Finding and mending potholes in the laneways connecting higher education institutions with their part-time e-tutors: Virtual learning communities fostering organisational learning
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Paper/Presentation Title | Finding and mending potholes in the laneways connecting higher education institutions with their part-time e-tutors: Virtual learning communities fostering organisational learning |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | |
Author | Cleary, Kaye |
Editors | Mark, Rob |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Researching Adult Learning Communities and Partnerships in the Local and Global Context |
Number of Pages | 10 |
Year | 2007 |
Place of Publication | Belfast: Ireland |
Conference/Event | 37th Annual SCUTREA Conference (SCUTREA 2007): 'Researching Adult Learning Communities and Partnerships in the Local and Global Context' |
Event Details | 37th Annual SCUTREA Conference (SCUTREA 2007): 'Researching Adult Learning Communities and Partnerships in the Local and Global Context' Event Date 03 to end of 05 Jul 2007 Event Location Belfast, Ireland |
Abstract | This paper reveals the experience part-time e-tutors when a mid-sized regional Australian university first offered online programs. Potholes and laneways are metaphors to highlight the fragility of linkages when institutions rely on those outside their core staff for the success of new enterprises. The study examines the interface between part-time (sessional) e-tutors and the variety of institutional units they must work with through the structure of a learning community. The investigation illustrates how institutional policies and procedures established for the status quo may place these e-tutors in unanticipated and uncomfortable situations. |
Keywords | academic staff attitudes, computer mediated communication, distance education, part pime academic staff, learning communities |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390399. Education systems not elsewhere classified |
390307. Teacher education and professional development of educators | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | Faculty of Education |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9y887/finding-and-mending-potholes-in-the-laneways-connecting-higher-education-institutions-with-their-part-time-e-tutors-virtual-learning-communities-fostering-organisational-learning
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