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Technology, Research and Professional Learning

Constructing Intellectual Exchange in the Rise of Network Society

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Authors:
  1. Jingjing Zhang

    1. School of Educational Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

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  • Clarifies the value of intellectual exchange in academic dialogue
  • Interprets the complex relationship between technology, research, and professor learning
  • Equips readers to understand how the use of technology potentially changes the nature of learning in academia

Part of the book series: Perspectives on Rethinking and Reforming Education (PRRE)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Historical and Theoretical Accounts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Historical Accounts of the Use of Network Technologies in Academia

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      Pages 3-11

    3. Theoretical Accounts of Technology and Learning

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      Pages 13-16

    4. Challenges of Understanding Technology, Research and Learning

      • Jingjing Zhang
      Pages 17-19

    5. Definitions and a Model

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      Pages 21-26

  3. Scholars and Their Research Contexts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27
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    2. Interviewing Oxford Scholars

      • Jingjing Zhang
      Pages 29-56

    3. Wellcome Centre for Neuroethics at Oxford

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      Pages 57-91

  4. Network Technology, Intellectual Exchange and Research

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93
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    2. The Nature of Network Technology in Academia

      • Jingjing Zhang
      Pages 95-104

    3. Intellectual Exchange in Academic Dialogue

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      Pages 105-108

    4. Changes to Scholarly Communication

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      Pages 109-115

    5. Research Contexts Conducive to Intellectual Exchange

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      Pages 117-122

    6. Conclusions

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      Pages 123-125

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 127-150
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About this book

This book investigates the use of network technologies in research, and explores how such use potentially changes the nature of professional learning between academics. It attempts to situate the discussion of technology use in real-world research settings, to identify the different forms of participation in intellectual exchange embedded in academic dialogue, and to further contribute to knowledge on how the use of network technology potentially changes the nature of learning. Multiple data collection methods are employed, in two forms of study: a single case study, and a number of individual interviews. The single case study was carried out over a one-year period, and consisted of interviews (22 interviewees), observations, and document review. Individual semi-structured interviews were carried out over a similar period of time with a wider and different population of 24 academics from different Oxford faculties. Half of these were interviewed twice.The main findings presented in this book demonstrate that the direct consequences of technology use are changes to academic dialogue and scholarly communication in general. The change to this critical aspect of research – scholarly communication – has potentially led to more distributed research in interconnected research environments. It is the changes to scholarly communication and the research environment that consequently affect participation in intellectual exchange.  

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Educational Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

    Jingjing Zhang

About the author

Jingjing Zhang is Director of the Big Data Centre for Technology-mediated Education at Beijing Normal University. She holds a PhD from Oxford University and has also trained at the OECD in Paris and the UN in New York. Her early research in machine learning and information visualization has led her to analyze university curriculum structure. In the past few years, her research has involved collaboration with educationists, sociologists and anthropologists. This has modified her research interests, giving them a focus on social constructivism of learning in real-world settings. She collaborates with scientists to develop data mining techniques (e.g. complex networking analysis) to explore human relationships and activities online, particularly in the learning sciences. This includes the impact on learning and collaboration produced by using open educational resources (OERs), massive open online courses (MOOCs), and knowledge visualization.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Technology, Research and Professional Learning

  • Book Subtitle: Constructing Intellectual Exchange in the Rise of Network Society

  • Authors: Jingjing Zhang

  • Series Title: Perspectives on Rethinking and Reforming Education

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0818-5

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-0817-8Published: 10 July 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-4508-1Published: 26 January 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-0818-5Published: 20 June 2018

  • Series ISSN: 2366-1658

  • Series E-ISSN: 2366-1666

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 150

  • Number of Illustrations: 12 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Educational Technology, Professional & Vocational Education

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