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The development of a questionnaire to measure the conditions for networked learning in schools
Janneke Hooijer
Maarten de Laat
(RdMC – OUNL)
conditions for networked learning
Ruud de Moor Centre
• Academic expertise centre for professional development of teachers
• Projects with schools
• Networked learning as a method for professional development
conditions for networked learning
Networked learning
• Research shows that having an extended network is crucial for personal and professional development (Levin and Cross, 2004)
• Networked learning is a promising strategy for continuous professional development of teachers. Organizations can support or frustrate this type of knowledge sharing
conditions for networked learning
Development of a questionnaire
• Three major conditions were identified that are fundamental to networked learning
– Organisational support
– Collegiality
– Network value
conditions for networked learning
Using the questionnaire
• Several project in primary education
• One project in secondary and vocational education
conditions for networked learning
Primary education
• BMS - union of catholic schools in Friesland (a nothern province).
Project was aimed at stimulating networked learning between the different schools of the union.
• MosaLira - union of schools within the city of Maastricht.
The project aimed to stimulate networked learning around specific themes
• SkoZok – union of schools within a region, south of Eindhoven.
A group of four schools within this union has been active with networked learning for over a year at the time of distribution of the questionnaire
conditions for networked learning
Secondary and vocational education
• VM2 – a national project.
Several combinations of school for secondary education (pre-vocational) and vocational education. A network of these different combinations, mainly by regular face to face meetings
conditions for networked learning
Three factor structure
• Collegiality (α= .952)
Trust and sharing between colleagues, exchanging ideas, skills, insights
• Network value (α=.954)
Active participating in network (sharing and gathering information)
• Organisational support (α= .929)
Acknowledgement of networked learning as professional development
conditions for networked learning
conditions for networked learning
SkoZOk. Differences between schools that participated in the project and schools that had not.
conditions for networked learning
Conclusions
• The questionnaire has proven to be reliable in measuring the three dimensions.
• Currently the questionnaire is distributed among the different projects again.
• This questionnaire is only focused on organisations, to give ideas for approaching the stimulation of networked learning. Of course, there are much more factors that are of influence on the chances to successfully implement networked learning.
• What more?
