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de Roo, Nina; Amede, Tewodros; Elias, Eyasu; Almekinders, Conny; Leeuwis, Cees – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2023
Purpose: Agricultural extension services in poor countries often identify opinion leaders based on criteria such as wealth and social status. We explore the effectiveness of this top-down approach by analysing the role of so-called model and nodal farmers in the diffusion of malt barley in a highland community in Ethiopia. Research approach: We…
Descriptors: Network Analysis, Social Status, Rural Extension, Case Studies
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Srebotnjak, Tanja; Norgaard, Lee Michelle – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to map and analyze sustainability activities and relationships at the seven Claremont Colleges and graduate institutions using social network analysis (SNA) to inform sustainability planning and programming. Design/methodology/approach: Online surveys and interviews were conducted among faculty, staff and…
Descriptors: Network Analysis, Higher Education, Sustainability, Online Surveys
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Ginexi, Elizabeth M.; Huang, Grace; Steketee, Michael; Tsakraklides, Sophia; MacAllum, Keith; Bromberg, Julie; Huffman, Amanda; Luke, Douglas A.; Leischow, Scott J.; Okamoto, Janet M.; Rogers, Todd – Research Evaluation, 2017
This article presents a case study of a scientist-practitioner research network established by the National Cancer Institute's State and Community Tobacco Control Research Initiative. While prior programs have focused on collaboration among scientists, a goal here was to encourage collaborations with non-university, practice-based partners. Two…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Network Analysis, Scientists, Case Studies
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Fitzgerald, Sarah Rose; Gardner, Alexander C.; Amey, Marilyn J.; Farrell-Cole, Patricia L. – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2018
To illuminate barriers to collaboration, this study examines who participates in cross-boundary scholarly collaboration most often and which types of boundary crossing (disciplinary, institutional, role) are engaged in most often. The data of this study came from an interdisciplinary consortium with five partner institutions, including one…
Descriptors: Consortia, Interdisciplinary Approach, Black Colleges, STEM Education
Cappelletti, Gina A. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The enrollment and engagement of middle-class families in historically low-income urban public schools can generate school improvements, including increased resources and expanded extracurricular programming. At the same time, prior research has highlighted the marginalization of low-income parents as one consequence of middle-class parent…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Disadvantaged Schools, Public Schools, Middle Class
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de Lima, Mariana; Zorrilla, Marta – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017
This study aimed to analyze the student's behaviour in relation to their degree of commitment, participation, and contribution in a MOOC based on a social learning approach. Interaction data was collected on the learning platform and in social networks, both of which were used in the third edition of a social MOOC course. This data was then…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Large Group Instruction, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Exarchou, Evi; Klonari, Aikaterini; Lambrinos, Nikos; Vaitis, Michalis – Review of International Geographical Education Online, 2017
This study focused on the analysis of Grade-12 (Senior) students' sociocultural constructivist interactions using Web 2.0 applications during a geographical research process. In the study methodology context, a transdisciplinary case study (TdCS) with ethnographic and research action data was designed, implemented and analyzed in real teaching…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Foreign Countries, Web 2.0 Technologies, Grade 12
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Michailidis, Nikolaos; Kapravelos, Efstathios; Tsiatsos, Thrasyvoulos – Educational Technology & Society, 2018
Self-regulated learning is an important means of supporting students' self-awareness and self-regulation level so as to enhance their motivation and engagement. Interaction Analysis (IA) contributes to this end, and its use in studying learning dynamics involved in asynchronous Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) activities has…
Descriptors: Web 2.0 Technologies, Learning Activities, Asynchronous Communication, Cooperative Learning
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Mania-Singer, Jackie – Administrative Issues Journal: Connecting Education, Practice, and Research, 2017
This qualitative case study used General Systems Theory and social network analysis to explore the relationships between the members of a district central office and principals of elementary schools within an urban school district in the Midwest. Findings revealed sparse relationships between members of the district central office and principals,…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, School Districts, Central Office Administrators, School Administration
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Satar, H. Muge; Akcan, Sumru – Language Learning & Technology, 2018
Participation in online communities is an increasing need for future language teachers and their professional development. Through such participation, they can experience and develop an awareness of the behaviors required to facilitate their future learners' participation in online learning. This article investigates participation, interaction…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Martins da Silva, Vanessa Cristina; Siqueira, Sean Wolfgand Matsui – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2016
In online learning environments, tutors have several problems to carry out their activities, such as evaluating the student, knowing the right way to guide each student, promoting discussions, and knowing the right time to interact or let students build knowledge alone. We consider scenarios in which teaching and learning occurs in online social…
Descriptors: Interaction, Social Networks, Electronic Learning, Tutors
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Bagley, Elizabeth; Shaffer, David Williamson – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2015
This paper examines how learning happened in an interactive studio setting using the theories and methods of educational ethnography. The study begins with a review of the education literature on the acquisition of professional education and identity, particularly epistemic frame theory. Using a case study approach, we examine students' learning…
Descriptors: Urban Planning, Regional Planning, Ethnography, Educational Research
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Moorosi, Pontso – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2014
This article explores the notion of leadership identity construction as it happens through a leadership development programme. Influenced by a conception that leadership development is essentially about facilitating an identity transition, it uses an intersectional approach to explore school leaders' identity construction as it was shaped and…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Professional Identity, Educational Experience, Learning Experience
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Heidler, Richard – Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy, 2011
Scientific collaboration can only be understood along the epistemic and cognitive grounding of scientific disciplines. New scientific discoveries in astrophysics led to a major restructuring of the elite network of astrophysics. To study the interplay of the epistemic grounding and the social network structure of a discipline, a mixed-methods…
Descriptors: Network Analysis, Cooperation, Social Structure, Social Networks
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Lusher, Dean – Gender and Education, 2011
This study utilises a quantitative case study social network approach to explore the connection between masculinity and scholastic achievement in two secondary, all-boys schools in Australia. In both schools two social networks representing social status are explored: the "friendship" network as a measure of status that includes…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Statistical Analysis, Case Studies, Relationship
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