Creating a 'world class' programme: Reciprocity and constraint in networked global collaboration

Boud, D; Dahlgren, LO; Dahlgren, MA; Larsson, S; Sork, TJ; Walters, S

Creating a 'world class' programme: Reciprocity and constraint in networked global collaboration

Boud, D

Dahlgren, LO Dahlgren, MA Larsson, S Sork, TJ Walters, S

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2006, 25 (6), pp. 609 - 622
Issue Date:: 2006-11-01

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dc.contributor.author	Boud, D https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6883-2722	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Dahlgren, LO	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Dahlgren, MA	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Larsson, S	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Sork, TJ	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Walters, S	en_US
dc.date.issued	2006-11-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2006, 25 (6), pp. 609 - 622	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0260-1370	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/5014
dc.description.abstract	The article reflects on the construction of a common Master's programme across four universities located on four continents, in order to explore the role of networks in international educational collaboration. The study draws on the documented processes of the principal members of the programme team. It is presented as a case study of the development of the programme that uses ideas drawn from actor-network theory to draw attention to the conjunction of human and non-human actors that shaped the resulting web-based courses. Constraints arising from major institutional and systemic obstacles were addressed through the effects of the actor-network. The reciprocity of action and de-centring of individual activity made possible through the collaboration enabled the human actors to sustain a level of innovation within their own institutions that would not have been possible through them acting alone. © 2006 Taylor & Francis.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	International Journal of Lifelong Education	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/02601370600989327	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Education	en_US
dc.title	Creating a 'world class' programme: Reciprocity and constraint in networked global collaboration	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	6	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	25	en_US
utslib.for	1301 Education Systems	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/FASS Faculty Administration
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pubs.issue	6	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	25	en_US

Abstract:

The article reflects on the construction of a common Master's programme across four universities located on four continents, in order to explore the role of networks in international educational collaboration. The study draws on the documented processes of the principal members of the programme team. It is presented as a case study of the development of the programme that uses ideas drawn from actor-network theory to draw attention to the conjunction of human and non-human actors that shaped the resulting web-based courses. Constraints arising from major institutional and systemic obstacles were addressed through the effects of the actor-network. The reciprocity of action and de-centring of individual activity made possible through the collaboration enabled the human actors to sustain a level of innovation within their own institutions that would not have been possible through them acting alone. © 2006 Taylor & Francis.

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