Paper Info
Title
Using personal professional networks for learning in social work: need for insight into the real-world context
Abstract
Professionals in social work practice depend on a high level of skills, intellectual ability and a wide knowledge base to find innovative solutions for the complex problems they encounter. They learn by experience and through social interaction using dialogue and discussion with relevant others to create new knowledge. To support their learning, they search for the most suitable and most relevant dialogue partner available in their extensive personal professional network. This is a difficult, high-skilled task, for which little technological support is available. This paper presents a literature review on the learning needs of these professionals and considers the use of technology as a means of supporting this type of learning. It argues for the need for more insight into the strategies used by professionals in building, maintaining and activating connections in their personal professional network for learning purposes.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1007/978-3-642-16020-2_56
EC-TEL
Keywords
Field
DocType
technological support,relevant dialogue partner,extensive personal professional network,activating connection,personal professional network,new knowledge,real-world context,social interaction,wide knowledge base,social work practice,complex problem,personalized learning,knowledge base,social networks,social network,social work,usability,indexation
Social relation,Social work,Personal learning network,Social network,Computer science,Usability,Knowledge management,Social learning,Knowledge base,Multimedia,Complex problems
Conference
Volume
ISSN
ISBN
6383
0302-9743
3-642-16019-0
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
8
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Kamakshi Rajagopal1173.89
Desirée Joosten-ten Brinke2304.14
Peter Sloep340248.47