scholarly journals “Be in the Room Where It Happens”

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheila Morrissey ◽  
John Meyer ◽  
Sushil Bhattarai
Keyword(s):  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Shared Experience ◽  
Scholarly Literature ◽  
Digital Record

Institutions such as Portico that are engaged in ensuring that the digital record of our time is accessible, usable, discoverable, and verifiable for the very long term continually face the challenge of processing and managing content at very large scales, often with minimal, and sometimes diminishing, resources to accomplish the task. A key resource in meeting the challenge of preserving born-digital and digitized scholarly literature has been the NLM and JATS standards, and the community of practice centered on those standards. We will be talking about our shared experience in developing those standards: what motivated our participation, what benefits we have seen, and what challenges we still face.

Reflective leadership review: a framework for improving organisational performance

2016 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Ann Castelli
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Organisational Performance ◽  
Effective Practice ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Scholarly Literature ◽  
Potential Efficacy ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe, examine and discuss scholarly literature on reflective leadership, a topic gaining momentum as a result of globalization. Despite the growing popularity of reflective leadership techniques, current and aspiring leaders are struggling to find ways in which to effectively practice reflection as a consequence of a lack of tangible available guidance. Design/methodology/approach – Scholarly literature on reflective leadership was examined and presented in this paper. Discussion on the potential efficacy of reflective leadership is also included as the available literature on the topic is scarce in comparison to other more established leadership techniques. Findings – Reflective leadership has been shown to improve organizational performance. The advent of globalization further intensifies the need for an effective approach leaders may deploy when assessing the long-term consequences of their actions and decisions. Therefore, methods to extend the theory and effective practice of reflective leadership are necessary to enable the future development of leaders. Practical implications – This paper provides leaders with strategies for improving their leadership effectiveness. Practical techniques for utilizing reflective leadership are offered. Originality/value – This paper describes the challenges faced by leaders when adopting reflective leadership as a way to improve organizational performance. A universal framework is presented for the effective practice of reflective leadership. This framework provides a basis for future research to test the efficacy of the model.

scholarly journals Engineering Leadership Education: Catalyzing Long-Term Personal and Professional Growth

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annie Simpson ◽  
Douglas W. Reeve ◽  
Cindy Rottmann ◽  
Qin Liu ◽  
Victoria Hue ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Research Team ◽  
Leadership Capacity ◽  
Leadership Education ◽  
Mixed Method Study ◽  
Leading Change

The Troost Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering (Troost ILead) has been actively engaged in developing the leadership capacity of engineers since its inception of 2002. Through a suite of leadership programming—both curricular and co-curricular, a robust research team, and our active industry-university Community of Practice we work towards our vision of engineers leading change to build a better world.’  After 16 years of dedicated work, we conducted a mixed method study to discover and understand the lasting impact of our work. 806 alumni responded to our survey and 25 interviews were conducted. This study provides evidence that engineering leadership programming can and does catalyze long-lasting personal and professional growth for undergraduate and graduate students. This paper presents our findings and the implications for engineering leadership education.  

scholarly journals Engineering Leadership Education: Catalyzing Long-Term Personal and Professional Growth

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annie Simpson ◽  
Douglas W. Reeve ◽  
Cindy Rottmann ◽  
Qin Liu ◽  
Victoria Hue ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Research Team ◽  
Leadership Capacity ◽  
Leadership Education ◽  
Mixed Method Study ◽  
Leading Change

The Troost Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering (Troost ILead) has been actively engaged in developing the leadership capacity of engineers since its inception of 2002. Through a suite of leadership programming—both curricular and co-curricular, a robust research team, and our active industry-university Community of Practice we work towards our vision of engineers leading change to build a better world.’  After 16 years of dedicated work, we conducted a mixed method study to discover and understand the lasting impact of our work. 806 alumni responded to our survey and 25 interviews were conducted. This study provides evidence that engineering leadership programming can and does catalyze long-lasting personal and professional growth for undergraduate and graduate students. This paper presents our findings and the implications for engineering leadership education.  

scholarly journals Fieldwork through the Zoomiverse

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-78
Author(s):  
Richard Vokes ◽  
Gertrude Atukunda
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Shared Experience ◽  
Term Study ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Past ◽  
Long Term Study ◽  
Online Platforms ◽  
Zoom In

