Facing a Changing World, Reinventing Technical Education and Learning Software Innovation 1969-1989: The Assembly of Two Learning Management Systems

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dc.contributor.advisorClarke, Veronika Bohac
dc.contributor.authorStephen, Alan James
dc.contributor.committeememberClarke, Veronika Bohac
dc.contributor.committeememberWinchester, Ian
dc.contributor.committeememberDavis, Brent
dc.contributor.committeememberBurns, Amy M.
dc.contributor.committeememberFidyk, Alexandra L.
dc.date2021-02
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-26T16:58:52Z
dc.date.available2021-01-26T16:58:52Z
dc.date.issued2021-01-14
dc.description.abstractUsing a sensibility from Actor-Network Theory, this research looks at the social-technical assembly of two early learning management systems from 1969 to approximately 1989. As such, it is more a story of change in post-secondary education rather than a story of software. The research looked at two related cases: Case A – SAIT Reinventing Technical Education: The Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, a polytechnic in Calgary, Canada, faced a changing world in 1969. In response, the President and people across the institution helped reinvent technical education as they created a new learning system by 1977 (competency-based technical education). Out of this assembled a learning management system (heavily influenced by mastery learning), one that was used from Calgary to Melbourne, and places between. Case B – CBTS Reinventing Learning Software Innovation: Facing a stall in innovation of the software at SAIT, key participants in Case A created a company, Computer Based Training Systems Ltd. in Calgary, to design and market a new learning management system. By the early 1990s, this software was being used by Technical Institutes, Colleges, Universities, K-12 education, and industry in Canada, Australia, USA, Ireland, England, South Africa and Zimbabwe. Of note, the users of the software held the first international conference on learning management systems at the University of Limerick, Ireland in 1989. This research makes visible the previously invisible story of the assembly of these two early learning management systems. It may clarify current academic understanding of the history of these systems. More important, this is a first draft of this tale and can act as a foundation for future research—particularly in these cases where there is more to tell. Also, post-secondary leaders and designers of change may find the models of the designers’ thinking (Focus, Flow, Frame and Formative) in Case A useful, with reflective transfer, for projects of designed change today. This design thinking focused on institutional change and contributed to the successful results seen in the two Cases, results that made a difference to students and institutions.en_US
dc.identifier.citationStephen, A. J. (2021). Facing a Changing World, Reinventing Technical Education and Learning Software Innovation 1969-1989: The Assembly of Two Learning Management Systems (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/38582
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/113014
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisher.facultyWerklund School of Educationen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.en_US
dc.subjectOrganizational Changeen_US
dc.subjectOrganizational Learningen_US
dc.subjectSocial-Technical Assemblyen_US
dc.subjectActor-Network Theoryen_US
dc.subjectHigher Educationen_US
dc.subjectParticipatory Designen_US
dc.subject.classificationEducationen_US
dc.subject.classificationEducation--Administrationen_US
dc.subject.classificationEducation--Higheren_US
dc.subject.classificationEducation--History ofen_US
dc.subject.classificationEducation--Industrialen_US
dc.titleFacing a Changing World, Reinventing Technical Education and Learning Software Innovation 1969-1989: The Assembly of Two Learning Management Systemsen_US
dc.typedoctoral thesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineEducation Graduate Program – Educational Researchen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgaryen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)en_US
ucalgary.item.requestcopytrueen_US
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