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Social network perspectives reveal strength of academic developers as weak ties
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posted on 2015-01-01, 00:00 authored by K E Matthews, A Crampton, M Hill, Liz JohnsonLiz Johnson, M D Sharma, C VarsavskySocial network perspectives acknowledge the influence of disciplinary cultures on academics’ teaching beliefs and practices with implications for academic developers. The contribution of academic developers in 18 scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) projects situated in the sciences are explored by drawing on data from a two-year national project in Australia within a case study research design. The application of a social network lens illuminated the contribution of eight academic developers as weak ties who infused SoTL knowledge within teams. Two heuristic cases of academic developers who also linked across networks are presented. Implications of social network perspective are discussed.
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International journal for academic developmentVolume
20Issue
3Pagination
238 - 251Publisher
Taylor & FrancisLocation
London, Eng.Publisher DOI
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1360-144XeISSN
1470-1324Language
engPublication classification
C Journal article; C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
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