We have been conducting collaborative ethnographic research together for over 20 years. Over the past 12 months, this collaboration has included face-to-face encounters, both in Kampala, Uganda, and in Perth, Australia. However, since the advent of COVID-19-related ‘lockdowns’ in our respective countries, our engagements have been conducted exclusively over online platforms, including WhatsApp, Facebook and – increasingly – Zoom. In this article, we reflect upon our shared experience of conducting ethnography through this platform as a tool for understanding the effects of the pandemic in Uganda. We argue that, despite all kinds of material constraints (at both ends), Zoom has much to off er the ethnographer particularly because it can generate an intimate understanding of experience and time. However, against this advantage, some aspects of social life remain beyond the range of its channels, for which an assemblage of additional methods are required. We finish by reflecting upon what these methods have contributed to our long-term study of emergent cultures of mobility in Uganda – a study which is now being conducted in an ostensible context of immobility.

scholarly journals What does it take for flexible learning to survive? A UK case study

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon Talbot ◽  
David Perrin ◽  
Bob Meakin
Keyword(s):  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Institutional Barriers ◽  
Shared Experience ◽  
Managerial Leadership ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Innovative Work ◽  
Organisational Factors ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify potential reasons for the success of an innovative work-based learning (WBL) shell framework in an adverse environment. Design/methodology/approach Case study is the experience of one programme. Findings Demand-led, flexible WBL programmes have to overcome a number of internal cultural and institutional barriers in order to succeed. Important requirements are likely to include effective leadership, financial viability, adherence to quality assurance, adaptability, entrepreneurialism and a cohesive community of practice incorporating these traits. Research limitations/implications The conclusions are drawn from shared experience and are suggestive only as they are not readily susceptible to empirical verification. The authors accept that the conclusions appear speculative for some, but they suggest that in order for innovative programmes to survive, more is required than sound pedagogy. Practical implications Although lessons may not be directly transferable, the paper draws attention to the importance of managerial, leadership and organisational factors necessary for innovative WBL programmes to survive and develop. Originality/value There is some literature on why some innovative higher education programmes and institutions have failed; however, there is little on why some programmes are successful.

Community of Practice

2011 ◽  
pp. 206-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerlinde Koeglreiter ◽  
Luba Torlina
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Strategic Alignment ◽  
Knowledge Work ◽  
Comprehensive Approach ◽  
Group Boundaries ◽  
Km Strategy

In developing a conceptual framework of a Community of Practice’s (CoP) role in organisational KM this chapter summarises preliminary findings of a long-term Action Research study. Interventions address CoP identification, group boundaries, trust related issues, communication, knowledge work and resources. It is argued that these aspects equally need to be addressed as part of complex multilevel organisational KM strategy. The organisational challenge is to achieve strategic alignment between knowledge activities of informally operating CoPs and formalised organisational processes. The conceptual framework aims at providing a comprehensive approach to KM strategising.

Subverting transphobia and challenging ignorance

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucy Jones
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Young People ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Support Groups ◽  
Support Group ◽  
Identity Work ◽  
Shared Experience ◽  
The Face ◽  
Mutual Identity

In this article, I present two moments of interaction emerging from a focus group between young people who are members of a community of practice: a support group for transgender youth and their parents. Using discourse analysis, I demonstrate how the young people work collaboratively to construct a mutual identity, which foregrounds their shared experience of transgender issues and minimises differences between them. I argue that they do this to actively challenge and resist the discrimination they experience due to transphobia and ignorance, which includes attempts to ‘other’ them. I show how the young people ascribe themselves agency by subverting the heteronormative ideologies which inform this othering, thus constructing an active, resistant and validated mutual identity rather than a victimised, submissive or othered one. This identity work tells us much about the hugely important role played by support groups in helping young people to construct a positive persona in the face of transphobic discrimination.

A Community of Practice Around Peer Review for Long-Term Research Software Sustainability

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karthik Ram ◽  
Carl Boettiger ◽  
Scott Chamberlain ◽  
Noam Ross ◽  
Maelle Salmon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Peer Review ◽  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Research Software
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