The Impact of an Innovators Group on the Development of a Culture of Innovation in the Use of Educational Technologies
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| Title: | The Impact of an Innovators Group on the Development of a Culture of Innovation in the Use of Educational Technologies |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Christopher Bridge (ORCID |
| Source: | Australasian Journal of Educational Technology. 2023 36(6):17-32. |
| Availability: | 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 |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 16 |
| Publication Date: | 2023 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Educational Technology, Innovation, Higher Education, Organizational Culture, Technology Uses in Education, Foreign Countries, Communities of Practice, Resistance (Psychology), College Faculty |
| Geographic Terms: | Australia |
| DOI: | 10.14742/ajet.8575 |
| ISSN: | 1449-3098 1449-5554 |
| Abstract: | Realising the full potential for educational technologies to improve the student experience is a challenge for higher education institutions. Although academic resistance is often blamed for poor dissemination of teaching technologies, recent literature has more satisfactorily framed the issue in terms of intransigent organisational culture. Features of higher education organisational culture that are conducive to innovation include senior executive support, freedom to experiment and permission to fail and interdisciplinary and cross-institutional engagement. One approach to changing organisational culture is to establish new organisational structures embodying positive traits. This study qualitatively evaluated a technology in teaching innovators group established in 2018 in a science, health and engineering faculty of an Australian university; it provides evidence that the group improved the culture of teaching technology innovation by creating a safe space for innovation, which members then disseminated into their departmental communities. The study also found that the group created a forum for teaching technology innovators to engage with stakeholders in the university's learning and teaching and information and communication technology units, leading to improved outcomes for the university's learning environment. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1412945 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Realising the full potential for educational technologies to improve the student experience is a challenge for higher education institutions. Although academic resistance is often blamed for poor dissemination of teaching technologies, recent literature has more satisfactorily framed the issue in terms of intransigent organisational culture. Features of higher education organisational culture that are conducive to innovation include senior executive support, freedom to experiment and permission to fail and interdisciplinary and cross-institutional engagement. One approach to changing organisational culture is to establish new organisational structures embodying positive traits. This study qualitatively evaluated a technology in teaching innovators group established in 2018 in a science, health and engineering faculty of an Australian university; it provides evidence that the group improved the culture of teaching technology innovation by creating a safe space for innovation, which members then disseminated into their departmental communities. The study also found that the group created a forum for teaching technology innovators to engage with stakeholders in the university's learning and teaching and information and communication technology units, leading to improved outcomes for the university's learning environment. |
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| ISSN: | 1449-3098 1449-5554 |
| DOI: | 10.14742/ajet.8575 |
