A study of the relationship between institutional policy organisational culture and e-learning use in four South African universities

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dc.contributor.authorCzerniewicz, Lauraen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBrown, Cherylen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-29T08:36:13Z
dc.date.available2014-07-29T08:36:13Z
dc.date.issued2009en_ZA
dc.descriptionThis is the author's version of a work that was accepted for publication of the article: A study of the relationship between institutional policy, organisational culture and e-learning use in four South African universities. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Computers & Education, VOL5 3, 2009, DOI 10.1016/j.compedu.2009.01.006.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis article investigates the relationship between policy (conceptualised as goals, values and resources), organisational culture and elearning use. Through both qualitative and quantitative research methods, we gathered data about staff and student perspectives from four diverse South African universities representing a selection of ICT in education policy types (Structured and Unstructured) and organisational cultural types of ""collegium, bureaucracy, corporate and enterprise"" (McNay 1995). While our findings show a clear relationship between policy and use of ICTs for teaching and learning, organisational culture is found crucial to policy mediation and the way that elearning use is embedded within the organisation. We conclude that although a Structured Corporate institutional type enables the attainment of a ""critical mass""within e-learning, Unstructured Collegium institutions are better at fostering innovation. Unstructured Bureaucratic institutions are the least enabling of either top-down or bottom-up elearning change.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationCzerniewicz, L., & Brown, C. (2009). A study of the relationship between institutional policy organisational culture and e-learning use in four South African universities. <i>Computers & Education</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3317en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationCzerniewicz, Laura, and Cheryl Brown "A study of the relationship between institutional policy organisational culture and e-learning use in four South African universities." <i>Computers & Education</i> (2009) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3317en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationCzerniewicz, L., Brown, C. 2009. A study of the relationship between institutional policy organisational culture and e-learning use in four South African universities. Computers & Education.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0360-1315en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Czerniewicz, Laura AU - Brown, Cheryl AB - This article investigates the relationship between policy (conceptualised as goals, values and resources), organisational culture and elearning use. Through both qualitative and quantitative research methods, we gathered data about staff and student perspectives from four diverse South African universities representing a selection of ICT in education policy types (Structured and Unstructured) and organisational cultural types of ""collegium, bureaucracy, corporate and enterprise"" (McNay 1995). While our findings show a clear relationship between policy and use of ICTs for teaching and learning, organisational culture is found crucial to policy mediation and the way that elearning use is embedded within the organisation. We conclude that although a Structured Corporate institutional type enables the attainment of a ""critical mass""within e-learning, Unstructured Collegium institutions are better at fostering innovation. Unstructured Bureaucratic institutions are the least enabling of either top-down or bottom-up elearning change. DA - 2009 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Computers & Education LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2009 SM - 0360-1315 T1 - A study of the relationship between institutional policy organisational culture and e-learning use in four South African universities TI - A study of the relationship between institutional policy organisational culture and e-learning use in four South African universities UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3317 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/3317
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationCzerniewicz L, Brown C. A study of the relationship between institutional policy organisational culture and e-learning use in four South African universities. Computers & Education. 2009; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3317.en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisherElsevier Ltd.en_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyCentre for Higher Education Developmenten_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License
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dc.sourceComputers & Educationen_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2009.01.006
dc.subject.otherpolicyen_ZA
dc.subject.otherorganisational cultureen_ZA
dc.subject.othere-learningen_ZA
dc.subject.otheruseen_ZA
dc.subject.otherhigher educationen_ZA
dc.subject.otherSouth Africaen_ZA
dc.titleA study of the relationship between institutional policy organisational culture and e-learning use in four South African universitiesen_ZA
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