Social network perspectives reveal strength of academic developers as weak ties

Kelly E Matthews; Andrea Crampton; Matthew Hill; Elizabeth D Johnson; Manjula D Sharma; Cristina Teresa Varsavsky

doi:10.1080/1360144X.2015.1065495

Social network perspectives reveal strength of academic developers as weak ties

Kelly E Matthews, Andrea Crampton, Matthew Hill, Elizabeth D Johnson, Manjula D Sharma, Cristina Teresa Varsavsky

School of Mathematics

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Abstract

Social network perspectives acknowledge the influence of disciplinary cultures on academics? teaching beliefs and practices with implications for academic developers. The contribution of academic developers in 18 scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) projects situated in the sciences are explored by drawing on data from a two-year national project in Australia within a case study research design. The application of a social network lens illuminated the contribution of eight academic developers as weak ties who infused SoTL knowledge within teams. Two heuristic cases of academic developers who also linked across networks are presented. Implications of social network perspective are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	238-251
Number of pages	14
Journal	International Journal for Academic Development
Volume	20
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/1360144X.2015.1065495
Publication status	Published - 2015

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social networks
scholarship of teaching and learning
weak ties
university science education
academic development

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