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Theorizing Team Process Through Actor-Network-Theory (ANT): Communication Practice as a Theory in Action

open access: closed, 2013
Actor-network-theory (ANT) is one of three key social learning theories that has recently been mobilized to explore work-based learning in medical education. Such theories suggest that context is all important to learning and that identities of practitioners are constituted by context.
Alan Bleakley
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Actor Network Theory (ANT)

open access: closed, 2018
Kelly D. Wiltshire
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Institutional E-Learning Implementation: An Actor-Network Theory (ANT) Perspective

2020
Evidence of the potential impact of diffusing digital technology on teaching and learning in higher education institutions has done little to influence the mindset of late adopters. However, it is unclear whether these challenges stem from the lack of technical know-how, scarce resources, or plain resistance to change.
Benjamin Kwofie   +2 more
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Actor Network Theory (ANT)

2019
Actor network theory (ANT) or the “sociology of translation,” is introduced, being a systematic way to explain the mechanics and dynamics of relational interactions, within networks. The unique ontology of ANT equates human and non-human systems thereby conferring the MOU social partnership agreement with the status of an actor. The text within the MOU
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Implementation of Customer Relationship Management System (CRMS) In Healthcare: An Actor-Network Theory (ANT) Perception

2021 International Conference on Computer & Information Sciences (ICCOINS), 2021
The main objective of this study is to evaluate the customer relationship management system (CRMS) implementation using actor-network theory (ANT) in the medical field. Many studies have suggested that the development of CRM can be very beneficial for hospitals, medical professionals and patients. At the same time, other studies have indicated that CRM
Yahia Baashar   +3 more
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Ability of the Actor Network Theory (ANT) to Model and Interpret an Electronic Market

2004
The nature of information systems is often complex and involves both human and nonhuman components. This is particularly true in an electronic market. Actor Network Theory (ANT) can be used in general to describe the actors, intermediaries, framing and power that are the most important components of such an electronic market, which we call a network ...
Murat Baygeldi, Steve Smithson
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Application of Actor-Network Theory (ANT) to Depict the Use of NRENs at Higher Education Institutions

2021
Polarized views on the development of numerous satellite campuses in higher education have made it even harder to improve educational quality and research output in higher learning institutions. While the decision to use information and communication technology (ICT) related projects may seem pedagogically sound, short of resources such as libraries ...
Zelalem Assefa, Bankole Felix
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A Critical Review of Actor-Network Theory (ANT) and Its Use in Education Research

2020
This chapter, which expands on a previous publication, presents a critique of actor-network theory as a sociomaterial concept. Furthermore, the author problematizes the relative under-application of this “sensibility” in education research, while simultaneously exploring its contribution as an analytical framework through its central concepts of “actor-
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