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King, Emma and Boyatt, Russell (2015) Exploring factors that influence adoption of e-learning within higher education. British Journal of Educational Technology, 46 (6). pp. 1272-1280. doi:10.1111/bjet.12195 ISSN 0007-1013.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjet.12195
Abstract
E-learning is increasingly adopted in the workplace for supporting professional development and continuing education; however, in higher education, the use of e-learning is predominantly used as a tool support teaching. As a relatively new priority for universities, this paper explores what influences its adoption. Challenges identified in the literature include organisational features of universities like faculty autonomy and dispersed academic perspectives. This study, carried out at the University of Warwick, adopted a phenomenological approach and explored participants' perceptions through a series of faculty-based focus groups and individual interviews. Factors identified as influential to adoption of e-learning included the institutional infrastructure, staff attitudes and skills, and perceived student expectations. Participants suggested the importance of an institutional strategy targeted at providing sufficient resources and guidance for effective implementation. This strategy needs to be supported by a varied programme of staff development and opportunities for sharing practice among colleagues. In further developing understanding in this area, it would be beneficial to replicate the study with other stakeholder groups (including the leadership team and students) to develop an institutional strategy responsive at all levels of implementation. It would also be valuable to investigate the extent to which these findings are replicated within other workplaces looking to adopt innovation.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Divisions: | Other > Learning and Development Centre | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | British Journal of Educational Technology | ||||||
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||||
ISSN: | 0007-1013 | ||||||
Official Date: | November 2015 | ||||||
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Volume: | 46 | ||||||
Number: | 6 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 1272-1280 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1111/bjet.12195 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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