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An Ecology of Constraints on e‐Learning in Higher Education: The Case of a Virtual Learning Environment

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The implications of e‐learning in higher education have been limited by an array of technical, institutional, social and economic constraints on innovation. This paper describes a case study of the introduction into a university of a widely diffused e‐learning platform: an enterprise‐wide virtual learning environment. The study suggests a variety of patterns and themes tied to the social dynamics of this innovation. These highlight variations across instructors in how the technology was employed, which illuminate the complex ecology surrounding its implementation and use. This offers insights into the faltering development of e‐learning in higher education, and learning more generally.

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By WILLIAM H. DUTTON

The implications of e‐learning in higher education have been limited by an array of technical, institutional, social and economic constraints on innovation. This paper describes a case study of the introduction into a university of a widely diffused e‐learning platform: an enterprise‐wide virtual learning environment. The study suggests a variety of patterns and themes tied to the social dynamics of this innovation. These highlight variations across instructors in how the technology was employed, which illuminate the complex ecology surrounding its implementation and use. This offers insights into the faltering development of e‐learning in higher education, and learning more generally.

page: 131 – 149
Prometheus: Critical Studies in Innovation
Volume 22, Issue 2

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