Visualizing Informal Professional Development Networks
Building a Case for Learning Analytics in the Workplace
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3758593 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maarten De Laat (0000-0003-2243-2667, LOOK, Open Universiteit of the Netherlands, Heerlen, Netherlands), Bieke Schreurs (LOOK, Open Universiteit of the Netherlands, Heerlen, Netherlands), Bieke G M Schreurs (0000-0002-8410-0759, Open University of the Netherlands) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 1421-1438 |
| Publication date | 2013-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002764213479364 |
| OpenAlex | W2033688949 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 24 |
Informal learning has become an important driver for professional development and workplace learning. Yet, however powerful informal learning may be, there is a problem when it comes to making it a real asset within organizations: Informal learning activities are spontaneous and mostly invisible to others. The aim of this study is to develop a method that helps raise awareness about these activities using a learning analytics approach. This method concentrates on detecting and visualizing informal professional social networks and finding ways in which their presence and accessibility can be improved. This study shows that the presented methodology is a promising research-driven intervention. With this methodology we can detect multiple (isolated) networks in organizations, connect ideas, and facilitate value creation. Using this approach, organizations can link with existing informal networks of practice and unlock their potential for organizational learning by giving them a voice and making their results more explicit within the organization
Asset (computer security) · Computer security · Higher education · Informal education · Informal learning · Informal organization · Intervention (counseling) · Knowledge management · Pedagogy · Political science · Professional development · Social learning · Sociology · Value (mathematics) · Computer Science · Innovative Education and Learning Practices · Knowledge Management and Sharing · Online Learning and Analytics · Psychology
Informal online communities and networks as a source of teacher professional development
The connection between the social network perspective and teacher professional development
Leveraging learning analytics to support teachers’ professional development
Learnings Networks and Professional Development in Building Energy Management Systems Industry
Designing AI-powered learning
Cultivating an online teacher community of practice around the instructional conversation pedagogy
Who should i talk to? - informal workplace learning among teachers in police education
Developing capabilities
Sharing repertoires in a teacher professional Facebook group
Uncovering changes in university teachers’ professional networks during an instructional development program
Value creation
The networked student
The professional learning of academic researchers through their career
Introduction to the Special Issue on Learning Analytics
Communities of Practice
Learning through work
The fifth discipline, the art and practice of the learning organization
Changing Practice
Strong, Weak, and Latent Ties and the Impact of New Media
The Art of Knowing
Non-formal learning and tacit knowledge in professional work
Processing and Visualizing Data in Complex Learning Environments
Situated Learning
The Strength of Weak Ties
| Unique citing works | 14 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,08 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2026 (14) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |