Learning Technology in Transition: from Individual Enthusiasm to Institutional Implementation

by Seale,Jane K.

• ISBN13: 9789026519635
• ISBN10: 902651963X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Taylor & Franci

Summary

In April 2003, The Association for Learning Technology (ALT) celebrated its tenth anniversary and this book has been produced in order to commemorate this landmark achievement. It represents a collaboration between key members of ALT and members of ALTs' sister organisations: SURF in Holland and ASCILITE in Australia. The aims of the book are to use the topic of "institutional implementation" to present a review of the impact of learning technology on tertiary education over the past few years; and to highlight and discuss key changes and developments that are shaping present and future activities and consider the implications for individual enthusiasts who work in the field of learning technology. The book outlines the context in which individual enthusiasts have operated and institutional implementation has occurred over the last ten years. Four key themes are highlighted throughout the book: * the individual enthusiast and their role in institutional implementation; * the institutional enthusiast and their role in local and global e-learning initiatives; * finding the evidence to justify enthusiasm and underpin implementation; * reinventing the individual enthusiast.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Enthusiastic Implementation: Setting the Scene for Evolution and Revolution	p. 1
Reconsidering Content: Technology, Learning and Learning Technology	p. 17
Learning Objects, Pedagogy and Reuse	p. 31
Experiences of National Projects in Embedding Learning Technology into Institutional Practices in Higher Education	p. 45
Embedding Learning Technologies into Institutional Practices: A Further Education Perspective	p. 63
From Pioneers to Partners: The Changing Voices of Staff Developers	p. 77
Institutional Implementation of ICT in Higher Education: A Dutch Perspective	p. 91
Institutional Implementation of ICT in Higher Education: An Australian Perspective	p. 101
Facing the World Challenge: Risk, Resistance and Collaboration	p. 117
Understanding Enthusiasm and Implementation: E-Learning Research Questions and Methodological Issues	p. 129
Looking Backwards, Looking Forwards: an Overview, Some Conclusions and an Agenda	p. 147
Contributors	p. 161
Index	p. 165
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