Sociotechnical Co-Evolution of an e-Learning Innovation Network

Autor/inn/en	Law, Nancy; Liang, Leming
Titel	Sociotechnical Co-Evolution of an e-Learning Innovation Network
Quelle	In: British Journal of Educational Technology, 50 (2019) 3, S.1340-1353 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Law, Nancy)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0007-1013
DOI	10.1111/bjet.12768
Schlagwörter	Electronic Learning; Educational Technology; Teaching Methods; Instructional Innovation; Longitudinal Studies; Special Education; Special Needs Students; Institutional Characteristics; Pilot Projects; Program Descriptions; Educational Opportunities; Social Structure; Instructional Leadership; Networks; Institutional Cooperation; Educational Change + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Unterrichtsmedien; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Educational Innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Sonderpädagogischer Förderbedarf; Pilot project; Modellversuch; Pilotprojekt; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Sozialstruktur; Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung; Institute; Co-operation; Cooperation; Institut; Kooperation; Bildungsreform
Abstract	This paper reports on a longitudinal study of a network of 10 special education needs schools over a span of 11 years that leveraged the opportunity offered by a government-funded e-learning pilot scheme initiative to further their efforts in providing the same educational opportunities to their students as those in mainstream schools. The trajectory of this network's evolution shows that its robustness lies in the joint leadership network among the schools, and the insight and agency that this leadership network exhibited in the intentional exploration and crafting of a social structure and mechanism to support innovative developments in technology and pedagogical innovation, which we refer to as sociotechnical co-evolution. By adopting a sociotechnical system framework to analyse the changes at the landscape, regime and niches levels, we show that in fact landscape factors play a crucial role in shaping the innovation trajectory through its influence on the niches. Network leadership, within-school leadership and organizational infrastructures evolve and play an important role in the co-construction of the sociotechnical regimes needed to bring about deep and widespread changes in pedagogical practice. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01