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creativity and collaboration. These values acted as guiding principles and were

fundamental throughout this research process. Once I identified my values, I began
to explore my school’s environment and culture to establish where my school lay

with regards to its eLearning culture (Crotty, 2014). This facilitates the researcher in
identifying the area in need of change or improvement within their workplace. I was

able to identify that our school needed to develop our methods of sharing teaching

resources and best practice examples online with the parents of our school. I came to
this conclusion by first exploring the NCTE eLearning roadmap to establish the

school’s eLearning culture and by communicating with my work colleagues, parents
of our school and pupils. I initially sent a questionnaire to my work colleges to gauge

their level of ICT competency and how they were using eLearning within their

lessons. See (Appendix B) for Staff Questionnaire on eLearning.
Crotty (2014) draws upon Rosenberg’s 4 C’s framework - Culture, Champions,

Communication and Change (Rosenberg, 2001). The practitioner is required to
identify the ‘champions’ or leaders within the organisation that could assist in

bringing about change and cultivate the eLearning environment. Identifying these
potential champions can be achieved by ensuring the channels of communication are

open and working with them to identify the changes that need to take place. Through

opening the lines of communications and working collaboratively with colleagues,
the researcher will be able to identify potential champions and share their goals and

vision. Crotty’s (2014) approach also encourages documenting thoughts, ideas,
experiences and insights in a reflective journal. As well as exploring their

educational values and passions, the culture within their organisation and identifying

the need for change, the practitioner should also explore the literature that relates to
their area of research in order to gain a better understanding of how change may

come about.

2. Understand:

From exploring the literature in this field, I came to understand that bringing about
improvement did not necessarily mean creating a perfect solution where everything

is resolved, that improvement and change is a continuous progress (McNiff and
Whitehead, 2010). Likewise, Berlin (1998) refutes the assumptions of the more

naive researcher in that (1) there is solution for everything (2) the solution can
always be found; and (3) everyone will agree on the solution; understanding and

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