ERIC Number: EJ1024780
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
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Investigating Value Creation in a Community of Practice with Social Network Analysis in a Hybrid Online Graduate Education Program
Cowan, John E.; Menchaca, Michael P.
Distance Education, v35 n1 p43-74 2014
This study reports an analysis of 10?years in the life of the Internet-based Master in Educational Technology program (iMET) at Sacramento State University. iMET is a hybrid educational technology master's program delivered 20% face to face and 80% online. The program has achieved a high degree of success, with a course completion rate of 93% and a graduation rate of 84%. iMET is based on Lave and Wenger's seminal community of practice (CoP) model, which is identified by faculty and students as key to the program's success. This study applied a value creation framework (VCF) created by Wenger, Trayner, and de Laat for assessing value creation in a CoP. The article presents detailed information concerning the framework and how it was applied. It then outlines how a social network analysis led to findings that value was created in the iMET CoP and how the value created led to a sustained CoP currently entering its 13th year.
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Educational Technology, Masters Programs, Blended Learning, Graduate Students, College Faculty, Social Networks, Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Graduate Study, Problem Based Learning, Qualitative Research, Focus Groups, Alumni, Data Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: California
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