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Examining a Change Process from a Systems Thinking Perspective: A Case Study from One Academic Department
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Lin, Meng-Fen Grace; Eichelberger, Ariana; Leong, Peter – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2020
In today's rapidly changing world, higher education is faced with challenges stemming from globalization versus localization, corporatization versus liberal arts values, and public versus private good. These challenges require creative approaches and innovations to develop new solutions. Additionally, tensions also exist within institutional…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Departments, Universities, Creativity
Using Faculty Professional Development to Foster Organizational Change: A Social Learning Framework
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Bond, M. Aaron; Blevins, Samantha J. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2020
Change is a constant presence within today's higher education institutions. Local faculty professional development opportunities may provide avenues for enacting these organizational changes through personal continuous improvement. While working to meet these organizational priorities, it is also essential that professional development must…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Organizational Change, Educational Change, Systems Approach
Foundations for Systemic Change
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Kemp, Jerrold E.; Lee, Sunnie; Pascoe, Daniel; Beabout, Brian; Watson, William; Moore, Stephanie – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2006
It is important for all Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) members to understand the ways society is changing as people evolve deeper into the information age, and to recognize that these changes require a change in paradigm for education and training systems to be most effective in meeting the needs of individuals…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Models, Ethics, Student Centered Curriculum
The Process of Systemic Change
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Duffy, Francis M.; Reigeluth, Charles M.; Solomon, Monica; Caine, Geoffrey; Carr-Chellman, Alison A.; Almeida, Luis; Frick, Theodore; Thompson, Kenneth; Koh, Joyce; Ryan, Christopher D.; DeMars, Shane – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2006
This paper presents several brief papers about the process of systemic change. These are: (1) Step-Up-To-Excellence: A Protocol for Navigating Whole-System Change in School Districts by Francis M. Duffy; (2) The Guidance System for Transforming Education by Charles M. Reigeluth; (3) The Schlechty Center For Leadership In School Reform by Monica…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Systems Approach, Systems Development, Profiles
What You Can Do
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Beabout, Brian; Foley, Shawn; Rickard, Marjorie; Wriddle, Janise Venia; MacDonald, Laurie; Smith, Stephen; Campbell, Rob; Strobel, Johannes – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2006
This article presents seven vignettes that focus on what technology specialists, instructional designers, teacher trainers, teachers, parents, corporate trainers and performance technologists can do to create positive and systemic change in education. These include: (1) "What Technology Specialists Can Do," by Brian Beabout; (2) "What…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Performance Technology, Role Perception, Change Strategies
Experiences in Systemic Change
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Thompson, Scott; Clem, Joe; Battino, Wendy; Richter, Kurt; Reigeluth, Charles; Doll, Marcelle; Moore, Julie; Hoo, Janet; Malopinsky, Larissa V. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2006
This section describes the systemic change experiences in Norfolk Public Schools, Chugach School District, Indianapolis Metropolitan School District of Decatur Township, Ditmas Educational Complex, Georgia Systemic Teacher Education Program, Sun Microsystems, and Azerbaijan. It provides a description of the change process and discusses the…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, School Districts, College School Cooperation, Technology Uses in Education
Influences of Suprasystems on Systemic Change
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Reigeluth, Charles M.; Patrick, Susan; Gonzalez, Gerardo M.; Christie, Kathy; Brock, Irene; Lee, Hongsoo – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2006
In higher education, a university is typically loosely coupled with its suprasystems, but its various schools or colleges tend to be tightly coupled with the university, as are departments with their respective schools or colleges. Similarly, in the corporate sector, a training department is typically tightly coupled with the company management…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Educational Innovation