Deploying virtual communities of practice as a digital tool in social work: a rapid review and critique of the literature

Adedoyin, A. Christson

doi:10.1080/02615479.2016.1154660

Cited by 17 publications

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“…Chosen articles targeted different areas in public health and social care: eleven in healthcare (S4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21), five in eldercare (S1, 2, 10, 13, 15), three related to community service or protection (S8, 9, 20), and two address childcare and service (S3, 14). Our review supports the current assumption -there is growing literature to discuss UDI in health-and eldercare, while such discussion in other social care sectors, such as community work and childcare remain less (e.g., Adedoyin, 2016;Szymańska, 2017).…”

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User-driven innovation and technology-use in public health and social care: A systematic review of existing evidence

Zhu

Andersen

2018

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This systematic review revealed and discussed empirical evidence generated from 21 international user-driven innovation studies in the public health and social care. We used PRISMA guideline to ensure a transparent and replicable research process. With the guide of relevant theoretical models, we identified the distinct characteristics of user-driven innovation in current public social care sectors, in respect of its strategic innovation process and user-oriented, empower-based objectives. We categorized different end- and intermediate user groups and discussed how them directly and indirectly engaged in various innovation phases via the support of different methods, and how their participation helped to fulfill users’ roles for exploration, experiments, test, and innovation. We also took a closer look at technological options addressed via included studies and in particular discussed how technologies interact with users in the innovation process.

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Section: Publication Characteristicssupporting

confidence: 81%

User-driven innovation and technology-use in public health and social care: A systematic review of existing evidence

Zhu

Andersen

2018

jim

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“…These patterns of interface use helped in identifying the most commonly followed steps taken by participants during identification tasks across each interface and image combination. Further, ‘suitability of use’ of each interface was determined by investigating three dimensions, derived from insights provided by the literature (Adedoyin, 2016), namely usefulness (i.e. whether the interface facilitated progress or not), accessibility (ease of use in locating information on the interface) and opportunity for learning (mobilising prior and extended knowledge).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Importantly, communities of practice are actively orientated towards enhancing participants’ learning practices through request for information, problem solving, coordination, or seeking advice and experience (Lave & Wenger, 1991). Within the realm of a community of practice, digital interfaces can be conceived as ‘tools’ (Adedoyin, 2016) for facilitating interaction, and evaluated from a user perspective on the basis of their ‘suitability for use’ (e.g. the extent to which they align with users’ psychological inclinations and offer accurate as well as appropriate information), ‘accessibility’ (e.g.…”

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confidence: 99%

Designing online species identification tools for biological recording: the impact on data quality and citizen science learning

Sharma

Colucci‐Gray

Siddharthan

et al. 2019

PeerJ

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In recent years, the number and scale of environmental citizen science programmes that involve lay people in scientific research have increased rapidly. Many of these initiatives are concerned with the recording and identification of species, processes which are increasingly mediated through digital interfaces. Here, we address the growing need to understand the particular role of digital identification tools, both in generating scientific data and in supporting learning by lay people engaged in citizen science activities pertaining to biological recording communities. Starting from two well-known identification tools, namely identification keys and field guides, this study focuses on the decision-making and quality of learning processes underlying species identification tasks, by comparing three digital interfaces designed to identify bumblebee species. The three interfaces varied with respect to whether species were directly compared or filtered by matching on visual features; and whether the order of filters was directed by the interface or a user-driven open choice. A concurrent mixed-methods approach was adopted to compare how these different interfaces affected the ability of participants to make correct and quick species identifications, and to better understand how participants learned through using these interfaces. We found that the accuracy of identification and quality of learning were dependent upon the interface type, the difficulty of the specimen on the image being identified and the interaction between interface type and ‘image difficulty’. Specifically, interfaces based on filtering outperformed those based on direct visual comparison across all metrics, and an open choice of filters led to higher accuracy than the interface that directed the filtering. Our results have direct implications for the design of online identification technologies for biological recording, irrespective of whether the goal is to collect higher quality citizen science data, or to support user learning and engagement in these communities of practice.

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“…Finally, organizations need to incorporate networking opportunities to create a web of trust across the larger community using strategies that can include small group projects, meetings, displaying the faces and bios of distributed workers on the organization's webpage, and organizing in-person small group visits (Wenger et al, 2002). These recommendations echo suggestions by other authors acknowledging the necessity of creating pathways for virtual employees to informally and formally communicate with each other in order to build trust, develop community, create opportunities for employee development, operationalize best practices, and achieve organizational outcomes (Adedoyin, 2016;Akkirman & Harris, 2005;Cooper & Kurland, 2002;Milton et al, 2016).…”

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Innovative Strategies for Building Community Among Faculty Who Teach in Virtual Environments

Schwartz

Weiss

Wiley

2019

ASW

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A previous qualitative study (Schwartz, Wiley, & Kaplan, 2016) described the faculty experiences and reflections of delivering Master of Social Work (MSW) education via a virtual platform at the University of Southern California, Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work during its initial years of operation. Thematic analysis revealed a need for community building amongst geographically diverse faculty. Given social work’s emphasis on the person-in-environment perspective, it is imperative to consider the experiences of those individuals responsible for executing virtual technology-supported programs and delivering education via virtual platforms. The current paper describes innovative institutional and programmatic interventions implemented to promote community and collaboration among faculty who teach virtually. Creating strategic opportunities for virtual and ground-based faculty to connect informally and formally has the potential to foster a culture of inclusivity, connection, and a productive community of practice.

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Deploying virtual communities of practice as a digital tool in social work: a rapid review and critique of the literature

Cited by 17 publications

References 48 publications

User-driven innovation and technology-use in public health and social care: A systematic review of existing evidence

User-driven innovation and technology-use in public health and social care: A systematic review of existing evidence

Designing online species identification tools for biological recording: the impact on data quality and citizen science learning

Innovative Strategies for Building Community Among Faculty Who Teach in Virtual Environments

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