Staff at Structured Corporate institutions report markedly better resources and support than staff at Unstructured institutions, with teaching-venue adequacy the greatest disparity¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r1 · q2
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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Only 12% of D-U-Bure staff and 29% of C-U-Coll staff said teaching venues were adequate, versus 87% at B-S-Corp and 64% at A-S-Corp. → Czerniewicz 2009 q2 i? Less than a quarter of staff at Unstructured institutions rated management, technical or pedagogical support as good to excellent, versus 60% management-support satisfaction at A-S-Corp. → Czerniewicz 2009 (2)

Evidence¶

Czerniewicz 2009¶

Czerniewicz, L. & Brown, C. (2009). A study of the relationship between institutional policy, organisational culture and elearning use in four South African universities. Computers & Education, 53, 121-131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2009.01.006

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Resource-adequacy findings from the survey (section 4.2); descriptive percentages only. Qualitative data attributed Unstructured institutions' constraints to lacking infrastructure.

"the greatest disparity is apparent in the adequacy of teaching venues which only 12% of staff from D-U-Bure (4 of the 33 respondents) and 29% of staff from C-U-Coll (6 of the 21 respondents) said were adequate for their teaching needs."

Czerniewicz 2009 (2)¶

Czerniewicz, L. & Brown, C. (2009). A study of the relationship between institutional policy, organisational culture and elearning use in four South African universities. Computers & Education, 53, 121-131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2009.01.006

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Support-satisfaction findings (section 4.2, Figure 3); descriptive percentages, no tests. Unstructured institutions' staff reported low satisfaction at all three support levels.

"Staff at A-S-Corp were the most satisfied with support from management (60% said it was good to excellent) and over half indicated good to excellent support in terms if technology and pedagogy."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Staff individual ICT use frequency is higher in the Unstructured Collegium institution than in the Structured Corporate institutions, while student frequency is higher in the Structured types — related
• Variety of ICT use shows a reversed pattern: students in Structured Corporate institutions report the most varied use, but staff variety is highest in the Unstructured Collegium institution — related
• Institutional elearning policy is associated with more courses using ICTs, with Structured Corporate institutions reporting the highest course use and the Unstructured Bureaucratic institution the lowest — related
• The Unstructured Bureaucratic institutional type is the least enabling context for elearning, showing little evidence of either top-down or bottom-up change — related