De invloed van hiërarchische posities op Communities of Learning

Communities of Learning (CoL) kunnen het leerproces van deelnemers aan onlineleermodules bevorderen. Eerder onderzoek heeft echter nauwelijks aandacht besteed aan de invloed van hierarchische posities binnen CoL op collaboratieve leerprocessen. In het proefschrift van Martin Rehm (2013) is op deze tekortkoming ingegaan. Rehm onderzocht in een aantal empirische studies de invloed van hierarchische posities op de bijdragen aan discussies binnen CoL. Deze studies richtten zich op 25 CoL, die opgezet waren als onderdeel van postacademisch onderwijs. In totaal waren 249 medewerkers van een internationale organisatie met verschillende hierarchische posities bij het onderzoek betrokken. Het doel van de CoL was om samenwerkend leren te bevorderen door discussieplatforms aan te bieden. De resultaten tonen duidelijk aan dat hoe hoger de hierarchische positie is van deelnemers, hoe groter hun sociale en cognitieve communicatie, en hoe centraler hun positie binnen CoL. Daarnaast heeft Rehm ook een subgroep van ‘ Stars’ geidentificeerd, die - ongeacht hun hierarchische positie - hun collega’s overtroffen en in het centrum van hun CoL stonden. Uitgaande van deze bevindingen, heeft Rehm een aantal strategieen voor CoL geformuleerd die de leerprocessen en leerresultaten van alle deelnemers kunnen bevorderen.

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