scholarly journals ANYTIME, ANYPLACE AND THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE: TEN EMERGING INSIGHTS

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark David Milliron ◽  
Mary Prentice
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Asynchronous Learning ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Learning Networks ◽  
Demographic Trends ◽  
Asynchronous Learning Networks ◽  
The Social ◽  
Technological Tools

In today’s higher education world, asynchronous learning is the power tool. Moreover, the associated techniques for using asynchronous learning to support in-class and online instruction are bringing learning to life in new and exciting ways. This edition of the Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks examines the role of these anytime, anyplace tools with a special focus on the characteristics of the community college movement—particularly the access, affordability, and outreach elements. Readers are treated to explorations of demographic trends, technological tools, and change-management strategies from well known researchers and practitioners. The conversation often ranges beyond community college, and that is with purpose. Community colleges are part of the broader family of education as well as a piece of the social and political fabric of the communities that they serve and thus deserve to be explored in this more complete context.

scholarly journals The Social Dimension of Asynchronous Learning Networks

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rupert Wegerif
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Community Building ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Asynchronous Learning ◽  
Learning Networks ◽  
Asynchronous Learning Networks ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Social ◽  
Individual Success

This paper argues that the social dimension is important to effectiveness of Asynchronous Learning Networks (ALNs) and needs to be taken into account in the design of courses. Evidence from an ethnographic study of the Teaching and Learning Online (TLO) course offered by the Institute of Education Technology at the Open University is presented in support of this argument. This study found that individual success or failure on the course depended upon the extent to which students were able to cross a threshold from feeling like outsiders to feeling like insiders. Factors affecting the construction of a sense of community are drawn out from interviews with students. The significance of these findings is discussed in relation to a situated model of learning as induction into a community of practice. Finally recommendations are made for the support of community building in the design of courses.

The Three-Legged Stool: Synthesizing and Extending Our Understanding of the Career Advancement Facilitators of Persons With Disabilities in Leadership Positions

2020 ◽  
pp. 000765032090713
Author(s):  
Daniel Samosh
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Career Advancement ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Leadership Positions ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Societal Factors ◽  
The Social

I examine the career advancement facilitators of organizational stakeholders who may be identified as simultaneously “core” and “fringe” in this article, via the insights of 21 leaders with disabilities. To navigate barriers and advance their careers, these leaders benefited from three categories of facilitators, including career self-management strategies, social networks, and organizational and societal factors. Facilitators are synthesized with a metaphor, the three-legged stool, which depicts three foundational pillars that underlie the leaders’ success. Focusing on an understudied element of the social networks pillar, I examine how leaders’ external networks (family, friends, acquaintances, and role models) facilitated their career advancement. Findings point to the role of strong and weak ties in developing leaders’ career self-management strategies as well as their access to core stakeholder positions. Last, contributions, implications, and limitations of this article are discussed.

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