TY - GEN
T1 - Using personal professional networks for learning in social work
T2 - Need for insight into the real-world context
AU - Rajagopal, Kamakshi
AU - Joosten-ten Brinke, Desirée
AU - Sloep, Peter
N1 - DS_Description: Rajagopal, K., Joosten-ten Brinke, D., & Sloep, P. B. (2010). Using Personal Professional Networks for Learning in Social Work: Need for Insight into the Real-World Context. In M. Wolpers, P. A. Kirschner, M. Scheffel, S. N. Lindstaedt, & V. Dimitrova (Eds.), Sustaining TEL: From Innovation to Learning and Practice, 5th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2010. LNCS 6383 (pp. 572-577). September, 28 - October, 1, 2010, Barcelona, Spain. Berlin, Heidelberg, & New York: Springer. Retrieved December 23, 2010, from http://www.springerlink.com/index/R301MT4043182587.pdf.
DS_Sponsorship:This paper provides a theoretical framework that will be part of a PhD study conducted within the LTfLL project. The LTfLL project is partially supported/co-funded by the European Union under the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) theme of the 7th Framework Programme for R&D. This document does not represent the opinion of the European Union, and the European Union is not responsible for any use that might be made of its content.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Professionals in social work practice depend on a high level of skills, intellectual ability and a wide knowledge base to find innovative solutions for the complex problems they encounter. They learn by expe- rience and through social interaction using dialogue and discussion with relevant others to create new knowledge. To support their learning, they search for the most suitable and most relevant dialogue partner available in their extensive personal professional network. This is a difficult, high- skilled task, for which little technological support is available. This paper presents a literature review on the learning needs of these professionals and considers the use of technology as a means of supporting this type of learning. It argues for the need for more insight into the strategies used by professionals in building, maintaining and activating connections in their personal professional network for learning purposes.
AB - Professionals in social work practice depend on a high level of skills, intellectual ability and a wide knowledge base to find innovative solutions for the complex problems they encounter. They learn by expe- rience and through social interaction using dialogue and discussion with relevant others to create new knowledge. To support their learning, they search for the most suitable and most relevant dialogue partner available in their extensive personal professional network. This is a difficult, high- skilled task, for which little technological support is available. This paper presents a literature review on the learning needs of these professionals and considers the use of technology as a means of supporting this type of learning. It argues for the need for more insight into the strategies used by professionals in building, maintaining and activating connections in their personal professional network for learning purposes.
KW - Personal Learning Network
KW - social networks
KW - dialogue and discussion as means of learning
KW - expertise identification
KW - usability
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-16020-2_56
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-16020-2_56
M3 - Conference Article in proceeding
SN - 9783642160196
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series
SP - 572
EP - 577
BT - Sustaining TEL: From Innovation to Learning and Practice
A2 - Wolpers, Martin
A2 - Kirschner, Paul A.
A2 - Scheffel, Maren
A2 - Lindstaedt, Stefanie
A2 - Dimitrova, Vania
PB - Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
CY - Berlin
ER -