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TY - JOUR
T1 - The Role of Networked Learning in Academics' Writing Practices
AU - McCulloch, Sharon Ann
AU - Tusting, Karin Patricia
AU - Hamilton, Mary Elizabeth
PY - 2017/11/14
Y1 - 2017/11/14
N2 - This paper explores academics' writing practices, focusing on the ways in which they use digital platforms in their processes of collaborative learning. It draws on interview data from a researchproject that has involved working closely with academics across different disciplines and institutions to explore their writing practices, understanding academic literacies as situated social practices. The paper outlines the characteristics of academics' on-going professional learning,demonstrating the importance of collaborations on specific projects in generating learning in relation to using digital platforms and for sharing and collaborating on scholarly writing. A very wide range of digital platforms have been identified by these academics, enabling new kindsof collaboration across time and space on writing and research; but challenges around online learning are also identified, particularly the dangers of engaging in learning in public, the pressures of 'always-on'-ness, and the different values systems around publishing in differentforums.
AB - This paper explores academics' writing practices, focusing on the ways in which they use digital platforms in their processes of collaborative learning. It draws on interview data from a researchproject that has involved working closely with academics across different disciplines and institutions to explore their writing practices, understanding academic literacies as situated social practices. The paper outlines the characteristics of academics' on-going professional learning,demonstrating the importance of collaborations on specific projects in generating learning in relation to using digital platforms and for sharing and collaborating on scholarly writing. A very wide range of digital platforms have been identified by these academics, enabling new kindsof collaboration across time and space on writing and research; but challenges around online learning are also identified, particularly the dangers of engaging in learning in public, the pressures of 'always-on'-ness, and the different values systems around publishing in differentforums.
KW - Academic writing
KW - informal learning
KW - academic literacies
KW - collaborative work
KW - digital scholarship
U2 - 10.25304/rlt.v25.1958
DO - 10.25304/rlt.v25.1958
M3 - Journal article
VL - 25
JO - Research in Learning Technology
JF - Research in Learning Technology
SN - 2156-7069
M1 - 1958
ER -