University-community coalitions for developmental work research – a theoretical

perspective and two cases

Berthel Sutter and Hans Kyhlbäck

Blekinge Institute of Technology{Berthel.Sutter, Hans.Kyhlback}@bth.se

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A theoretical perspective:

Developmental Work Research

A kind of action research / practice research / interactive research

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Two cases of local joint-venture projects:

1) Wound Care Documentation

2) Fifth Dimension learning activity

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Learning related to the “given new”

and the “societal new” LEARNING AS APPROPRIATING

THE GIVEN NEW

LEARNING AS COLLABORATIVE MASTERING OF

THE SOCIETAL NEW

Learning as a specific activity

E.g., organized as traditional school-instruction

E.g., organized as in-house instruction at work;

Learning by expanding

Learning as a general phenomenon

Learning as by-product of participating in activities

Spontaneous innovative work actions

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Bag on wheels

Bag on wheels used for transportation of information between different locations

Vidablick, a block of service flats

Ågårdsbo, special accomodation unit

Hälsocenter, nurse´s office and administration of Ronneby special accommodations

Information Technology on wheels, today situation

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Nurse´s bag on wheels

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Content of a nurse´s bag on wheels

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Notes in wound care case book

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Enlarged digital photo to be scrutinized

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The structure of a local joint-venture project:

Community – Zone of interplay – University

outcome

outcome

Community

Zone of interplay

University

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Sustainability of the interplay (1)

Important interplay events between municipal elder care partners and the university partners

Time Municipality Zone of interplay activity University

Late spring, summer 2002

Design session on the Authorization layered model (ALM) (nurse and researcher).

A research assistant develops Hedvig a bit further, exploring Peer to peer concepts and JXTA technology.

Agreement to go further aiming at distributed software based on the ALM and peer to peer concepts.

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Sustainability of the interplay (2)

Time Municipality Zone of interplay activity University

Autumn , Winter 2002

- Continued field studies observing nurses work- Student project course (15 SE-students, 2 People, Computer Work-students).-The Wound Care Documentation Project.

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Sustainability of the interplay (3)

Time Municipality Zone of interplay activity University

Winter and spring 2003

Another paper case book with origin in nearby primary care is considered

Students interview and observe four nurses work in the elder care.

Development of a distributed electronic case book using Peer to peer concepts and JXTAThree Workshops on design

of mock-ups to be utilized in the implementation of the Peer to peer groupware (4 nurses, 5 students).Merging case books and transforming into an electronic distributed case book.

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Mock-up, intro page (a)

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Mock-up, intro page (b)

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Mock-up, intro page (c)

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Zone of interplay, mock-up design

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Conclusions

From the DWR approach and our two cases:

• University-Community coalitions necessary, also for research.

• Learning activity = an activity producing activity.

• The need for higher level agents in local joint-venture projects.