eprintid: 1475844
rev_number: 19
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creators_name: Neumann, T
creators_name: Bell, C
creators_name: Flanders, D
creators_name: Logan, K
creators_name: Sherman, S
creators_name: Short, N
creators_name: Whittlestone, K
title: Web-based collaboration in Higher Education: small steps towards adoption
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: A01
divisions: B16
divisions: B14
divisions: J77
keywords: changing tools, collaboration, Web2.0, uptake, adoption, innovation spread
note: Peer-reviewed proceedings paper. Main academic output of APT STAIRS project that reports on organisational innovation. The project made waves in national media and is continually cited by JISC as a model of successful HE collaboration. Copyright of the Editorial and the
individual papers remains vested
with individual authors and/ or
their institutions, but is licensed
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Attribution-NonCommercial-2.0 UK:
England & Wales license, see: http://
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abstract: This paper reports on the early adoption phase of Google Docs as a web-based collaborative tool across
six institutions in a concerted effort. The adoption approach was based on a custom framework in order to
focus on users and their actual needs, and the adoption was driven by a small project team as opposed to
institutional managers. This study therefore reports on suitability and value of the custom framework and on
issues of innovation adoption originating from the institutional periphery.
Users were reporting a high satisfaction with the tool, and findings show that the use of the tool enhanced
collaboration significantly, in turn improving the quality of student learning. The main concern of this
paper, though, is the evaluation of the custom adoption framework. This framework is based on the idea
of not overwhelming users, instead introducing small, gradual steps with a technological innovation that
is appropriate for their needs. Based on a review of existing adoption models, we attempted to address
common issues of individual-based adoption models in our given context.
Overall, the framework was successful but needs adaptation. Concepts such as technological gaps do not
always align to user perceptions. With some suggested adaptations, though, this framework can be used in
similar scenarios.
date: 2010-09
date_type: published
publisher: Association for Learning Technology
official_url: http://repository.alt.ac.uk/797/
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1069752
isbn_13: 9780956331206
lyricists_name: Logan, Kit
lyricists_name: Neumann, Tim
lyricists_id: KDLOG17
lyricists_id: TNEUM07
actors_name: Neumann, Tim
actors_id: TNEUM07
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
series: ALT-C
volume: 2010
place_of_pub: Nottingham, UK
pagerange: 139-148
event_title: ALT-C 2010
book_title: ALT-C 2010 - Conference Proceedings
editors_name: Creanor, L
editors_name: Hawkridge, D
editors_name: Ng, K
editors_name: Rennie, F
citation:        Neumann, T;    Bell, C;    Flanders, D;    Logan, K;    Sherman, S;    Short, N;    Whittlestone, K;      (2010)    Web-based collaboration in Higher Education: small steps towards adoption.                     In: Creanor, L and Hawkridge, D and Ng, K and Rennie, F, (eds.) ALT-C 2010 - Conference Proceedings.  (pp. pp. 139-148).  Association for Learning Technology: Nottingham, UK.       Green open access   
 
document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1475844/1/APT-ALTC2010.pdf