Adaptation for a Changing Environment: Developing learning and teaching with information and communication technologies

dc.creator	Adrian Kirkwood
dc.creator	Linda Price
dc.date	2006-09-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:18:13Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:18:13Z
dc.identifier	1492-3831
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/9d4115778a094a52b16c9afad4371064
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/26749
dc.description	This article examines the relationship between the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) and learning and teaching, particularly in distance education contexts. We argue that environmental changes (societal, educational, and technological) make it necessary to adapt systems and practices that are no longer appropriate. The need to adapt, however, can be perceived as being technology-led and primarily concerned with requiring academic staff to develop their skills in using ICT. We provide a critique of continuing professional development (CPD) for using ICT in teaching and learning that does not entail examining the impact of environmental changes upon the assumptions, goals, and strategies which underlie and shape an organisation’s educational practices. In particular, we oppose CPD that concentrates on the individual teacher and their use of ICT. Instead, we contend that professional development should focus upon the scholarship of teaching and learning, and must also reflect the wider organisational context within which ICT is managed and used.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Athabasca University
dc.relation	http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/294/624
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, Vol 7, Iss 2 (2006)
dc.subject	Organisational learning
dc.subject	conceptions of teaching and learning
dc.subject	information and communication technologies
dc.subject	pedagogical integration
dc.subject	professional development
dc.subject	distance education
dc.subject	open learning
dc.subject	open education
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Adaptation for a Changing Environment: Developing learning and teaching with information and communication technologies
dc.type	article