Category Archives: Evironment and infrastructure
Module 3: Final Assignment
The mandate for the final assignment was to “analyse the extent to which your organisation’s learning environment constitutes a powerful learning environment and consider how a learning issue that you have identified is affected by this learning environment”. I selected … Continue reading
Mod 3 Week 9 Institutional Change
[The organising structure behind this post was suggested by another team member, and much of the actual body text is taken directly from others’ posts or is adapted from those. The report is not in its finished state. The final … Continue reading
Mod 3 Week 9 Initial Post
Until now I haven’t uploaded any team work posts. Much effort goes into group discussions, but the collaborative nature has led to results that are not only my own in the same way as the discussion week posts. However, I … Continue reading
EDEV_503 Week 7_4
You ask questions about education being free or not. This is a very complex question, and I think that HE specialists need to consider the deeper economic consequences of the costs of tertiary education. HE can be ‘free’ in the … Continue reading
EDEV_503 Week 8_8
Please allow me to make a small observation regarding Lily’s point about the lack of recognition amongst students of “well-known” professors in a given HE institution (HEI). Beyond the more direct link between the output metric of more publications in … Continue reading
EDEV_503 Week 8_7
Thanks for replying to my question. I feel, however, that there are more new questions than answers to be drawn from that. You mention that a major task for UNAB is the creation and implementation of a quality assurance system … Continue reading
EDEV_503 Week 8_6
You ask a fascinating question about political control of higher education. I’d like to tackle this vast subject, but neither time nor space allow for anything more than a superficial account of a few aspects of it. So I’ll begin … Continue reading
EDEV_503 Week 8_5
As C mentioned, this Ed.D. focusses on the intersection of theory and praxis. You are currently living out this module in real-time and are, therefore, an ideal person to ask about issues in that intersection. You cite Perellon’s (2007) recommendation … Continue reading
EDEV_503 Week 8_4
Your list of elements that comprise a system for quality assurance is impressive. Being based on BS5750, it allowed me the opportunity to look a bit at the nature of regulatory bodies and the relationship between the ISO (International Standards … Continue reading
EDEV_503 Week 8_3
I really liked your question about the balance between quality assurance and other measures. And in particular I found myself nodding in agreement with Nicholson when she said; “A common criticism of quality assurance is that it pays little attention … Continue reading
