Professional Cultures and Collaborative Efforts: A Case Study of Technologists and Educators Working for Change     

Ann Locke Davidson  Janet Schofield  Janet Stocks 《The Information Society》2001,17(1):21-32

The need for those working in a variety of settings to interact effectively with technical experts has grown dramatically in recent years as computers have become essential to the performance of an increasing broad range of professional work. This article presents a case of this sort of interprofessional interaction, exploring the process and outcomes of collaboration between technical professionals and educators working to bring Internet access to an urban public school district. Drawing on field note and interview data, the case reported here illustrates how differences in institutional routines and professional values can generate differing agendas, contrasting assumptions, and contrasting expectations concerning project products and outcomes among collaborators from different professional worlds. In the case we describe, these differences affected such central matters as the types and usefulness of technical resources to which users had access as well as users' confidence in the technology. The case also illustrates how aspects of this interprofessional conflict were addressed through an organizational change. The kinds of issues that arose in this project are likely to occur in a variety of professional settings; therefore, examination of this case provides insight into a variety of issues and dynamics that should be considered when embarking upon or analyzing any interprofessional collaborative effort, and particularly one that involves technical professionals.  相似文献   

基于XML与PSL的电子商务信息协同交互的研究     

朱韶平 《中国科技信息》2007,33(19):126-127

为了解决异构系统的电子商务过程中流程信息的协同交互,本文探讨了本体论(PSL)和XML的技术特点,设计一个基于XML的流程描述元模型,在语义层次上通过PSL语义定义和映射规则来统一基于XML描述流程信息,实现了流程信息的协同交互。最后通过具体的采购过程实例,验证了该模型及实现方法的可行性。  相似文献   

端到端网络环境下协同办公的应用分析     

李晓芳  王从明 《科技广场》2006,(11):58-59

随着网络技术的发展,在下一代互联网技术和IPv6机制的支持下,网络的速度、质量、安全将得到加强,端到端技术将得到极大地应用。基于端到端技术的协同办公机制顺应扁平化发展趋势,使日常办公打破了时间和空间的限制,大大地提高了工作效率。  相似文献   

Promoting university–industry collaboration in Malaysia: stakeholders’ perspectives on expectations and impediments     

Norzaini Azman  Morshidi Sirat  Vincent Pang  Yew Meng Lai  Anantha Raman Govindasamy  Wardatul Akmam Din 《Journal of Higher Education Policy & Management》2019,41(1):86-103

University–Industry Collaboration (UIC) has been identified as an essential item on Malaysia’s agenda for transforming itself into knowledge and innovation-based economy. However, despite the efforts, most initiatives have had limited results. This paper reports on an explorative study that sought to understand the contemporary realities of UIC in the Malaysian context. In particular, the study identified the expectations and impediments to UIC, from the perspectives of three groups of stakeholders – the academics, the industry players and policymakers. The findings reveal a number of barriers, including cultural differences, perceived lack of academic expertise and reputation, an inadequacy of institutional policies and regulations, lack of trust, issues of intellectual property rights, and the lack of an appropriate reward system. This paper concludes by proposing policy recommendations and strategies that could be used by the government, university, and the industry to promote further and foster university-industry collaborative opportunities and initiatives.  相似文献   

Mapping Learning Analytics initiatives in Latin America     

Cristian Cechinel  Xavier Ochoa  Henrique Lemos dos Santos  João Batista Carvalho Nunes  Virginia Rodés  Emanuel Marques Queiroga 《British journal of educational technology : journal of the Council for Educational Technology》2020,51(4):892-914

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Cross-boundary e-government systems: Determinants of performance     

Yu-Che Chen  Lung-Teng Hu  Kuan-Chiu Tseng  Wen-Jong Juang  Chih-Kai Chang 《Government Information Quarterly》2019,36(3):449-459

This study examines the performance of a cross-boundary e-government system. It draws from studies in the fields of e-government, collaborative public management, and information system success with a focus on inter-organizational information systems to develop a conceptual framework. This framework includes efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability as key performance measures; identifies technical, managerial, and inter-organizational factors for success; and develops hypotheses accordingly. Empirical investigation utilizes user-level data from an inter-organizational e-government system that provides integrated commerce and industry service. The results underscore the importance of management support, shared goals, and inter-agency trust in improving all three measures of performance. In addition, citizen-centric and innovative organizational culture enhances efficiency and accountability while administrative interdependence impacts effectiveness and accountability. The managerial and theoretical implications of these findings and future research opportunities are also explored.  相似文献   

Developing undergraduate research skills in a faculty of education: motivation through collaboration     

Sue Waite  Bernie Davis 《高等教育研究与发展》2006,25(4):403-419

This paper explores motivational factors underpinning undergraduates’ learning of research skills through individual research projects with collaborative tutorials. Research has long pointed to group support, positive affect and scaffolding as important for motivating and facilitating learning. Furthermore, UK government priorities have placed an increasing emphasis on the need to develop the key skills of inquiry and working with others. However, this is set in a context of assessment and practice in higher education that encourages individualist and instrumental perspectives on gaining competencies and knowledge. Traditionally undergraduate research skills have been taught through lectures and small‐scale projects chosen by the students with individual tutorial support in a faculty of education. Here our action research introduced collaborative tutorials as another element of teaching. We examine the process of collaboration to explore factors that support motivation to learn through two principal theoretical frameworks.  相似文献   

Developing different forms of student feedback to promote teacher reflection: A 10-year collaboration     

Garry Hoban  Geoff Hastings   《Teaching and Teacher Education》2006,22(8):1006-1019

This paper describes a 10-year collaboration between a teacher educator and a high-school science teacher as they investigated different ways to gather student feedback to enhance teacher reflection. Four different procedures were developed during this time: (i) interviews by a teacher educator with students; (ii) learning logs written by students; (iii) observation schedules completed by students; and (iv) a survey completed by students and teachers. Of the four procedures, the most meaningful for teacher reflection was the student interviews because they were the most personal. However, other procedures for gathering student feedback may be more useful to initiate teacher reflection because they are less confronting.  相似文献   

Peering inside research networks: Some observations on the effect of the intensity of collaboration on the variability of research quality     

J. Rigby  J. Edler 《Research Policy》2005,34(6):784-794

Although there is some general agreement that increasing levels of collaboration amongst academics produce research papers that receive more citations, and that larger numbers of citations often imply higher quality, the issue of collaboration and its effect upon research output remains a controversial area with a wide range of views of what role collaboration plays and its general implications for quality. This paper re-examines the process of collaboration within research networks. It considers the role of collaboration and its effect on quality by studying the relationship between the level of interaction within research networks (collaboration) and the extent of variability of quality within those research networks. Twenty-two scientific networks from Austria are examined. The findings of the analysis are that increasing levels of collaboration are strongly associated with lower levels of variability of quality within each network. The conclusion is therefore drawn that collaboration at the level of the research network acts upon research quality qua peer review and that this peer review effect is inherent throughout the research process.  相似文献   

Collaboration Scripts – A Conceptual Analysis     

Ingo Kollar  Frank Fischer  Friedrich W. Hesse 《Educational Psychology Review》2006,18(2):159-185

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