Agile Administrative Choreographies for Multimode Education at the University of Pretoria

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Foreign Countries; Learning Modalities; Teaching Methods; Distance Education; Online Courses; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; College Administration; Administrator Role; Blended Learning; Administrator Attitudes

10.1080/01587919.2018.1553563

0158-7919

This paper responds in part to a special edition of this journal (39/2) on dual-mode provision. We were concerned that contact providers might drift into distance education provision through extending campus-based online learning without first thinking through the underpinning implications of its administrative systems, an issue that was not addressed in the special edition. Proceeding from a pragmatic and constructivist perspective, while adopting a transactional orientation drawing on systems theory and hermeneutics, this paper focuses on the challenge for administrative staff and systems of the changing nature of provision in terms of both the underpinning learning and business models. Based on experience and reflection, we conclude that the move into dual- and multimode provision is inevitable and that this requires agility on the part of both administrative staff and systems that is often overlooked in planning and review processes.

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44

2019

EJ1206865