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A value creation framework for an online professional learning community

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As economic constraints leave fewer resources available for professional development, researchers and practitioners have become increasingly interested in the interplay between learning, community and technology. They are examining the potential of online communities of practice (CoP) to enhance and extend traditional professional development opportunities (Booth and Kellogg, 2014). They support the idea that participation in a learning community leads to change practice behaviours (Vescio, Roos & Adams, 2008). According to Booth and Kellogg (2014), in online CoP, practitioners “co construct new forms of meaning and understanding in ways that are individually and collectively valuable, and apply that knowledge in their professional practice” (p. 1). In addition, for supporting professional development opportunities and continuing education, e learning technology revolutionise learning and life-long learning for example, in supporting resources and guidelines for participation that are appealing and valuable for busy practitioners (Booth and Kellogg, 2014). The potential of e-learning technology is to extend professional development opportunities in terms of information and community resources available with the benefits of connectivity, flexibility and interactivity (Knight, 2004). E-learning technology should be seen as an interactive tool to support the active involvement of the learner with peers in sharing and creating new knowledge (Kurtz, 2014). Our project is to combine learning, community and e-learning technology in the health sector. This project is part of an European FP7 training network, iCARE (improving Children’s Auditory Rehabilitation), which aims at training a community of people with different approaches and expertise in different fields and specializations. This community of people includes researchers, audiologists, educators, teachers, speech therapists, caregivers, parents and deaf children who are part of the same professional network. For the inclusion of children with hearing impairment in the oral society, they pursue – with different levels of expertise and experience – a common goal: the development of communication and social skills in these children. In that context, we aim to develop an online professional learning community (PLC) which will permit all members of that community – individually and collectively – to extend their professional and personal development opportunities through different types of e-learning activities, tools and interactions. This PLC, as a CoP will be characterized by the creation and sharing of user-generated materials, improving the auditory rehabilitation of children with hearing impairment. This PLC involving parents and other caregivers into the children’s learning experience will enable sustained mutual engagement of all professionals, allowing them to explore good practice, articulate perspectives, accumulate knowledge and create a shared context for ongoing exchanges (Vescio, Ross & Adams, 2005; Wenger, White and Smith, 2009). References 1.BOOTH, S. E. & KELLOGG, S. B. (2014). Value creation in online communities for educators. British Journal of Educational Technology, 1-15. Bjet.12168. 2.KNIGHT, S. (2004). Effective Practice with e-Learning. Bristol: JISC. 3.KURTZ, G. (2014) Integrating a Facebook group and a Course Website: The effect on Participation and Perceptions on Learning. American Journal of Distance Education, 28(4), 253-263. 4.VESCIO, V., ROSS, D. & ADAMS, A. (2008). A review of research on the impact of professional learning communities on teaching practice and student learning. Teaching and Teacher Education, 24, 80-91. 5.WENGER, E.,WHITE, N. & SMITH, J. (2009). Digital habitats: stewarding technology for communities. Portland, OR: CPsquare.

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hal-01174274 , version 1 (08-07-2015)

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Gaëlle Le Bot, Lina Xue, Wim van Petegem, Astrid van Wieringen. A value creation framework for an online professional learning community. Proceedings of the EDEN 2015. Annual Conference of the European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN), Jun 2015, Barcelona, Spain. pp. 1025-1028. ⟨hal-01174274⟩

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