Creating shareable representations of practice

dc.creator	Peter Goodyear
dc.creator	Christine Steeples
dc.date	1998-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:07:44Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:07:44Z
dc.identifier	10.3402/rlt.v6i3.11162
dc.identifier	2156-7069
dc.identifier	2156-7077
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/f309cb2d325f4d23ad724890c4580004
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/11450
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/f309cb2d325f4d23ad724890c4580004
dc.description	This paper arises from a programme of research and postgraduate teaching which, over the last ten years, has sought to explore ways of providing better support for the continuing professional development of geographically dispersed communities of skilled workers through the use of computer-mediated communications (Goodyear, 1995). One issue is the problem of creating sustained on-line interactions that draw on both practitioner experience and research-based knowledge. Part of our explanation for the difficulties in stimulating a sustained and inclusive discussion, which bridges between academia and practice, lies in the affordances of text-based communication. Aspects of practice, we suggest, are difficult to render through written language. It can also be very hard to articulate practical knowledge that is held and used in tacit form. The situation is exacerbated by some of the expectations which participants bring to the electronic discussion. For example, one can begin to create a comprehensible description of a current work issue through writing an extended account of the .necessary organizational background - tasks, personnel, 'house-style', etc. - but such extended contributions are neither expected nor welcome in most on-line communications'environments. In the rest of this paper, we look at some of the ways in which multimedia communications (using video,, voice, etc.) may be able to help with this block.
dc.language	English
dc.relation	http://www.researchinlearningtechnology.net/index.php/rlt/article/view/11162
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2156-7069
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2156-7077
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	Research in Learning Technology, Vol 6, Iss 3 (1998)
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Creating shareable representations of practice
dc.type	Article