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This coming week, June 10-14, you are invited to an Academy of Management
online forum on "Student Learning Networks" at
http://aom.pace.edu:8088/~VirtualCamp/
Thanks to all who already visited the Virtual Camp this week (June 3-7) for
the online forum on "Professional Science," facilitated by Andy Van de Ven,
2000-2001 President of the Academy of Management. And a very special thanks
to Andy, who devoted so many hours and so much wisdom to the online
discussion! Each day of the forum we had log ins from all over the world.
Today is the last day of Andy's forum, but his article and the corresponding
discussion threads will remain accessible on the Virtual Camp.
In the spirit of the Academy's 2002 theme, "Building Effective Networks",
next week (June 10-14) the Virtual Camp will host the first in a series of
online discussions showcasing papers that will be presented next August at
the Academy Meeting in Denver.
We are delighted to open this series with the paper "Student Learning
Networks:
Functionality, Antecedents, and Pedagogical Recommendations," by Alvin Hwang
(Pace U. -
ahwang@pace.edu), Eric Kessler (Pace U. -
ekessler@pace.edu) and
Anne Marie Francesco (Hong Kong Baptist U. -
mnamf@hkbu.edu.hk). The
authors will log in to the Virtual Camp during the week to facilitate a
discussion of the paper, answer questions, explore new avenues of inquiry.
This paper will be presented at the Academy, as part of the Management
Education and Development Division program, on Monday, Aug. 12, 2002, 4:10-
5:30 p.m. - Adam's Mark, Director's Row F (Session 637 in the program).
The article is already available for download in the Virtual Camp website at
http://aom.pace.edu:8088/~VirtualCamp/
And here's the abstract for "Student Learning Networks": "In this paper, we
focus on the student study group as a type of learning network. We
investigate whether there are advantages for student participation in study
groups and whether there are factors that increase the likelihood of such
participation. Research hypotheses integrated through a path model were
derived from the knowledge and learning, community-of-practice, network
theory, and cultural-values literatures and a path model is proposed. Data
from three countries, two in the Far East and one in the West, showed that
two different forms of learning networks, one among students and another
between students and professors, have a positive impact on grade
performance. In addition, these networks were predicted by values that
reflected an individualistic orientation rather than a collectivistic
orientation. The pedagogical implications of these networks in knowledge
acquisition and grade performance are examined in light of the result."
Let's make this a week when we'll be living symbols of the Academy's 2002
theme, "Building Effective Networks!"