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Thibault Coppe – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2024
Thirteen years after the publication of the book "Social Network Theory and Educational Change," what can we say about the evolution of research connecting social network theory and analysis with teacher professional development? In this evolution, we can witness a conceptual shift in the literature connecting teacher professional…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Faculty Development, Network Analysis, Communities of Practice
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Dario Blumenschein; Bjarte Hannisdal – Studies in Higher Education, 2024
As the higher education landscape has shifted and calls for change and improvements have grown louder, researchers have turned to empirical investigations of what makes change possible in higher education. Recent studies on the impact of informal interactions for promoting change have given impetus to social network analysis as an approach to…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Educational Change, Instructional Innovation, Faculty
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Lisa Lundgren; Kent J. Crippen – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2024
The theoretical framework of communities of practice (CoP) is often used for framing research into online communities. However, there is an absence of measures and empirical work that evaluates knowledge-sharing within such communities. This represents a substantial gap in our understanding of informal learning for diverse people and in the case…
Descriptors: Science Education, Communities of Practice, Informal Education, Educational Practices
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Mike Wilton; Jeffrey Maloy; Laura Beaster-Jones; Brian K. Sato; Stanley M. Lo; Daniel Z. Grunspan – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2024
At many research-intensive universities in North America, there is a disproportionate loss of minoritized undergraduate students from Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) majors. Efforts to confront this diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) challenge, such as faculty adoption of evidenced-based instructional approaches that…
Descriptors: Research Universities, College Faculty, STEM Education, Teacher Influence
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Wanli Xing; Hai Li; Taehyun Kim; Wangda Zhu; Yukyeong Song – Education and Information Technologies, 2025
Although researchers recognize the importance of discussing support for math learning within online learning communities, there is a lack of relevant network classifying methods and analyses at the group level to understand the behavioral differences between groups with varying levels of activity, including their mathematical literacies. In this…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Asynchronous Communication, Group Discussion, Communities of Practice
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Brayan Díaz; Daniela Luengo-Aravena; Pia Barahona; Patricio Felmer – Journal of Engineering Education, 2025
Background: We examine the efficacy of an online collaborative problem-solving (CPS) teaching approach in academic performance and student connections with other peers, among first-year engineering calculus students at a Latin American university. Our research uses communities of practice (CoP) to emphasize the social nature of learning and the…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Cooperative Learning, Problem Solving, Mathematics Skills