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Associate Professor Kristen Snyder
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Organisation: UTV
E-Mail: kristen.snyder@miun.se
Phone: +46(0)63-165552
Mobile: +46 (0) 70 231 28 45
Description:
I am born and raised in the U.S. where I received degrees from Syracuse University and the University of South Florida. My background is varied and includes policy studies and communication, as well as music performance. In 1997 I received my Ph.D. in educational research and measurement with a focus on organisational and leadership development. In 2001 I joined the faculty at Mid Sweden University focusing on school and leadership development.
Since 1993 my work has included both research about leadership development as well as participation in leadership development training programs, nationally (USA) and internationally. Among other things I have collaborated on the development of a theory of leadership generated from 10 years of research that is based on chaos and complexity theory and resulted in a book: Living on the edge of chaos: leading schools into the global age (Snyder, Acker-Hocevar, Snyder, 2000). In more recent years I have studied the role of technology in society and the impact it has on human communication and learning. In particular I am interested in the development of social networks and social cultures through e-communication as they relate to meaning making and learning. With a background in quality management, I have also been involved in the development of two benchmarking systems for leadership and school development.



Keywords:
globalization, global citizenship, leadership, school development, digital competence, ICT and education, benchmarking, dialog

Groups:
Digital Competence Research Group
ISC Research Group
HEALTH: Higher Education And Learning through Technology enHancement
Projects:
Global Ledarskapsutveckling, flexibelt lärande och internationella sociala nätverk
Skolutveckling genom ett internationellt nätverk med handledare
European Quality Benchmark System
Släpp Sinnena Loss
Global Ledarskaputveckling
Lärande för företagsamhet
EPIDEMIC B
Utvärdering av Mål 1 Projektet: Livslångt lärande och nyföretagande genom Gymnasiet på internet
WINGSPAN Journal
Flexible education training model for educators in Russia and Egypt
Schooling and the knowledge society: what does it mean for teachers, school development and quality
School as a Global Learning Center
Den Öppna och Medvetna Skola
Jamtlands Rektorsnätverk
The open and aware school
Den Öppna och Medvetna Skola
Global Citizen: what does it mean for schools and for new social roles in the 21st century-pilot study
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Developing global citizenship through technology enhanced learning and the implications for schools as global learning centers
Gulf Oil Spill Project: Cross-cultural Digital Story-telling
Breaking ground across cultures: how visual communication is used to support peer-to-peer learning in an international project
Driving pedagogical innovation in the digital age: barriers to development in the face of creative options
Project 3.2.3 course-activities within the field of e-learning at the departement of Education.
Project 3.5.1 e-Learning research at Mid Sweden University
Youth stories about life today as a teenager
Evaluation of Åre Kommuns project: School structure change: Possibilities for learning and development
Publications:
Kursverksamhet inom e-lärande : Ett projekt genomfört av HEALTH-gruppen vid Institutionen för Utbildningsvetenskap (2012 / Other)
Photovoice: An opportunity and a challenge to students' participation (2012 / Article in journal)
”What’s going on here”? : A frame analysis of a pilot project to examine why the use of appreciative inquiry, storytelling, and painting is difficult to integrate into the culture of schooling (2012 / Report)
Chinese translation of Living on the Edge of Chaos: leading Schools into the Global Age (2011 / Book)
Slutrapport delprojekt 3.5.1 Forskning och forskarskolan i e-lärande (2011 / Other)
Breaking ground across cultures: how visual communication is used to support peer-to-peer learning in an international project (2010 / Conference paper)
Determining quality of experience in virtual platforms. (2010 / Conference paper)
Living other becoming me: is it lagom yet? (2010 / Article in journal)
On the issue of quality of experience in technology supported learning (2010 / Article in journal)
Quality of experience: a missing piece in the equation for assessing learning in a digital age (2010 / Conference paper)
II nuovo compito dei leader : A new task for school leaders (2009 / Article in journal)
Living other becoming me: is it "lagom" yet? (2009 / Conference paper)
Global citizenship: what does it mean for schools and social roles in the 21st century (2008 / Conference paper)
Idéskolor 2007-2008 flerspråkighet i den öppna och medvetna skolan: utvärdering (2008 / Report)
Living on the edge of chaos: Leading schools into the global age (2008 / Book)
The digital culture and peda-socio transformation (2008 / Conference paper)
Global emancipation through educational social networks : Shaping a new dialogue of action through community. (2007 / Article in journal)
The Digital culture and "Peda-Socio" transformation. (2007 / Article in journal)
The european quality benchmark system : Helping teachers work with information to sustain change (2007 / Article in journal)
Building a responsive future through educaiton: cultural contributions to a global challenge (2006 / Conference paper)
Education, communicaiton and culture: developing human in a technological age (2006 / Conference paper)
Wingspan: Journal of School Leadership, Development and Learning in a Global Age (2006 / Collection (editor))
Entrepreneurship Education: Salvation or Damnation? (2005 / Article in journal)
Is dialogue possible online? : Findings from an international study of educators engaged in professional mentoring groups in a web-based environment (2005 / Chapter in book)
The digital Culture and Communication : More than just classroom learning (2005 / Conference paper)
The digital culture and communication: more than just classroom learning (2005 / Article in journal)
What is education in entrepreneurship education? : Paper presented at NFPF/NERA-conference in Oslo, March 10-12, 2005. (2005 / Conference paper)
Wingspan: Journal for School Leadership, Development and Learning in a Global Age (2005 / Collection (editor))
Entrepreneurship Education: Salvation or Damnation? : NERA Congress, Reykjavík 2004 (2004 / Conference paper)
