Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Education as an Institutional Achievement: Six Organizational Dimensions for the Use of ICTs

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Virtualization of Universities

Part of the book series: Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management ((ITKM))

  • 900 Accesses

Abstract

The following chapter describes the educational use of new information and communication technologies as an institutional achievement of the entire university, rather than as a task of individual teachers or of specialized service units. To organize observations from an institutional perspective, a theoretical framework is suggested that distinguishes between three external (product, content, market) and three internal dimensions (personnel, organization, technology) of the organization. The purpose of this holistic concept is to provide instruments for the analysis and the comparison of a vast variety of eLearning projects and technology-related initiatives at higher education institutions.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
eBook
USD 16.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Notes

  1. 1.

    Learn@WU. https://learn.wu-wien.ac.at/.

  2. 2.

    MIT OpenCourseWare. http://ocw.mit.edu/.

  3. 3.

    eScholarship Repository. http://escholarship.org/.

  4. 4.

    Centre for Digitalisation Graz (Digitalisierungszentrum Graz). http://www.uni-graz.at/ubwww/ub-sosa/ub-sosa-digitalisierung.html.

  5. 5.

    Stanford on iTunes U. http://itunes.stanford.edu/.

  6. 6.

    Program in Course Redesing. http://www.thencat.org/PCR.html.

  7. 7.

    University of New Mexico (UNM), General Psychology. http://www.thencat.org/PCR/R3/UNM/UNM_Overview.html.

  8. 8.

    University of Colorado at Boulder, Introductury Astronomy. http://www.thencat.org/PCR/R1/UCB/UCB_Overview.html.

  9. 9.

    Pennsylvania State University, Elementary Statistics. http://www.thencat.org/PCR/R1/PSU/PSU_Overview.html.

  10. 10.

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Intermediate Spanish Transition. http://www.thencat.org/PCR/R2/UTK/UTK_Overview.html.

  11. 11.

    Virginia Tech, Linear Algebra. http://www.thencat.org/PCR/R1/VT/VT_Overview.html.

  12. 12.

    University of Idaho, Pre-Calculus. http://www.thencat.org/PCR/R2/UId/UId_Overview.html.

  13. 13.

    University of Southern Mississippi, World Literature. http://www.thencat.org/PCR/R3/USMs/USMs_Overview.html.

  14. 14.

    Ohio State University, Introductory Statistics. http://www.thencat.org/PCR/R3/OSU/OSU_Overview.html.

  15. 15.

    students, Graz University. http://www.uni-graz.at/4students/.

  16. 16.

    Vienna University, mathe online. http://www.mathe-online.at/.

  17. 17.

    hueber.de, language training. http://www.hueber.de/shared/elearning/probelektionen.html.

  18. 18.

    Internet for Sociology. http://www.vtstutorials.ac.uk/tutorial/sociology.

  19. 19.

    Virtual Training Suite. http://www.vtstutorials.ac.uk/.

  20. 20.

    Master Program Political Communication (MSc. Politische Kommunikation, Donau-Universität Krems). http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/de/studium/politischekommunikation/11868/index.php.

  21. 21.

    University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology. http://www.umit.at/.

  22. 22.

    The Digital Challenge. Social Aspects of Information and Communication Technologies. https://elearning.aau.at/moodle/course/view.php?id=206.

  23. 23.

    Knowledge@Wharton. http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/.

  24. 24.

    The no significant difference phenomenon. http://www.nosignificantdifference.org/.

  25. 25.

    MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online-Teaching). http://merlot.org/.

  26. 26.

    OpenCourseWare Consortium. http://ocwconsortium.org/.

  27. 27.

    JISC (The Joint Information Systems Committee). http://www.jisc.ac.uk/.

  28. 28.

    Finnish Virtual University. http://www.virtuaaliyliopisto.fi/.

  29. 29.

    Interactive Distributed Learning for Technology-Mediated Course Delivery, University of Florida. http://teach.ucf.edu/professional-development/idl6543/.

  30. 30.

    Zertifikat eLearning. http://www.zertifikat-elearning.at/.

  31. 31.

    Uni Online, Stuttgart University. http://www.uni-stuttgart.de/online/.

  32. 32.

    Human Sciences and Technologies Advanced Research Institute (HStar), Stanford University. http://hstar.stanford.edu/.

  33. 33.

    Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences, Utah State University. http://itls.usu.edu/.

  34. 34.

    Center for Distributed Learning at the University of Central Florida. http://cdl.ucf.edu/.

  35. 35.

    eLearning Services, Klagenfurt University. https://elearning.aau.at/.

  36. 36.

    Blackboard. http://www.blackboard.com/.

  37. 37.

    Sourceforge. http://sourceforge.net/.

  38. 38.

    CampusSource. http://www.campussource.de/.

  39. 39.

    Moodle. http://moodle.org.

  40. 40.

    The Sakai Projekt. http://www.sakaiproject.org/.

References

  • Agee, A. S., & Holisky, D. A. (2000). Technology Accross the Curriculum at George Mason University. Educause Quarterly, 6-12. Retrieved from http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/EQM0041.pdf.

  • Alberer, G., Alberer, P., Enzi, T., Enzi, G., Mayrhofer, K., Neumann, G., Rieder, R., et al. (2003). The Learn@WU Learning Environment. Dresden. Retrieved from http://nm.wu-wien.ac.at/research/publications/b318.pdf.

