Creating a ‘world class’ programme: reciprocity and constraint in networked global collaboration
David Boud,Lars-Owe Dahlgren,Madeleine Abrandt Dahlgren,Staffan Larsson,Thomas J. Sork,Shirley Walters +5 more
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In this article, the authors present a case study of the development of a common Master's program across four universities located on four continents, in order to explore the role of networks in international educational collaboration.Abstract:
The article reflects on the construction of a common Master’s programme across four universities located on four continents, in order to explore the role of networks in international educational collaboration. The study draws on the documented processes of the principal members of the programme team. It is presented as a case study of the development of the programme that uses ideas drawn from actor‐network theory to draw attention to the conjunction of human and non‐human actors that shaped the resulting web‐based courses. Constraints arising from major institutional and systemic obstacles were addressed through the effects of the actor‐network. The reciprocity of action and de‐centring of individual activity made possible through the collaboration enabled the human actors to sustain a level of innovation within their own institutions that would not have been possible through them acting alone.read more
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TL;DR: Giddens as mentioned in this paper has been in the forefront of developments in social theory for the past decade and outlines the distinctive position he has evolved during that period and offers a full statement of a major new perspective in social thought, a synthesis and elaboration of ideas touched on in previous works but described here for the first time in an integrated and comprehensive form.
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The Constitution of Society. Outline of the Theory of Structuration
TL;DR: Giddens as discussed by the authors has been in the forefront of developments in social theory for the past decade and outlines the distinctive position he has evolved during that period and offers a full statement of a major new perspective in social thought, a synthesis and elaboration of ideas touched on in previous works but described here for the first time in an integrated and comprehensive form.
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Expansive learning at work: Toward an activity theoretical reconceptualization.
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