Metacognition and adaptive expertise: building research capability through effective use of online technology

Box Hill Institute (BHI) has a long history of successful delivery of [vocational education and training] VET programs locally, nationally and internationally. In 2004 BHI had its first degree accredited by OTTE [Office of Training and Tertiary Education, Victoria] and this has been followed by a further five degrees being successfully accredited. In building its capacity to deliver degree programs the teaching staff at BHI have begun to address the need for scholarship as an integral part of their practice. Within this process BHI staff have made use of an Applied Research Community of Practice (CoP) to identify how they are learning about their learning as researchers and make use of their VET expertise to build their research capabilities. This paper identifies how an institute with minimal research capacity has been able to promote change through the use of metacognition (Flavell, 1979) and adaptive expertise (Popovic 2001) to build a research community. An integral part of the CoP is the use of a wiki to foster communication, connectedness and as a repository of information. The authors will provide opportunity for conference participants to engage in action learning by facilitating a CoP research wiki over the course of the conference with input from the BHI community of practice. The use of a wiki to promote metacognition and adaptive expertise will be explored through the use of threaded discussions and reflective questions.

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A list of the presentations from this conference may be found at TD/TNC 93.551; available papers are indexed from TD/TNC 93.552 to TD/TNC 93.571. Show less