PROWE Part time / distance tutors' use of wiki and blogs to support CPD Anne Gambles PROWE Project Manager The Open University 2008-03-27

Central Research Question "In what ways could wiki and wiki-type environments be useful and useable as personal and informal repositories to support professional development within part-time tutor communities of practice?"

"In what ways could wiki and wiki-type environments be useful and useable as personal and informal repositories to support professional development within part-time tutor communities of practice?"

PROWE ‘Repository Ecology’ Takes a baseline from Nardi and O’Day 1 , and incorporates the idea of “actant” from Actor Network Theory. http://www.prowe.ac.uk/ecology.htm 1 Nardi and O’Day (1999) First Monday 4 (5) http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue4_5/nardi_chapter4.html

Takes a baseline from Nardi and O’Day 1 , and incorporates the idea of “actant” from Actor Network Theory.

http://www.prowe.ac.uk/ecology.htm

1 Nardi and O’Day (1999) First Monday 4 (5) http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue4_5/nardi_chapter4.html

‘“ How To”/Questions to ask’ Guides 1. Barriers and enablers to system uptake or use 2. The Institutional Perspective 3. The Knowledge Perspective 4. The Users’ Perspective: Part One – relations with the institution 5. The Users’ Perspective: Part Two – technology issues 6. The Users’ Perspective: Part Three – content and collaboration

1. Barriers and enablers to system uptake or use

2. The Institutional Perspective

3. The Knowledge Perspective

4. The Users’ Perspective: Part One – relations with the

institution

5. The Users’ Perspective: Part Two – technology issues

6. The Users’ Perspective: Part Three – content and

collaboration

Tutors’ Personal Resource Management Strategies Diverse Often accidental Can be imposed Seldom logical, sensible or sustainable Deeply embedded New strategies/systems need to be transparent and robust

Diverse

Often accidental

Can be imposed

Seldom logical, sensible or sustainable

Deeply embedded

New strategies/systems need to be transparent and robust

Developing a Wiki/Blog repository to promote sharing - 1 Resources Relevant and current Critical mass important Quality Author credibility (personal profiles)

Resources

Relevant and current

Critical mass important

Quality

Author credibility

(personal profiles)

Developing a Wiki/Blog repository to promote sharing - 2 Resources (cont.) Metadata Personal profile metadata FOAF metadata application profile Folksonomy-type metadata

Resources (cont.)

Metadata

Personal profile metadata

FOAF metadata application profile

Folksonomy-type metadata

Developing a Wiki/Blog repository to promote sharing - 3 Easy to retrieve and to up-load resources "Amazon.com" star rating and cross referencing systems Content security Accessible from anywhere by anyone Ability to share with anyone Provide for discussion

Easy to retrieve and to up-load resources

"Amazon.com" star rating and cross referencing systems

Content security

Accessible from anywhere by anyone

Ability to share with anyone

Provide for discussion

You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink… © Tara Shriner http://www.mro.org/mr/archive/24-3/articles/threetreasuresDaido.html

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