期刊名称:Irish Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning
电子版ISSN:2009-972X
出版年度:2017
卷号:2
期号:1
页码:1-9
DOI:10.22554/ijtel.v2i1.14
出版社:Irish Learning Technology Association
摘要:Much of the research into the implementation of TEL has centred on teaching approaches and the.
其他摘要:Much of the research into the implementation of TEL has centred on teaching approaches and the change (or not) in the role of the academic, which is reflective of the importance of the academic to what takes place in a Higher Education Institute (HEI). Technology enhanced learning (TEL), however, poses a considerable challenge to how the Higher Education (HE) sector operates, as it has done with numerous other sectors. Typically, technology confronts existing practices and boundaries. For HEIs, TEL has accelerated the move away from the discipline-based academics as being at the centre of the education process and replaced them with students. This displacement of the academic for the student has been complemented by changing approaches to teaching, (the growth of network learning for example) and the introduction of new work practices from the private sector in the guise of new managerialism. With the academic’s role reduced from controller to that of participant, the space left is being filled by client-focused mid-level professional managers. Distinct from academic managers, mid-level professional managers are situated between academics and senior management, which is a