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GOOGLE APPS:
AN OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE
by
Kenneth Agcaoili
________________________________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
August 2012
Copyright 2012 Kenneth Agcaoili
Object Description
| Title | Google Apps: an opportunity to collaborate |
| Author | Agcaoili, Kenneth P. |
| Author email | kenagcaoili@gmail.com;agcaoili@rlsms.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2012-04-26 |
| Date submitted | 2012-06-19 |
| Date approved | 2012-06-20 |
| Restricted until | 2012-06-20 |
| Date published | 2012-06-20 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Brewer, Dominic J. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Sundt, Melora Picus, Lawrence O. |
| Abstract | Despite years of reform efforts in public education, the classrooms of today are more like classrooms of 30 years ago, and less like the classrooms intended according to the goals of reform. One of the goals of reform was to increase collaborative structures within classrooms, to enable collaboration beyond the school campus. Collaboration beyond the school campus is thought to allow learners to participate in a knowledge creation community. Participation in a knowledge creation community enables learners within a school to collaborate not only with other learners, but also with experts in a given field. Ultimately, instead of mimicking subject area experts, learners are able to participate alongside experts, attempting to solve real world problems. ❧ Collaboration beyond the school campus can be made possible through technology. Online collaboration tools and the all-encompassing “cloud” have sprouted up as possible solutions to facilitate collaboration. However, Google Apps has emerged as the front runner, because of its unique ability for multiple users to simultaneously collaborate on a single document in real time. Additionally, Google Apps provides numerous tools that not only have collaboration as an inherent feature, but are also specialized to complete numerous tasks. ❧ This study sought to examine how Google Apps improved collaborative structures in the Hawaii Department of Education (HIDOE), and what hindered the implementation of Google Apps in HIDOE. The results showed that Google Apps improved collaborative structures in HIDOE, but the improvements were mainly to enhance and not change pedagogical practices. The results also showed that barriers within HIDOE exist, which hinder the implementation of Google Apps. However, state-level technology administrators have applied administrative innovations, which allowed for numerous technical innovations. |
| Keyword | CSCL; Google Apps; collaboration; knowledge sharing; knowledge creation |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Rights | Agcaoili, Kenneth P. |
| Access conditions | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume4/etd-AgcaoiliKe-891.pdf |
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| Full text | GOOGLE APPS: AN OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE by Kenneth Agcaoili ________________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION August 2012 Copyright 2012 Kenneth Agcaoili |
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