  • Bachmann, G., & Dittler, M. (2005). Integration von eLearning in die Hochschullehre: Umsetzung einer gesamtuniversitären Strategie am Beispiel des LearnTechNet (LTN) der Universität Basel. In T. Pfeffer, A. Pellert, A. Sindler, & M. Kopp (Eds.), Handbuch Organisationsentwicklung: Neue Medien in der Lehre. Dimensionen, Instrumente, Positionen. Münster: Waxmann.

    Google Scholar 

  • Baumgartner, P., Haefele, H., & Maier-Haefele, K. (2002). Auswahl von Lernplattformen. Marktübersicht, Funktionen, Fachbegriffe. Innsbruck: Studienverlag.

    Google Scholar 

  • Brockhaus, M., Mei-Pochtler, A., & Emrich, M. (2003). The Improvement of Higher Education through New Technologies - Best Practice Projects in International Comparison. Study of the Boston Consulting Group, commissioned by the Bertelsmann Foundation and by the Heinz Nixdorf Foundation as part of the initiative “BIG - Bildungswege in der InformationsGesellschaft.” Retrieved from http://www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/cps/rde/xbcr/SID-D0931EDC-21276426/bst/BCGeng.pdf.

  • Brynjolfsson, E. (2003). The IT Productivity GAP. Optimize.Ideas.Action.Results., (21). Retrieved from http://ebusiness.mit.edu/erik/Optimize/pr_roi.html.

  • Evans, P., & Wurster, T. S. (2000). Blown to Bits: How the New Economics of Information Transforms Strategy. Boston MA: Harvard Business School Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Günther, J. (2003). Notebook und Wireless LAN in der postgradualen Lehre am Beispiel des Universitätslehrgangs “Telematik Management.” In U. Beck & W. Sommer (Eds.), LEARNTEC 2003. Tagungsband, 11. Europäischer Kongress und Fachmesse für Bildungs- und Informationstechnologie. Karlsruhe: Karlsruher Messe- und Kongress-GmbH.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hagner, P. R. (2001). Interesting practices and best systems in faculty engagement and support. Hartford: University of Hartford. Retrieved from http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/NLI0017.pdf.

  • IMS Global Learning Consortium. (2005). IMS ePortfolio Best Practice and Implementation Guide. Retrieved from http://www.imsglobal.org/ep/epv1p0/imsep_bestv1p0.html.

  • Juling, W. (2003). Integriertes Informationsmanagement an der Universität Karlsruhe (TH): Ziele und Wege. Retrieved from http://www.dini.de/fileadmin/workshops/juni-2003/juling.ppt.

  • Kerres, M. (2001). Multimediale und telemediale Lernumgebungen. Konzeption und Entwicklung (Vol. 2). München, Mering: R. Oldenbourg.

    Google Scholar 

  • Kerres, M. (2005). Strategieentwicklung für die nachhaltige Implementation Neuer Medien in die Hochschule. In T. Pfeffer, A. Sindler, A. Pellert, & M. Kopp (Eds.), Handbuch Organisationsentwicklung: Neue Medien in der Lehre (pp. 147-162). Münster, New York, München: Waxmann.

    Google Scholar 

  • Kess, P. (2002). Finnish Virtual University. Presentation at the Business Meeting Neue Medien in der Lehre, FH Hagenberg, 26.06.2006.

    Google Scholar 

  • Khan, B. H. (2001). A framework for Web-based learning. In B. H. Khan (Ed.), Web-based training. New Jersey: Englewood Cliffs.

    Google Scholar 

  • Luhmann, N. (2000). Organisation und Entscheidung. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag.

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • Massy, W. F., & Zemsky, R. (1995). Using information technology to enhance academic productivity. Presented at the Educom NLII white paper, Washington. Retrieved from http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/html/nli0004.html.

  • Pellert, A., Carstensen, D., Sindler, A., Kopp, M., & Pfeffer, T. (2005). Organisationsentwicklung durch PlaNet-ET. Handbuch Organisationsentwicklung: Neue Medien in der Lehre. Dimensionen, Instrumente, Positionen, Medien in der Wissenschaft (pp. 101-120). Münster, New York, München, Berlin: Waxmann.

    Google Scholar 

  • Pope, J. (2006). Patent fight rattles academic computing. Boston Globe/Associated Press. Retrieved from http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2006/08/27/patent_fight_over_online_schooling/.

  • Russel, T. L. (1999). The no significant difference phenomenon. A comparative research annotated bibliography on technology for distance education. Montgomery, AL: IDECC (The International Distance Education Certification Center).

    Google Scholar 

  • Twigg, C. A. (2003). Improving learning and reducing costs: New models for online learning. EDUCAUSE Review, 28-38. Retrieved from http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERM0352.pdf.

  • Young, J. (2002). Creating Online Portfolios Can Help Students See “Big Picture”, Colleges Say. The Chronicle of Higher Education, (Feb. 21, 2002).

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. University of Klagenfurt, Vienna, Austria

    Thomas Pfeffer (Researcher and Lecturer)

Authors
  1. Thomas Pfeffer
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Thomas Pfeffer .

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2012 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Pfeffer, T. (2012). Education as an Institutional Achievement: Six Organizational Dimensions for the Use of ICTs. In: Virtualization of Universities. Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-2065-1_6

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation