An agile approach to managing open educational resources

被引:5
|
作者
Masson, Patrick [1 ]
Udas, Ken [2 ]
机构
[1] State Univ New York, Delhi, NY 13753 USA
[2] Penn State Univ, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
关键词
Decentralized control; Decision making; Software tools; Governance; Open learning;
D O I
10.1108/10748120910993286
中图分类号
G40 [教育学];
学科分类号
040101 ; 120403 ;
摘要
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to show that pointing to patterns of change in the adoption and institutionalization of educational resources, the appropriateness of traditional heavy and front-loaded planning and management regimes is challenged in favor of alternative Agile Methods. Design/methodology/approach - Starting from the simple observation that the original introduction of Course Management Systems to support online learning was ad hoc and evolutionary, rather than planned at an enterprise level, the paper points to the conflict between, and offers a solution for, open and decentralized resources and traditional teaching, learning, support, and management. By developing a logic to decentralization, a number of managerial strategies to improve agility are provided that address the changing nature of the university from one fundamentally designed to control, to one positioned to influence and adapt under the assumptions of change. Findings - It is found that many components of the university including teaching, learning content, learning design, content development and management, and core infrastructure are shifting from centralized to decentralized models, while current management and governance practices remain centralized resulting in lagging development and increased risk. Originality/value - The connections made here open a dialog for challenging and changing traditional management and decision-making approaches within the organization, to better account for the environment that decentralized systems create.
引用
收藏
页码:256 / +
页数:12
相关论文
共 50 条
  • [21] AN APPROACH TO RESEARCH IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS THROUGH OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
    Silva-Lopez, R. B.
    Marcelin Jimenez, R.
    Mendez Gurrola, I. I.
    Pablo Leyva, H.
    12TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION (ICERI2019), 2019, : 11341 - 11347
  • [22] Human-Centered Design as an Approach to Create Open Educational Resources
    Garcia-Lopez, Carles
    Mor, Enric
    Tesconi, Susanna
    SUSTAINABILITY, 2020, 12 (18)
  • [23] A naive bayes approach for converging learning objects with open educational resources
    Sabitha, A. Sai
    Mehrotra, Deepti
    Bansal, Abhay
    Sharma, B. K.
    EDUCATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES, 2016, 21 (06) : 1753 - 1767
  • [24] OERScout Technology Framework: A Novel Approach to Open Educational Resources Search
    Abeywardena, Ishan Sudeera
    Chan, Chee Seng
    Tham, Choy Yoong
    INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF RESEARCH IN OPEN AND DISTRIBUTED LEARNING, 2013, 14 (04): : 214 - 237
  • [25] Quality Prediction of Open Educational Resources A Metadata-based Approach
    Tavakoli, Mohammadreza
    Elias, Mirette
    Kismihok, Gabor
    Auer, Soeren
    2020 IEEE 20TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCED LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES (ICALT 2020), 2020, : 29 - 31
  • [26] Developing educational resources for population genetics in R: an open and collaborative approach
    Kamvar, Zhian N.
    Lopez-Uribe, Margarita M.
    Coughlan, Simone
    Grunwald, Niklaus J.
    Lapp, Hilmar
    Manel, Stephanie
    MOLECULAR ECOLOGY RESOURCES, 2017, 17 (01) : 120 - 128
  • [27] Open AGH open educational resources in practice
    Grodecka, Karolina
    Markovic, Jan
    Kusiak, Jan
    E-MENTOR, 2012, (03): : 57 - 63
  • [28] Managing, Marketing, and Measuring Open Resources
    Shelton, Trey
    Carrico, Steven
    Lindell, Ann
    Cataldo, Tara T.
    WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?, 2015, : 341 - 346
  • [29] Open Pedagogy as an Approach to Introducing Doctoral Students to Open Educational Resources and Information Literacy Concepts
    Hare, Sarah
    Frye, Julie Marie
    Samuelson, Beth Lewis
    LIBRARY TRENDS, 2020, 69 (02) : 435 - 468
  • [30] An agile and parsimonious approach to data management in groundwater science using open-source resources
    De Filippis, Giovanna
    Stevenazzi, Stefania
    Camera, Corrado
    Pedretti, Daniele
    Masetti, Marco
    HYDROGEOLOGY JOURNAL, 2020, 28 (06) : 1993 - 2008