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Distance education, innovation, and the challenge of change in higher education: A study identifying factors which impact the decision to adopt, implement, and operate distance education technologies in New Mexico institutions of higher education; and differential perceptions concerning the importance of and the ability to influence those factors.

机译:远程教育,创新和高等教育变革的挑战:这项研究确定了影响新墨西哥州高等教育机构采用,实施和操作远程教育技术的决定的因素;关于这些因素的重要性及其影响力的不同看法。

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This research study investigated the perceptions of individuals involved in distance education in New Mexico, with respect to factors which influence the decision to adopt, implement, and operate distance education (DE) programs in New Mexico Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs). The study asked respondents to identify and clarify these decision factors, and then rate (1) the importance of these factors, and (2) their ability to influence these factors. The ratings for various respondent sub-groups were then analyzed and compared to identify differences in the importance of each decision factor.; The study was conducted using two distinct methodologies: (1) eight unstructured interviews were conducted to gather research data from key respondents and to formulate hypotheses using a grounded theory approach; and (2) The Delphi method was used to gather additional data from one hundred-seven respondents involved with DE representing twenty-four New Mexico IHEs. Subsequent statistical analysis was conducted on the Delphi results to analyze differences in responses from five different respondent sub-groups: (1) IHE type, (2) academic/program department, (3) institutional mission, (4) type of position held at the IHE, and (5) gender.; The study identified twenty-four (24) distinct factors which influence the decision to adopt, implement, and operate distance education in IHEs. These included the institution's commitment to quality, the start-up and operating/maintenance costs of DE technologies, top-level support for DE, presence of a DE "champion," student support services, and support for DE "receive sites." There were also significant differences in the importance of these factors across many independent variables, including type of IHE, position held at the IHE, and academic/program department. Influence ratings for the decision factors were consistently lower than importance ratings, particularly for IHE faculty and staff, and also showed significant differences across all sub-groups tested.; Based on this study, specific recommendations are made to facilitate the adoption and implementation of distance education programs for each of the twenty-four factors identified, and an innovative model for understanding planned change and implementation in complex organizations is presented. The information from this study will be of particular use to educational leaders, policy makers, distance education advocates, change agents and others who are interested in facilitating the adoption of distance education and other innovative programs in institutions of higher education.
机译:这项研究调查了新墨西哥州参与远程教育的个人的看法,这些因素影响着新墨西哥高等教育机构(IHE)采用,实施和实施远程教育(DE)计划的决定。该研究要求受访者识别和澄清这些决策因素,然后评估(1)这些因素的重要性,以及(2)他们影响这些因素的能力。然后,对各个受访者亚组的评分进行分析和比较,以确定每个决策因素在重要性上的差异。该研究使用两种不同的方法进行:(1)进行了八次非结构化访谈,以收集主要受访者的研究数据并使用扎根的理论方法提出假设; (2)使用Delphi方法从涉及DE的107位受访者(代表24个新墨西哥州IHE)中收集了更多数据。随后对Delphi的结果进行了统计分析,以分析来自五个不同受访者小组的回应差异:(1)IHE类型,(2)学术/计划部门,(3)机构使命,(4)担任的职位类型IHE,以及(5)性别。该研究确定了二十四(24)个不同的因素,这些因素影响着在IHE中采用,实施和实施远程教育的决定。这些包括机构对质量的承诺,远程教育技术的启动和运营/维护成本,对远程教育的顶级支持,远程教育“冠军”的存在,学生支持服务以及对远程教育“接收站点”的支持。在许多独立变量中,这些因素的重要性也存在显着差异,包括IHE的类型,在IHE中担任的职务以及学术/课程部门。决策因素的影响力等级始终低于重要性等级,特别是对于IHE教职员工而言,并且在所有测试子组中也显示出显着差异。根据这项研究,针对所确定的二十四个因素中的每一个,提出了具体的建议,以促进远程教育计划的采用和实施,并提出了一种创新的模型,用于理解复杂组织中计划的变更和实施。这项研究中的信息将对教育领导者,政策制定者,远程教育倡导者,变革推动者以及其他有兴趣促进高等教育机构采用远程教育和其他创新计划的人特别有用。

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  • 作者

    Meilleur, Steven Grant.;

  • 作者单位

    The University of New Mexico.;

  • 授予单位 The University of New Mexico.;
  • 学科 Education Higher.; Education Technology.
  • 学位 Ph.D.
  • 年度 1997
  • 页码 394 p.
  • 总页数 394
  • 原文格式 PDF
  • 正文语种 eng
  • 中图分类 高等教育;
  • 关键词

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