.
• Networkpar=cipantscometogetheronacommonobjec=ve
• Networksallowfortheexchangeofresourcesandforcapacitybuilding;theyallowmemberstocollabora=velydevelopknowledge
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SignificantConversa?ons(Roxå&Mårtenssen)
• Private• Trushul• Intellectuallyintriguing
“Itislikelythattheseconversa;onsopenupthepossibilityofconstruc;ngandmaintaining–andperhapspartlychanging–anunderstandingaboutthereali;esofteaching.”(p.555)
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SocialNetworkTheory
• Isthestudyofhowpeople,organiza=onsorgroupsinteractwithothersinsidetheirnetwork(Claywell,2016)
• Canbeappliedtosmallgroupsaswellasthosethatareglobal(Kadushin,2004)
• Canbeusedtodescribevariousformsofinterac=ons,i.e.,theexchangeofadvice,knowledge,materials,andresources(Pataraiaetal.,2013).
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Williamsetal.model(2013)
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LocalLeadership
• Appointedoremergent(Hogan&Hogan,2002)– Appointed:Assignedresponsibilityforsuppor=ngteachingandlearningwithinaunitorins=tu=on
– Emergent:abletochampionSoTLviatheinformalsupporttheyprovideforsmallnetworks
• Opera=ngatthemesolevel• Essen=altosuccessofnetworksatmicrolevel(Mårtensson,2014)
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Theworkshopthatdrawstogetherlearnstogether
1. Less than once a month 2. Once or twice a month 3. Once or twice a week 4. About once a day
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1. Howeasyordifficultwasitforyoutocreateyourmap?
2. Whatinsights,ifany,didthemap-drawingprocessyieldforyouregardingyourconversa=onsaboutteachingandlearning?
3. Inwhatwaysareyouacontribu=ngmemberofthenetwork?
4. Howmightyoubeabekercontributortothenetwork?
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Discussingthemap
Break
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Suppor=ngtheNetwork
1. Inwhatwaysisyournetworksupported?(Definesupporthoweveryoulike)
2. Howwellisyournetworksupported?3. Inwhatwayscouldyournetworkbebeker
supported?4. Howdoyousupportothernetworks?
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Prac=cingtheconversa=ons
Identify one teaching and learning issue that is relevant to all of you. Discuss.
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Prac=cingtheconversa=ons
(1) What is your collective first-hand experience with this issue?
(2) Arethereanymisconcep=onsordiscrepantpointsofviewrelatedtothisissue?
(3) What has anyone read about this issue? What is known about the source of this reading? How does this relate to your first-hand experience?
(4) If you were to conduct such an investigation, how would you design it?
(5) Finally, what do you know now that you did not know before you had this conversation?
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Plenary
• How many of you have the kinds of conversations you just had on a regular basis?
• Why don’t you have more of them? • Who can help you have more of them? • How can this be achieved? • How can you help others have these
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WaysofThinkingaboutNetworkValue
• Improvementinstudents’– understanding– skills
• improvementsinteachers’– mo=va=on– efficiency– senseofbelonging– instruc=onalstrategies
Vangriekenetal,2015[fromVanWaesetal,2016
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ValueFramework(Wengeretal,2011)
• Immediate--inthemomentvalueofinterac=on
• Poten?al--valuecouldberealizedlater• Applied--causedrealchangesinprac=ce• Realized--realimprovementresulted• Reframing--changeingoals,valuesorapproaches
• Aspira?onal--expectedorhopedforvalue
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Wrikensummary
On the flip side of the map, please respond to the following questions: 1. How prevalent do you think small significant networks
are in your institution? Rare? Existent but not common? Common? Wide-spread? Why does this level of prevalence exist?
2. Please explain your choice in terms of the effect you think networks have on teaching in your unit.
3. How might the prevalence and impact of small networks be improved in your unit, if at all?
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NextSteps&Closing
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References
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Presenta=on=tle:UsingPersonalNetworksandSocialNetworkTheorytoImproveTeachingandLearningSessionauthors:GaryPoole,RoselynnVerwoord&IsabeauIqbalPresentedat:2016Interna=onalSocietyfortheScholarshipofTeaching&LearningConferenceCrea=veCommonsLicensedasfollows: AHribu?on-NonCommercial4.0Interna?onal
