The brokerage work of school technology coordinators

Fang Ling Lin; Guey Fa Chiou

doi:10.1109/TALE.2015.7386012

The brokerage work of school technology coordinators

Fang Ling Lin, Guey Fa Chiou

Graduate Institute of Information and Computer Education

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Abstract

This study investigated the problems of inefficiency that school technology coordinators (STCs) face in ICT integration instruction by examining their social networks of knowledge sharing. The authors conducted an ego-centric network survey of school technology coordinators' knowledge sharing to explore their brokerages work in exchanging knowledge with colleagues from different positions. The findings revealed that STCs rarely acquired the municipal help of ICT integration instruction. The dissemination of ICT integration instruction practices lacked brokerage pathways. STCs in exemplary schools of ICT-integration instruction had more opportunities to liaise with STCs of other schools regarding ICT practices relative to similar opportunities regarding ICT-integration instruction. STCs are "representatives" who can put technician staffs of their respective schools in touch with STCs of other schools through technology knowledge exchange. This study provides quantitative evidence from social network analysis to answer why STCs have not received the necessary support for them to be effective. Strategies are needed to encourage STCs in exemplary schools to share knowledge to STCs of other schools. Educational administrators should increase or create the institutional supports for practices of ICT integration instruction.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of 2015 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2015
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	36-42
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9781467392266
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2015.7386012
Publication status	Published - 2016 Jan 18
Event	4th IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2015 - Zhuhai, China Duration: 2015 Dec 10 → 2015 Dec 12

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Name	Proceedings of 2015 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2015

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Conference	4th IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2015
Country/Territory	China
City	Zhuhai
Period	2015/12/10 → 2015/12/12

Keywords

ICT integration instruction
knowledge sharing
school technology coordinator
social network analysis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Education
Engineering (miscellaneous)

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Lin, F. L., & Chiou, G. F. (2016). The brokerage work of school technology coordinators. In Proceedings of 2015 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2015 (pp. 36-42). Article 7386012 (Proceedings of 2015 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2015). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2015.7386012

The brokerage work of school technology coordinators. / Lin, Fang Ling; Chiou, Guey Fa.
Proceedings of 2015 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2015. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016. p. 36-42 7386012 (Proceedings of 2015 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2015).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Lin, FL & Chiou, GF 2016, The brokerage work of school technology coordinators. in Proceedings of 2015 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2015., 7386012, Proceedings of 2015 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2015, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 36-42, 4th IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2015, Zhuhai, China, 2015/12/10. https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2015.7386012

Lin FL, Chiou GF. The brokerage work of school technology coordinators. In Proceedings of 2015 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2015. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2016. p. 36-42. 7386012. (Proceedings of 2015 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2015). doi: 10.1109/TALE.2015.7386012

Lin, Fang Ling ; Chiou, Guey Fa. / The brokerage work of school technology coordinators. Proceedings of 2015 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2015. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016. pp. 36-42 (Proceedings of 2015 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2015).

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