A Model for Systemic Change Management in Education

Autor: Marylu Menchaca, Michael Bischoff, Benay Dara-Abrams
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2004
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Zdroj: Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2004)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1690-4524
Popis: Based on an understanding of systems thinking as practiced by successful learning organizations and derived from large-scale projects in technology-assisted teaching and learning in Mexico and Germany, we have developed a model that offers guidance to educational institutions and organizations to support their transition from lecture-based, face-to-face teaching to interactive learner-centered eLearning. As the basis for the model, we analyzed the systemic change processes of two major educational institutions: the largest private institution of higher education in Latin America, Instituto Tecnologico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), a leading nationwide educational system of international scope with 33 branches in 27 cities throughout Mexico, and the federal flagship project in Germany, Virtuelle Fachhochschule (VFH), the Virtual University of Applied Sciences, a virtual organization with decentralized and distributed management and participants from twelve universities of applied sciences, two universities, the federal employers
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