The role of culture in enabling or constraining the use of technology in higher education teaching and learning: the Commerce Curriculum Project

Mostert, Markus; Snowball, Jeanette D; Boughey, Chrissie

Title: The role of culture in enabling or constraining the use of technology in higher education teaching and learning: the Commerce Curriculum Project
Creator: Mostert, Markus
Creator: Snowball, Jeanette D
Creator: Boughey, Chrissie
Date Issued: 2012
Date: 2012
Type: conference paper
Type: text
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/61073
Identifier: vital:27945
Description: This paper draws on a project located in one faculty at a South African university which aimed to use Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to enhance teaching and learning. More specifically, the paper uses Archer’s (1995, 1996, 2000, 1998) ‘analytical dualism’ and ‘morphogenesis’ to explore the way individuals involved in the project were able to exercise agency in departments which were relatively hostile to the goals they were aiming to pursue despite the wider cultural domain encompassing many ideas which construct the use of ICTs as significant in promoting student learning. The paper thus contributes to the culture/agency subtheme of the HECU6 conference. The paper begins by providing some background to the project before moving on to an exploration of the way Archer’s theoretical work was used to analyse data collected by project leaders.
Format: 11 pages
Format: pdf
Publisher: Rhodes University
Publisher: Faculty of Commerce, Economics and Economic History
Language: English
Rights: Rhodes University
Rights: Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Rhodes University Open Access Policy

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