ERIC Number: EJ968551
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 12
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Change and Renewal: The Role of a Change Team in Improving Student Support
Stevens, Charlotte; Kelly, Patrick
Open Learning, v27 n2 p137-148 2012
How do open and distance learning institutions review and renew themselves to ensure their continued fitness for purpose? Here we report on the work of a change team in the UK Open University, a Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning created to examine, innovate and improve student support. The existence of the Centre for five years from 2005 to 2010 enabled us to facilitate an extensive programme of practical support activities and to influence long-term university policy development. We are aware that very few institutions will have the luxury of such long-term funding (and do not expect it to be available again in the United Kingdom any time soon). However, we believe that there is much in models of change that can be applied more generally to improve learner support. (Contains 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Open Universities, Teamwork, Change Strategies, Program Improvement, Educational Policy, Policy Formation, Academic Support Services, Program Descriptions, Student Personnel Services, Change Agents, College Curriculum, Adult Students, Financial Support, Distance Education, Computer Mediated Communication, Internet, Computer Uses in Education, Web Sites
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Adult Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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