Leadership for learning in the knowledge society: An international experience. : Paper presentation at the Nordic European Research Association, March. Reykjavik, Iceland (2004 / Conference paper)
Measuring quality, learning, and knowledge in the knowledge society : Paper presentation at the Nordic European Research Association, March. Reykjavik, Iceland (2004 / Conference paper)
Schools and communities in partnership to foster entrepreneurship education. : European Educational Research Conference 2004 (2004 / Conference paper)
Utbildningsvetenskap, globalisering, kunskapssamhället och kvalitet. : Paper presentation: symposium om "begreppet ut/bildningsvetenskap" ett fösök att fånga det gemensamma I pedagogic, lärande, pedagoiskt arbete, didakti mm. October. Lärahögskolan I Stockholm och Pedagogiska Insitutionen vid stockholms Universitet. (2004 / Conference paper)
Utbildningsvetenskap: Globalisering, kunskapssamhället och kvalitet. : Symposium: Vad är ut/bildningsvetenskap?, Lärarhögskolan i Stockholm, oktober 2004 (2004 / Conference paper)
Building International Cultures of Synergy through online social networks (2003 / Chapter in book)
Building cultures of synergy for cross cultural mentoring online (2003 / Conference paper)
Entrepreneurship Education: A Model for Stimulating Learning and School Development in the Knowledge Age? (2003 / Conference paper)
Stimulating dialogue online in cross cultural learning communities (2003 / Conference paper)
Building International education networks through ICT : Possibilities and Challenges (2002 / Chapter in book)
Distance Education: Different Perspectives of Pedagogy and Technology for Degree and Non-Degreee Participants in an International Context : European Education Research Association. Sept 11-14.2002, Lisbon, Portugal. (2002 / Conference paper)
International Connections through ICT : Expanding the training and development of teachers and school leaders (2002 / Chapter in book)
International Connections through ICT: Expanding the Training and Development of Teachers. : Conference:ITE Internationalisation and Innovations in Teacher Education. Dalarna, Sweden. April 30-May 4,. (2002 / Conference paper)
Service Penetration by persons with severe mental illness: How should it be measured? (2002 / Article in journal)
The use of ICT for building international social learning networks for educators : European Education Research Association. Lisbon, Portugal.Sept 11-14, 2002 (2002 / Conference paper)
Building the capacity to integrate administrative data: a Florida perspective (2001 / Conference proceedings (editor))
Transition from adolescence to adulthood in the Medicaid system (2001 / Conference paper)
An Evaluation of the AmeriCORP Arts USF school-based youth development program (2000 / Report)
Evaluation of Florida's sub acute inpatient psychiatric program (SIPP) (2000 / Report)
Family Outreach Support Program: An Outcome Evaluation (2000 / Report)
Identifying Children with Serioous EMotional Disturbacne who are serviced by Multiple Public Systems. (2000 / Conference paper)
Living on the Edge of Chaos : Leading Schools into the Global Age. Second edition (2000 / Book)
Outreach services for families: An Outcome Evaluation (2000 / Report)
Reliability and validity of the school work culture profile instrument hungarian version. (2000 / Report)
The Health and Mental Health Needs of Service Utilization of Children of TANF recipients (2000 / Conference paper)
The health and mental needs and service utilization of children of TANF recipeients (2000 / Conference paper)
The impact of multiple definitions of SED on coordinating care for children with special needs. (2000 / Conference paper)
The transition years: what happens to adolescents on Medicaid who use mental health services? (2000 / Report)
Varying methods for estimating annual penetration rates to behavioral health systems (2000 / Conference paper)
Evaluation of Florida's Prepaid Mental Health Plan: year 2 Quantitative Report (1999 / Report)
Expected impact of the Child Health Insurance Program on Alcohol and Drug Abuse and Mental Health Operations Base Funding (1999 / Report)
Identifying children with SED using multiple definitions (1999 / Conference paper)
The vagaries of working with administrative data in services research (1999 / Conference paper)
Construct validation of the educational quality benchmark system: Are traditional measurement techniques enough? (1998 / Conference paper)
Evaluation of Florida's Prepaid mental health plan: Medicaid enrollee characteristics, service utilization, costs, and access to care in AHCA areas 4 and 6. (1998 / Report)
Evaluation of Florida's prepaid mental health plan: A comparison of Medicaid managed health care i AHCA areas 4 and 6 (1998 / Report)
Evaluation of Florida's prepaid mental health plan: Medicaid management arrangements in AHCA area IV: Organizational, financial and clinical structures (1998 / Report)
Reliability of the educational quality benchmark system (1998 / Conference paper)
Small budget evaluation designs: lessons learned from an evaluation of juvenile addiction receiving facilties (1998 / Conference paper)
The educational quality benchmark system: useful tool or pie in the sky garbage? (1998 / Conference paper)
A Construct validation and reliability estimation of the education quality benchmark system (1997 / Doctoral thesis, monograph)
Evaluation of Florida's juvenile addition receiving facilities (1997 / Report)
The educational quality benchmark system: A response to issues of at-risk youth (1997 / Article in journal)
Developing integrated work cultures: findings from a study of school change (1996 / Article in journal)
Principals speak out on changing school work cultures (1996 / Article in journal)
Changing school work cultures: Issues and dilemnas (1995 / Article in journal)
Chaos theory as a lens for advancing quality schooling (1995 / Article in journal)
Reframing school work cultures over time: The Principal's perspective (1995 / Article in journal)
Organizational development in transition: The Schooling perspective (1994 / Article in journal)
Typology for principals of learning organisations committed to reforming work cultures (1994 / Article in journal)
International communities of practice: Educational leaders in dialogue about leading schools in complex times (Manuscript)
International school connections : Opening the door for different possibilities and new types of informal mentoring (Manuscript)
SCB areas:
Pedagogik
Thematic areas:
Mid Sweden University