Understanding the Adoption of TELEs - The Importance of Management

• Published in: European journal of education Vol. 41; no. 3-4; pp. 509 - 519
• Main Authors: CHRISTIANSEN, ELLEN, NYVANG, TOM
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.2006; Blackwell Publishing
• Subjects: academic information literacy; Academic librarians; Academic libraries; Administration; Adoption (Ideas); Case Studies; College students; Design; Educational Technology; Electronic learning; Games; Independent Study; Information Literacy; Information search and retrieval; Information technology; Interviews; Language Skills; Learning; Librarians; Libraries; Management; Motivation; Observation; Organizational support; Part I; self-regulated learning; Selfregulation; Simulation; Single case studies; social simulation game; Software development tools; Surveys; Teachers; Teaching Methods; Technology Uses in Education; technology-enhanced learning environment; Universities
• ISSN: 0141-8211; 1465-3435
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3435.2006.00279.x

For a TELE to become adopted by the vast majority of individual learners as a tool for learning, adoption at the institutional level must be considered, because the vast majority of a population of technology users depends on external stimuli to adopt the technology. This article analyses a case where a social simulation game, a prize‐winning e‐learning product, which is based on theory of, and dedicated to, self‐regulated learning – in other words, a product predestined to succeed in supporting self‐regulated learning – was implemented for training in academic information literacy. Applying a systemic, Bateson‐inspired, understanding of learning and based on data from observation, qualitative interviews, and surveys, a number of barriers to adoption at the organisational level are identified, all requiring management initiatives if the application is to fully unfold its potential.