@article{843784,
      recid = {843784},
      author = {Zhang, Jingjing,},
      title = {Technology, Research and Professional Learning :  Constructing Intellectual Exchange in the Rise of Network  Society /},
      pages = {1 online resource (157 pages)},
      note = {Description based upon print version of record.},
      abstract = {"This book investigates the use of network technologies in  research, and explores how such use potentially changes the  nature of professional learning between academics. It  attempts to situate the discussion of technology use in  real-world research settings, to identify the different  forms of participation in intellectual exchange embedded in  academic dialogue, and to further contribute to knowledge  on how the use of network technology potentially changes  the nature of learning. Multiple data collection methods  are employed, in two forms of study: a single case study,  and a number of individual interviews. The single case  study was carried out over a one-year period, and consisted  of interviews (22 interviewees), observations, and document  review. Individual semi-structured interviews were carried  out over a similar period of time with a wider and  different population of 24 academics from different Oxford  faculties. Half of these were interviewed twice.The main  findings presented in this book demonstrate that the direct  consequences of technology use are changes to academic  dialogue and scholarly communication in general. The change  to this critical aspect of research – scholarly  communication – has potentially led to more distributed  research in interconnected research environments. It is the  changes to scholarly communication and the research  environment that consequently affect participation in  intellectual exchange.  "--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/843784},
}