The Centralisation of eLearning Resource Development within the New Zealand Vocational Tertiary Education Sector

Autor/inn/en	O'Brien, Ray; Hartnett, Maggie; Rawlins, Peter
Titel	The Centralisation of eLearning Resource Development within the New Zealand Vocational Tertiary Education Sector
Quelle	In: Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 35 (2019) 5, S.95-110 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (O'Brien, Ray) ORCID (Hartnett, Maggie)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1449-5554
Schlagwörter	Centralization; Electronic Learning; Vocational Education; Foreign Countries; Postsecondary Education; Administrative Organization; Educational Development; New Zealand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Centralisation; Zentralisierung; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Ausland; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Bildungsentwicklung; Neuseeland
Abstract	The tertiary education sector is subject to significant and rapid change such as disruption from technology, diminishing government funding, demand for more personalised learning, and the need to meet the demands of a rapidly changing workplace. These changes create challenges. The centralisation of skills and resources has been mooted as potentially contributing to solutions for some of these challenges such as maintaining quality at scale, and maximising cost effectiveness. The lack of research, however, around centralised development of e-learning resources makes it difficult to argue that such a claim applies to e-learning resource development. This article describes the extent and form of functional centralisation of e-learning resource development in the vocational tertiary education sector within New Zealand. Findings established that three categories of organisational centralisation exist; decentralised, centralised, and highly centralised. The majority of the institutions in this study fitted the centralised or highly centralised categories. These findings can be used to inform decisions around organisation of e-learning resource development, the composition of central teams, and the centralisation of entire sectors within tertiary education. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education. Ascilite Secretariat, P.O. Box 44, Figtree, NSW, Australia. Tel: +61-8-9367-1133; e-mail: info@ascilite.org.au; Web site: https://ajet.org.au/index.php/AJET
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01