Cross-school collaboration in the Finnish archipelago through Virtual Learning Environments

Cross-school collaboration in the Finnish archipelago through Virtual Learning Environments

In this feature, I present implications from a cross-school project in the Finnish archipelago (2015–17). Three primary schools and five teachers collaborated with the researcher to extend their classrooms through a Virtual Learning Environment (Fronter, Blackboard Collaborate). Data were analysed w...

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Main Author: Charlotta Hilli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Aberdeen, School of Education 2020-12-01
Series:Education in the North
Subjects:
primary school
remote teaching
school collaboration
virtual learning environments
participatory action research
Online Access:https://abdn.ac.uk/education/research/eitn/journal/622
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spelling doaj-0e03c4c214d34226a9a75c0fb79f4d982021-08-02T21:40:29ZengUniversity of Aberdeen, School of EducationEducation in the North0424-55122398-01842020-12-01272229234https://doi.org/10.26203/pdjj-2g43Cross-school collaboration in the Finnish archipelago through Virtual Learning EnvironmentsCharlotta Hilli0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1905-1986Åbo Akademi UniversityIn this feature, I present implications from a cross-school project in the Finnish archipelago (2015–17). Three primary schools and five teachers collaborated with the researcher to extend their classrooms through a Virtual Learning Environment (Fronter, Blackboard Collaborate). Data were analysed with the theory of practice architectures. The schools were part of complex arrangements on several levels that had implications for the success of the remote teaching initiative: classroom level (e.g. digital competence), school level (e.g. joint teacher positions, faculty support) and regional level (e.g. school transport, relevant digital infrastructure).https://abdn.ac.uk/education/research/eitn/journal/622primary schoolremote teachingschool collaborationvirtual learning environmentsparticipatory action research
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Cross-school collaboration in the Finnish archipelago through Virtual Learning Environments
Education in the North
primary school
remote teaching
school collaboration
virtual learning environments
participatory action research
author_facet Charlotta Hilli
author_sort Charlotta Hilli
title Cross-school collaboration in the Finnish archipelago through Virtual Learning Environments
title_short Cross-school collaboration in the Finnish archipelago through Virtual Learning Environments
title_full Cross-school collaboration in the Finnish archipelago through Virtual Learning Environments
title_fullStr Cross-school collaboration in the Finnish archipelago through Virtual Learning Environments
title_full_unstemmed Cross-school collaboration in the Finnish archipelago through Virtual Learning Environments
title_sort cross-school collaboration in the finnish archipelago through virtual learning environments
publisher University of Aberdeen, School of Education
series Education in the North
issn 0424-5512
2398-0184
publishDate 2020-12-01
description In this feature, I present implications from a cross-school project in the Finnish archipelago (2015–17). Three primary schools and five teachers collaborated with the researcher to extend their classrooms through a Virtual Learning Environment (Fronter, Blackboard Collaborate). Data were analysed with the theory of practice architectures. The schools were part of complex arrangements on several levels that had implications for the success of the remote teaching initiative: classroom level (e.g. digital competence), school level (e.g. joint teacher positions, faculty support) and regional level (e.g. school transport, relevant digital infrastructure).
topic primary school
remote teaching
school collaboration
virtual learning environments
participatory action research
url https://abdn.ac.uk/education/research/eitn/journal/622
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