Practitioner networks: professional learning in the twenty- first century /
Practitioner networks: professional learning in the twenty- first century /
Ellen Daly
- Oxford, UK, Oxford University Press, June, 2009.
- 710- 724 p.
- Monthly
- June, 2009.
- Volume 39, Number 4 .
This article reports on a study of a networked learning approach among remote social work practitioners in a large, rural local authority. The intervention was a blended approach that combined facilitation, face- to- face meetings, online communications and access to e- library resources. The intervention was focused on discussions of case management issues for three fictional cases. A method of text analysis used in community of enquiry research was implemented to examine participant discourse. Findings indicate that partitioners developed a community of enquiry that privileged face- to- face communication. Online resources were primarily used as supplementary communication. Practitioners engaged with the community of enquiry approach and used explicit knowledge to inform discussions of case planning.