Does e-learning policy drive change in Higher Education?: A case study relating models of organisational change to e-learning implementation

de Freitas, Sara and Oliver, M. (2005) Does e-learning policy drive change in Higher Education?: A case study relating models of organisational change to e-learning implementation. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management 27 (1), pp. 81-96. ISSN 1360-080X.

Abstract

Due to the heightened competition introduced by the potential global market and the need for structural changes within organisations delivering e-content, e-learning policy is beginning to take on a more significant role within the context of educational policy per se. For this reason, it is becoming increasingly important to establish what effect such policies have and how they are achieved. This paper addresses this question, illustrating five ways in which change is understood (Fordist, evolutionary, ecological, community of practice and discourse-oriented) and then using this range of perspectives to explore how e-learning policy drives change (both organisational and pedagogic) within a selected higher education institution. The implications of this case are then discussed, and both methodological and pragmatic conclusions are drawn, considering the relative insights offered by the models and ways in which change around e-learning might be supported or promoted.

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